Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2025-06-10
Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Bill Gurley: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #427
Bill Gurley - The Gift and The Curse of Staying Private - [Invest Like the Best, EP.427]
My guest today is Bill Gurley. Bill was the general partner at Benchmark Capital.
Bill Gurley discussed The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen and Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Innovator's Dilemma
The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen is a foundational business and management book that examines why leading companies fail when confronted with disruptive technological change.
Discussed“A lot I think a lot of what we read, you know, in in crossing the chasm or or the innovators dilemma, you know, the big companies are supposed to be slow to mobile, slow to the internet”
Where to get it
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Crossing the Chasm
Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A.
Discussed“A lot I think a lot of what we read, you know, in in crossing the chasm or or the innovators dilemma, you know, the big companies are supposed to be slow to mobile, slow to the internet”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Good to Great
“it is a unique set of cards um to be playing and it's super you know high stakes poker with strategies that are not you know you're not going to read about them in good to great”