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Bill Gurley is a venture capitalist currently working for the firm Benchmark Capital. Before becoming an investment banker, Gurley spent four years as a research analyst on Wall Street, which included three years at investment bank CS First Boston. He has also authored Above the Crowd, a newsletter that reports on the technology sector.
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Fast Facts
- B.S. in Computer Science, University of Florida, 1989
- MBA, University of Texas, 1993
- Covered Dell, Compaq and Microsoft as an analyst
- Writes the Above the Crowd newsletter
- Invested in Jamdat, Business.com, Nordstrom.com and Shopping.com
- Investor in the virtual world Second LifeAustralian Broadcasting Corporation: Interview with Bill Gurley (March 19, 2007)
- 1995-1996: Part of the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team
- Chartered financial analyst
- Advisory Board, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas
- June 19, 2008: First public blog post in over two yearsAbove the Crowd: Back to Blogging (maybe)... (June 19, 2008)
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"Not Your Typical Venture Capitalist"Business Week: [http://www.businessweek.com/1997/34/b354154.htm Bill Gurley Profile] (August 25, 1997)
Business Week interviewed Gurley in 1997, shortly after he left Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Technology Group (DMG) as a financial analyst to become a venture capitalist for Hummer Winblad. In the article, Business Week details Gurley's past as a Division I basketball player for the University of Florida (he stands 6' 9") and his interest in technology that earned him a B.S. in engineering from the college in the late 1980s.Gurley was at DMG when Amazon.com went public and made accurate predictions about the downturn in Netscape stock.
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Current InvestmentsAbove the Crowd: [http://abovethecrowd.com/about/ About page]
- Linden Labs/Second Life
- LiveOps
- Move Networks
- Nanosolar
- OpenTable
- Red 5 Studios
- Tropos Networks
- VUDU
- Zillow.com
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Past InvestmentsAbove the Crowd: [http://abovethecrowd.com/about/ About page]
- Avamar Technologies
- Business.com
- Crossgain
- Employease]
- JAMDAT
- Nordstrom.com
- Shopping.com
- The Knot
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Official Blog: Above the Crowd
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LinkedIn: Gurley's LinkedIn Profile
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Interview: Bill Gurley
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Forbes.com: Rank J. William Gurley on the Midas List
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McCombs School of Business: Alumni Profiles: J. William Gurley
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Complément à l'article de Bill Gurley: Carte des acquisitions et investissements de Google http://ow.ly/Aeej
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RT @ZUrlocker Holy crap: Google's less-than-free disruption strategy with Android by Bill Gurley http://abovethecrowd.com/ - a must read!
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RT @ZUrlocker: Holy crap: Google's less-than-free disruption strategy with Android by Bill Gurley http://abovethecrowd.com/
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View All Bill Gurley Questions (317) | Ask a QuestionDo you worry about paying your bills? (1 Answer)Surprisingly I don't worry about paying our bills even though our income is low. Since we've paid off all our credit cards, we have enough to pay all our bills, ... read moreDo you ignore bills and put them in basket? (3 Answers)Currently theres a couple i run away from and there are those that of course I can't. Bills you just cant run away from cuz they bite you in the ... read moreHave you paid off your medical bills? (4 Answers)I overpaid my first big bill. The hospital called implying (though not directly stating) that if I didn't prepay, my surgery might not be allowed to go through. They said ... read more
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Bill Gurley Professional Profile
- Current Projects:
- Partner, Benchmark Capital
- Investor, Second Life
- Past Projects:
- Board of Directors Member, Red 5 Studios
- Board of Directors Member, LindenLab
- Board of Directors Member, Tropos Networks
- Board of Directors Member, Jamdat
- Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
- Investor, PlanetAll
- Analyst, CSFB
- LinkedIn Profile: Bill Gurley
- Profile: Bill Gurley at Benchmark Capital
- Blog: Above the Crowd
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