About
Bill Gurley brings an unusual combination of Wall Street research analyst experience and deep public markets knowledge to venture capital, giving him distinctive pattern recognition around bubbles and capital cycles that most Silicon Valley VCs lack. Through his influential "Above the Crowd" blog since the late 1990s, he has built a rare level of thought leadership for an individual VC, with founders and investors regularly citing his detailed essays on network effects, marketplaces, and business model design as essential strategy references. Bill Gurley brings an unusual combination of Wall Street research analyst experience and deep public markets knowledge to venture capital, giving him distinctive pattern recognition around bubbles and capital cycles that most Silicon Valley VCs lack. Through his influential "Above the Crowd" blog since the late 1990s, he has built a rare level of thought leadership for an individual VC, with founders and investors regularly citing his detailed essays on network effects, marketplaces, and business model design as essential strategy references.
