The Tim Ferriss Show

#682: Bill Gurley Interviews Tim Ferriss — Reflecting on 20+ Years of Life and Business Experiments

Peter Duffy's AI podcast notes
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1. To reach decision makers, make cold calls and send cold emails before 8:30 am or after 6:30 pm. Even top executives may answer the phone during those times. When communicating with technical professionals, such as VPs of engineering and CTOs, do your research beforehand.
2. Becoming an advisor to Uber was not the crucial decision, but working with Garrett on stumbleupon led directly to Uber. When interviewing people, it is important to look at the events before their successful decisions.
3. Don't be bound by dogmatic rules or theories that don't match with experiment. Constantly experiment and test theories. Hiring a senior researcher from the Actors Studio was an amazing show.
4. The podcast format aims to make guests sound great and offers final cut to the guests. Transcripts are available, and the interview is not live, allowing for breaks and reading statements. The speaker asks guests what would make the interview a success for them.

Highlights created by Peter Duffy

*Look for the antecedents, the decisions which enabled the larger decision *

18:34 • 35sec

*Test Test test. If the theory doesn’t match the experiment it’s wrong *

30:07 • 31sec

What would make this a home run for you?

42:28 • 44sec

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