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I think one thing that may have happened with both Facebook and Zynga is that they may have waited too long to go public. They got particularly cute on that front.

~Bill Gurley

Topics: Both Cute Facebook Front Go Got Happened Long May One Thing Particularly Public Thing Think Too Waited I Think

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The first time you went to eBay, you probably didn't do a transaction.

~Bill Gurley

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Most firms are hierarchical in nature, with everyone getting different slices of the economic pie. The problem is those slices are negotiated every time a firm raises a new fund, so in between funds, which is most of the time, the partners are trying to outgun one another to make a stronger case for themselves.

~Bill Gurley

Topics: Another Between Case Different Economic Every Every Time Everyone Firm Fund Funds Getting Make Most Nature New Partners Pie Problem Raises Stronger Themselves Those Time Trying Which

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Many consumer Internet business executives are loyalists of the Lifetime Value model, often referred to as the LTV model or formula. Lifetime value is the net present value of the profit stream of a customer.

~Bill Gurley

Topics: Business Consumer Customer Executives Formula Internet Lifetime Many Model Net Often Present Profit Referred Stream Value

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If one asserts that buying customers below what they charge them is a corporate strategy, this is in essence an arbitrage game, and arbitrage games rarely last.

~Bill Gurley

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It is critical to bundle all future variable costs of supporting the customer in order to fairly estimate the future contribution.

~Bill Gurley

Topics: Bundle Contribution Costs Critical Customer Estimate Fairly Future Order Supporting Variable

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: May 10th, 1966

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