Nirav Tolia has a Conversation with Venture Capitalist and Author Bill Gurley

SMU Cox School of Business and Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership holds a book launch for "Runnin' Down a Dream" by author Bill Gurley. Seen here from left is SMU President Jay Hartzell, interviewer Nirav Tolia the CEO of Nextdoor, and author Bill Gurley, venture capitalist.
Nirav Tolia had a fascinating conversation with Bill Gurley, a venture capitalist, who has backed many of his ventures including Nextdoor. SMU President Jay Hartzell, pictured on left, is friends with both of them.

Bill Gurley, author of the book “Runnin’ Down a Dream” and venture capitalist, fresh off a wildly successful TED Talk presented a few days earlier in Vancouver, had a delightful conversation with Nirav Tolia at the Spears Institute in the Cox School of Business. This conversation is a perfect example of the programming that is available for both SMU students and the Dallas community. The Spears Institute that educates and nurtures SMU students’ entrepreneurial business initiatives is a dynamic program. A conversation with Nirav Tolia and Bill Gurley who backed several of his ventures over 30 years including Nextdoor, is a TED quality program in itself. Dallas and SMU are lucky to have Nirav Tolia and his wife Megha Tolia, co-founders of the Spears Institute, so involved in this program. Bill Gurley also said hello individually to audience members as he signed his book. By the way, the book is really interesting and is one of the few business books that is not filled with stories of the author but is filled with stories of people the author knows that express the best path forward for entrepreneurs and people in business.