What Kevin Ryan has said about Entrepreneurship

3 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 24, 2026

Kevin Ryan, American entrepreneur and investor, founder and CEO of AlleyCorp and former CEO of DoubleClick, has been quoted on Entrepreneurship 3 times in 1 episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, most recently on September 24, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Ryan says he has avoided e-commerce since Gilt because he views the problem as already solved.
“I can get anything delivered to my house in like 27 seconds. I can return it. It's inexpensive. So I don't know how to do better”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #884: How to Spot 10-Year Trends and Build Billion-Dollar Companies — Kevin Ryan of DoubleClick, MongoDB, Business Insider, and Many More (Sep 24, 2026) · Listen from 21:44
Ryan says he pursues an idea if his intellectual 'business crush' on it persists for about two weeks, without building a business model.
“And if that sticks with me for like two weeks, I generally do it”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #884: How to Spot 10-Year Trends and Build Billion-Dollar Companies — Kevin Ryan of DoubleClick, MongoDB, Business Insider, and Many More (Sep 24, 2026) · Listen from 39:43
Ryan says New York is booming, with many people moving from Europe to start companies there.
“I see so many people moving from Europe, coming to New York, starting up companies”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #884: How to Spot 10-Year Trends and Build Billion-Dollar Companies — Kevin Ryan of DoubleClick, MongoDB, Business Insider, and Many More (Sep 24, 2026) · Listen from 1:20:37

Episodes

#884: How to Spot 10-Year Trends and Build Billion-Dollar Companies — Kevin Ryan of DoubleClick, MongoDB, Business Insider, and Many More
The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 24, 2026 · 1 h 26 min
Tim Ferriss talks with investor Kevin Ryan about spotting 10-year trends, building DoubleClick, Gilt, Business Insider and MongoDB, psychedelic drug development, deep tech, and immigration.

Others on Entrepreneurship

David Rubenstein · 4 quotes
Martine Rothblatt · 3 quotes
Nick Friedman · 3 quotes
Andy Frisella · 3 quotes
Adam Neumann · 2 quotes
Dana White · 2 quotes
Ryan Levesque · 2 quotes
Haley Sacks · 2 quotes

Kevin Ryan on other topics

Income inequality in the United States · 2 quotes
Robotics · 2 quotes
Methylone · 2 quotes
AlleyCorp · 2 quotes
Trend forecasting · 2 quotes
Illegal immigration to the United States · 1 quote
MongoDB · 1 quote
Post-traumatic stress disorder · 1 quote