Independent Policy Research Founded by Bill Gurley · Austin, TX

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Act faster.

We aggregate broad information, synthesize it rigorously, and communicate clearly — through research, grants, and modern platforms — to drive real policy change.

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Essay

If It Doesn't Matter, It Doesn't Matter

On policy intent versus policy outcome — and why well-meaning reform so often makes things worse.

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Grant

Regulatory Capture Scoring System

A multi-year academic grant to build a cross-national scoring framework for captured regulatory systems.

2026 · Academic Partnership
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Research

Finance in High Schools: The Tim Ranzetta Model

135K teachers. 20K new per year. 20 states with legislation. What does success look like at scale?

Education · In Progress
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Featured Conversation · Jan 23, 2026

China, Apple, and what we're choosing not to know

A frank three-way conversation about manufacturing competence, provincial capitalism, the smile curve, and what Silicon Valley has stopped reading — with two of the most important recent books on China.

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Bill Gurley

Founder, P3 Institute

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Dan Wang

Author, Breakneck

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Patrick McGee

Author, Apple in China

Research that moves policy forward.

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Aggregate broadly

Deep research across disciplines, institutions, and data sources — not sound bites.

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Synthesize rigorously

Complex made clear without being dumbed down. Ideas that can be understood and acted on.

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Communicate through modern channels

Research that sits in journals isn't research — it's a shelf. We get it into the conversation.