We worked personally with a lot of great VCs. They just work incredibly hard at supporting entrepreneurs and their companies. Marc Andreessen companyentrepreneurgreat Change image and share on social
Amazon drove Borders out of business, and the vast majority of Borders employees are not qualified to work at Amazon. That's an actual, full-on problem. But should Amazon have been prevented from doing that? In my view, no. Marc Andreessen actualamazonborder share on social
The good news about building a company during times like this is that the companies that do succeed are going to be extremely strong and resilient. Marc Andreessen buildcompanyextremely Change image and share on social
Any successful company in the valley gets acquisition offers and has to decide whether or not to take them. Marc Andreessen acquisitioncompanydecide Change image and share on social
Over two billion people now use the broadband Internet, up from perhaps 50 million a decade ago, when I was at Netscape, the company I co-founded. Marc Andreessen agobillionbroadband Change image and share on social
Consumers are freeing up an enormous amount of time that they were spending with stereotypical old media, and clearly, that time is going primarily two places: videogames and online. Marc Andreessen amountconsumerenormous Change image and share on social
So I came from an environment where I was starved for information, starved for connection. Marc Andreessen connectionenvironmentinformation Change image and share on social
One of the big first computers was called SAGE, which was a missile defense, the first missile-defense computer, which was, like, one of the first computers in the history of the world which got sold to the Department of Defense for, I don't know, tens and tens of millions of dollars at the time. Marc Andreessen bigcallcomputer share on social
In short, software is eating the world. Marc Andreessen eatshortsoftware Change image and share on social
There's a new generation of entrepreneurs in the Valley who have arrived since 2000, after the dotcom bust. They're completely fearless. Marc Andreessen arrivebustcompletely Change image and share on social