Our combination of great research universities, a pro-risk business culture, deep pools of innovation-seeking equity capital and reliable business and contract law is unprecedented and unparalleled in the world. Marc Andreessen businesscapitalcombination share on social
TV and the press have always functioned according to the same sets of rules and technical standards. But the Internet is based on software. And anybody can write a new piece of software on the Internet that years later a billion people are using. Marc Andreessen basebillionfunction 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
There's always more demands than there's time to meet them, so it's constantly a matter of trying to balance them. Marc Andreessen balanceconstantlydemand 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
If I want to get work done, that's usually about 3 in the morning. Marc Andreessen morningwork Change image and share on social
One of the advantages of moving quickly is if you do something wrong you can change it. What technologies tend to do is they tend to make a lot of mistakes... but then we go back and aggressively attack those mistakes - and fix them. And you usually recover pretty quickly. Marc Andreessen advantageaggressivelyattack share on social
No one should expect building a new high-growth, software-powered company in an established industry to be easy. It's brutally difficult. Marc Andreessen brutallybuildcompany 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