Re:Marc Andreessen – Lessons, Predictions, and Recommendatio...
by paulpauper on Saturday June 04, 2016 @12:16PM
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he's batting 1000 in life..not bad for someone who wrote a 'derivative copy of well known software idea'. Everything he has done has worked out perfectly, which reflects some luck but also genuine skill at understanding markets, trends, etc. Timed the Netscape exit perfectly got into the best start-ups early
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Re:Marc Andreessen – Lessons, Predictions, and Recommendatio...
by jpeg_hero on Saturday June 04, 2016 @12:21PM
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..and he married a billionaire heiress (no sour grapes!). If this whole "VC thing" doesn't work out for him, he can always be a kept man ;)
Re:Marc Andreessen – Lessons, Predictions, and Recommendatio...
by geofft on Saturday June 04, 2016 @12:43PM
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> he's batting 1000 in life ... got into the best start-ups early
I don't think this is factually true. Besides Netscape, he's noted for cofounding Ning and Loudcloud. Loudcloud pivoted almost entirely, sold their old business, and rebranded the new idea as Opsware which had a successful exit (but even so wouldn't be "the best"). Ning I'd grant being successful in the sense of not having died, but I don't think there's any argument that it's anywhere near "the best". It feels like a huge stretch to count that as three-for-three.