Marc Andreessen: “Take the Ego Out of Ideas”

Re:Marc Andreessen: “Take the Ego Out of Ideas” by justinhj on Saturday April 08, 2017 @11:41AM (#14067432)

I think it's a comforting thought that people only succeed because of exceptional luck but that doesn't make it true.

Worship is a problem, but methodical research of the sort that went into "Good to Great" is not.

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Re:Marc Andreessen: “Take the Ego Out of Ideas” by gumby on Saturday April 08, 2017 @03:09PM (#14068449)

Have you looked what happened to the companies profiled in that book?

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Re:Marc Andreessen: “Take the Ego Out of Ideas” by justinhj on Sunday April 09, 2017 @06:48PM (#14074743)

That's a fair point :) Fannie Mae and Circuit City being among them. The question is did they abandon the principles described in the book or die due to unforeseeable circumstances?

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