The Curious Case Of Marc Andreessen, Part 2(2)
A few weeks ago, I posted some thoughts on Marc Andreessen and word that he and business partner Benjamin Horowitz had raised a $300 million venture fund. I thought the amount raised recognized Andreessen’s ascension to the role of valley godfather, while also indicating that the valley tends to view success along yardsticks such as taking companies public and personal wealth (and shareholder wealth) rather than the ability to build sustainable business models.
That sparked a nice conversation in the comments about what does constitute success as an entrepreneur.
By total coincidence, his PR folks contact myself and my colleague Scott Duke Harris for a pre-briefing on the official news about the fund just a few days after that post. We met with Andreessen and Horowitz to discuss the news, which was released today.
You can read Scott’s story here.
During our conversation, we covered a few other tidbits that didn’t make Scott’s story, but that I though were relevant to my previous blogpost. So let me share a few of them here:
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