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Marc Andreessen on Big Breakthrough Ideas and Courageous Entrepreneurs

Marc Andreessen, Co-Founder & Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, discusses his philosophy on investing in technical founders and the role of technology in today's startups.

Mar 8, 201455mWatch on YouTube

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EPISODE INFO

Released
March 8, 2014
Duration
55m
Channel
Stanford Graduate School of Business
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Marc Andreessen, Co-Founder & Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, discusses his philosophy on investing in technical founders and the role of technology in today's startups. Andreessen also addresses the kind of entrepreneurs and ideas his venture capital firm look for: "Big breakthrough ideas often seem nuts the first time you see them." Related article: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/marc-andreessen-we-are-biased-toward-people-who-never-give More about the View From The Top speaker series: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/vftt All View From The Top videos: http://www.youtube.com/course?list=EC5C14B375A7F2FEA8

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  • Marc Andreessen

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    Cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and tech entrepreneur/investor.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Stanford Graduate School of Business, featuring Marc Andreessen, Marc Andreessen on Big Breakthrough Ideas and Courageous Entrepreneurs explores Andreessen on tech cycles, founder traits, and building companies to scale Marc Andreessen argues that today’s tech market resembles a mature “deployment phase” of computing rather than a repeat of the late-1990s bubble, pointing to larger revenues and user bases in prominent companies than in that earlier era.

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