The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Marc Andreessen on The Future of Venture Capital: Will a16z Go Public | Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong | Why Introspection is Dangerous | Why "Diamonds in the Rough" is BS in VC | Why a16z Invested $300M into Adam Neumann
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman.
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Marc Andreessen is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. The firm now manages over $90BN and has invested in the likes of OpenAI, Airbnb, Coinbase, Anduril and many more. Marc is an innovator and creator, one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion people and one of the few to establish multiple billion-dollar companies. Marc co-created the Mosaic internet browser and co-founded Netscape (sold to AOL for $4.2 billion). He also co-founded Loudcloud, which as Opsware, sold to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion.
AGENDA:
— Why Introspection is Overrated: The Dangers of Learning from the Past
— The One Trait Marc Andreessen Looks For in Every Founder
— Are the Best Founders Broken? What Makes the Best Founders?
— "Extreme Ownership": Why Everything Being Your Fault Changes Everything
— "Do You Read the Comments?" Fame, Criticism & How to Deal with Haters
— Is Venture Now Go Big or Go Home? The Real Future of VC
— Does Price Matter Anymore? The Dangerous Truth About Valuations
— "Stop Chasing Diamonds in the Rough": Why Most VCs Get This Completely Wrong
— Do You Actually Need to Like Founders? The Uncomfortable Answer
— Are Companies 75% Overstaffed? The Most Controversial Take on Hiring
— When Will a16z Go Public?
— Why Labour Displacement Theory Around AI is Totally Wrong
— Why Silicon Valley Is More Dominant Than Ever?
— Why a16z Invested $300M into Adam Neumann
— What Still Drives Marc Andreesen?
— What is the Biggest Mistakes VCs Still Make Today?
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