Mark Zuckerberg clashed with Facebook execs over letting employees work on...
Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook employees to work on projects for his philanthropic fund, The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, but was forced to abandon the idea early last year after opposition from senior...
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Kevin Durant and the rest of the Golden State Warriors are making a lot of venture capital investments in recent years.Durant talks about his Silicon Valley mentors in a new interview with ESPN.Durant...
View ArticleHow to send the perfect cold email to get an investor interested in your company
Getting the attention of investors isn't easy. Venture capitalists turn down thousands of offers from prospective entrepreneurs each year and receive multiple funding requests every day.While having...
View ArticleEarly Facebook investor Marc Andreessen says one of the biggest mistakes that...
Marc Andreessen says most companies put off hiring a HR leader too long.The delay makes the company more at risk of "catastrophic failure through self-inflicted wounds," according to Andreessen.In an...
View ArticleMarc Andreessen: This is not a business to be passive — it's a business to be...
Some are questioning whether the "move fast and break things" motto of Silicon Valley may be going too far.In the past six months, startups have come under fire for moving fast and breaking government...
View ArticleOne of the most influential Silicon Valley investors reveals how his firm...
On a recent episode of the Tim Ferriss Show, Ferriss spoke with Marc Andreessen, cofounder of and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.Andreessen is one of the most...
View ArticleMarc Andreessen has 2 words of advice for struggling startups
Marc Andreessen has two words of advice for startups: Raise prices.In a recent interview, "The 4-Hour Workweek" author and tech investor Tim Ferriss asked Andreessen what words he would put on a...
View ArticleAndreessen Horowitz just raised $1.5 billion to invest in the next big thing
As the champions of "software is eating the world," Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced on Friday that it has closed its latest fund: a whopping $1.5 billion.Founded in...
View ArticleMarc Andreessen hasn't seen this many tech acquisitions in the pipeline in...
Marc Andreessen, cofounder of the high-profile venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Facebook board member, and legendary tech investor, thinks that Microsoft's $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn...
View ArticleMarc Andreessen on why he's supporting Clinton over Trump: 'Is that a serious...
When Bloomberg's Emily Chang asked all-star investor Marc Andreessen in an onstage interview why he was voting for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in the US presidential election, he paused, and then...
View ArticleOver half of all the employees at this top Silicon Valley VC firm are women
Silicon Valley is historically a boy's club. Women make up just 6% of decision-makers in venture capital firms, and it's difficult for female founders to find funding.One top venture capital firm is...
View ArticleI tried Marc Andreessen's counterintuitive approach to productivity and was...
I live and die by my to-do list.Jotting down everything that needs to get done is often the very first thing I do when I sit down at my desk in the morning.It helps me to feel focused, organized, and...
View ArticleInside the catastrophe at Mode Media, the billion-dollar juggernaut that...
From the winding freeway that links Silicon Valley with San Francisco, the giant Mode Media sign gracing the company's headquarters was a hard-to-miss proclamation alerting passing drivers to an...
View ArticleTech investor Marc Andreessen has quit Twitter (again)
Silicon Valley investor and prolific tweeter Marc Andreessen has abruptly abandoned Twitter, deleting all his tweets after writing: "Taking a Twitter break!"Andreessen, cofounder of buzzy venture...
View ArticleMarc Andreessen on what everybody gets wrong about the US economy
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen gave a long interview that Vox published Wednesday about artificial intelligence, but the most interesting part was actually about something different: the bifurcated...
View Article10 business lessons I learned from Marc Andreessen, one of the smartest...
I’m a compulsive note-taker.I have recorded nearly every workout since age 18 or so. Roughly 8 feet of shelf space in my home is occupied by spine upon spine of notebook upon notebook. That, mind you,...
View ArticleLawsuit: Texts between Mark Zuckerberg and Marc Andreessen say the Facebook...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has considered plans to go into government, according to court documents seen by Bloomberg.The documents were filed as part of a shareholder lawsuit accusing Facebook's...
View ArticleHere are the chummy behind-the-scenes text messages between Mark Zuckerberg...
Marc Andreessen's text messages to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are filled with smiley face emoticons and odd turns of phrase.But that's not what some people find objectionable about the texts, which...
View ArticleThat time Marc Andreessen's first company shipped a $7 million CD in a...
These days, Marc Andreessen is one of the most prominent and well-respected venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as well as a member of Facebook's board of directors.But circa 1994, he was fresh out...
View ArticleFormer GE CEO Jeff Immelt says 2 things inspired him to transform the...
Jeff Immelt was CEO of GE for 16 yearsHe turned to Silicon Valley for advice on keeping GE relevant and competitiveIn an essay published by the Harvard Business Review, he credits much of his...
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