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...
View ArticleKevin Durant is becoming a big-time Silicon Valley investor — here are the...
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 ArticleBill Gates says that HBO's 'Silicon Valley' is the best way to understand the...
Bill Gates has a message for those in the tech industry who think that HBO's "Silicon Valley" is too critical: lighten up."I always tell them: 'You really should watch it, because they don’t make any...
View ArticleMOGUL MANSIONS: From Elon Musk to Jeff Bezos, here are the homes and estates...
Many tech moguls have modest beginnings, developing their businesses in garages and sleeping at their offices. But don't be fooled: Many of tech's billionaires now have million-dollar homes and private...
View ArticleA Facebook board member denied claims he met the Cambridge Analytica...
Andreessen Horowitz investor and Facebook board member Marc Andreessen has denied claims he met the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Chris Wylie in 2016.The Observer reported that Andreessen hosted a...
View ArticleAndreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley's most prominent tech investors,...
The Silicon Valley stalwart Andreessen Horowitz is renouncing its status as a venture-capital firm as it moves closer to the world of financial services, cofounder Marc Andreessen told Forbes. The firm...
View ArticleA Silicon Valley VC says a group of tech companies are quietly blowing away...
The initial public offerings of consumer tech startups such as Uber, Pinterest, and Lyft are generating a lot of buzz lately.Enterprise software startups don't spark the same kind of excitement, but...
View ArticleCarta, the startup building a stock exchange for startups, says its own...
Carta, a platform that allows users to buy, sell, and trade privately held assets, announced on Monday it closed $300 million in series E funding that valued the company at $1.7 billion.Andreessen...
View ArticleA Silicon Valley stock exchange backed by Peter Thiel and Andreessen Horowitz...
A new stock exchange backed by Silicon Valley venture capitalists just gained approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Long-Term Stock Exchange is a new stock exchange designed to...
View ArticleThe first employee of Andreessen Horowitz — the legendary early investor in...
Venture capital isn't as complicated as it might seem.Business Insider spoke with Andreessen Horowitz's managing partner and first hire, Scott Kupor, about what he looks for in founders.Kupor recently...
View ArticleSuperhuman, the $30/month email app that venture capitalists love, is being...
Superhuman, an inbox management startup popular among venture investors, announced last week it raised $33 million in Series B funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company has a cult-like following...
View ArticleAndreessen Horowitz is reportedly backing Oculus founder Palmer Luckey’s new...
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has received funding for his new startup, Anduril, that values the company at $1 billion, according to a CNBC report Wednesday.The company, which makes technology for a...
View ArticleSundar Pichai, Marc Andreessen, and other Silicon Valley leaders paid tribute...
Sequoia Capital founder Don Valentine died on Friday at age 87, the firm said. Valentine was widely considered one of the preeminent figures in Silicon Valley's tech industry, and his firm is one of...
View Article8 books that legendary tech investor Marc Andreessen thinks everyone should...
Marc Andreessen shared new book recommendations to complement his essay on America's failure to build.The reading list, which Andreessen shared on Twitter, includes a biography of Thomas Edison and an...
View ArticleMarc Andreessen's essay on building things overlooks a key point, according...
Marc Andreessen wrote an essay arguing that America's failed response to the coronavirus pandemic is due to the country's "widespread inability to build."According to Andrew Yang, the former...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg and Marc Andreessen reportedly sparred last year over...
Marc Andreessen reportedly sparred with Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook's response to its settlement with the FTC over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.Andreessen...
View ArticleFacebook board member Marc Andreessen wants entrepreneurs to 'build' their...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is hard at work building the future.His company is in a strong position despite the pandemic, and his rhetoric signals that it is continuing to be ambitious in its...
View ArticleFacebook lost a director to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway in March....
Facebook's board lost former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway in March.Chenault said it was a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to work with Buffett and...
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