VC John Frankel: Google Glass 'Feels More Like The Segway Than Anything Else'...
Google Glass has already attracted some interest from top investors Marc Andreessen, Google Ventures, and VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which teamed up to launch the Glass Collective to...
View ArticleANDREESSEN: A Lot Of People Are Criticizing Silicon Valley Just To Make...
Here's a funny quote from venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to Strictly VC, when asked about media criticism of the technology industry in Silicon Valley:"The stories crack me up. There’s sort of two...
View ArticleMarc Andreessen Is Selling About $91 Million In Facebook Shares
Facebook board member Marc Andreessen is selling 1.65 million class A shares, which are worth almost $91 million.The company announced today that it's offering 70 million class A shares. CEO Mark...
View ArticleAfter 982 Days Away, Marc Andreessen Is Back On Twitter
After 982 days away, Marc Andreessen is back on Twitter.Nine hours ago, he tweeted:Hello? Hello? Is this thing on?— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) January 1, 2014He's tweeted a dozen or so times since. He's...
View ArticleMarc Andreessen Just Suggested That Snapchat Could Become A $100 Billion Company
When Snapchat reportedly turned down a $3 billion offer from Facebook, the knee jerk reaction from a lot of people was, "Are they crazy?!?"It's a lot of money to pass on. But, according to venture...
View ArticleWhy Companies With Zero In Revenue Get Valued At Billions Of Dollars
If there's one thing that vexes people, it's when hot, growing startups fail to generate revenue. It's somehow seen as a sign of failure if a company isn't making money on day one. Twitter was dogged...
View ArticleANDREESSEN: Here's The Complete History Of Silicon Valley Since 1993
Marc Andreessen has been going crazy on Twitter lately after a long time away.His latest outburst is a humorous take on people's reaction to Silicon Valley since 1993.Andreessen, for those that don't...
View ArticleMarc Andreessen Just Tweeted A Hilarious Comment About Microsoft's Next CEO
All of a sudden, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has become the funniest person on Twitter.He joined Twitter years ago but only tweeted a couple of times. Then on January 1, his...
View ArticleA Denied National Science Foundation Grant Is The Reason Marc Andreessen...
Andreessen Horowitz partner Marc Andresseen has been getting a lot of attention in the tech press of late, thanks to his enthusiastic adoption of Twitter since the beginning of the new year.The latest...
View ArticleFinally! Someone In Silicon Valley Has The Guts To Defend The NSA
There's been one uniform reaction to all the revelations about NSA spying from Silicon Valley: outrage. Apple, for instance, called the NSA "malicious hackers." Mark Zuckerberg said, "I thought that...
View ArticleHow Marc Andreessen And Elon Musk Really Got Rich
We recently heard two stories about how two of the most successful tech entrepreneurs, ever, struck it rich.The first involves Elon Musk.Musk is widely regarded as the most visionary entrepreneur of...
View ArticleMarc Andreessen Has A Great Answer For Why Bitcoin Matters
Marc Andreessen has a fabulous op-ed in The New York Times today called "Why Bitcoin Matters," and it serves as a good primer on all things Bitcoin. Andreessen is a huge proponent of the anonymous...
View ArticleFour Tweets Show The Vast Misguided Freakout At This Year's Davos Conference
The early theme that was said to be merging from this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland was "inequality." That of course is a bit rich, given the nature of the confab. Mega tech...
View ArticleMarc Andreessen Praises An App Called Slack: 'I Have Never Seen' A Business...
A new business app created by Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield is creating a ton of buzz in Silicon Valley right now.It's called Slack.Like many other business apps, this one is all about...
View ArticleHere's The App Marc Andreessen Was Raving About On Twitter Yesterday
A new business app from one of the founders of Flickr is getting a ton of attention today, and for good reason.It's called Slack, and yesterday it got a major shoutout from Marc Andreessen, the...
View ArticleCarl Icahn Calls Out Marc Andreessen In A New Letter To eBay Shareholders (EBAY)
Activist investor Carl Icahn is out with a new open letter to eBay shareholders.In the letter, Icahn describes the board's "transgressions," specifically targeting Marc Andreessen's "loyalty." He...
View ArticleEbay Responds To Carl Icahn's 'Mudslinging Attacks' About Its Board
Ebay has released a response to Carl Icahn's brutal shred of its board this morning, writing that Icahn "cherry-picked old news clips and anecdotes out of context" to attack board members Marc...
View ArticleANDREESSEN: MtGox Is Like MF Global And Not An Existential Threat
Marc Andreessen is one of Bitcoin's biggest supporters, having invested some $50 million in firms dealing in the digital currency.He also recently published an op-ed in the New York Times on how...
View ArticleCarl Icahn Again Accuses Marc Andreessen Of Lining His Own Pockets At The...
Activist advisor Carl Icahn just released a follow-up letter to his initial shred of eBay's board of directors, and he once again calls out board member Marc Andreessen — accusing him of costing eBay...
View ArticleThe Truth About Whether Marc Andreessen Cheated eBay Shareholders Out Of $4...
This week, activist investor Carl Icahn wrote two open letters to eBay's shareholders shredding eBay's board of directors and, in particular, Marc Andreessen. In the first, he questioned Andreessen's...
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