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Marc Andreessen Quotes

Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don’t have to be that good to be much better. Any time you stand in line at the DMV and look around, you’re like, ‘Oh, my God, I wish all these people were replaced by computer drivers.’ Picture Quote #1

We call it the ‘Rule of Crappy People’. Bad managers hire very, very bad employees, because they’re threatened by anybody who is anywhere near as good as they are Picture Quote #1

The good news is we had this idea of cloud computing. The bad news is we were 10 years too early Picture Quote #1

Only two people have been on the cover of Time Magazine in bare feet. I’m one, the other is Gandhi Picture Quote #1

I think that every technology company that’s more than 20 years old will break up Picture Quote #1

Rule 1: All rules can be broken. Many (ex-legal and ethical) should be. Most people won’t Picture Quote #1

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No one should expect building a new high-growth, software-powered company in an established industry to be easy. It’s brutally difficult Picture Quote #1

More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services - from movies to agriculture to national defense Picture Quote #1

China is very entrepreneurial but has no rule of law. Europe has rule of law but isn’t entrepreneurial. Combine rule of law, entrepreneurialism and a generally pro-business policy, and you have Apple Picture Quote #1

When I talk to entrepreneurs today, I feel like the grandfather who was in the Civil War Picture Quote #1

In 2000, when my partner Ben Horowitz was CEO of the first cloud computing company, Loudcloud, the cost of a customer running a basic Internet application was approximately $150,000 a month Picture Quote #1

I’m quite bullish. We’re coming up on year 15 of a flat stock market. Historically that’s a pretty good sign. So I’m not a hedge-fund manager but if I was I think I’d be feeling pretty good Picture Quote #1

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The spread of computers and the Internet will put jobs in two categories. People who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do Picture Quote #1

One of the big first computers was called SAGE, which was a missile defense, the first missile-defense computer, which was, like, one of the first computers in the history of the world which got sold to the Department of Defense for, I don’t know, tens and tens of millions of dollars at the time Picture Quote #1

The big advantage that we have as a venture capital firm over a hedge fund or a mutual fund is we have a 13-year lockup on our money. And so enterprise can go in and out of fashion four different times, and we can go and invest in one of these companies, and it’s okay, because we can stay the course Picture Quote #1

Today’s leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition Picture Quote #1

Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not Picture Quote #1

An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in. Microsoft started with programming tools, but came out with an operating system. Oracle started doing contracts for the CIA. AOL started out as an online video gaming network Picture Quote #1

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I think the tech stock, the public market is still completely traumatized by the dotcom crash. I think the investors and reporters and analysts and everybody is determined to not get taken advantage of again, and that is what everybody who lived through 2000, what they kind of remember Picture Quote #1

An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in Picture Quote #1

And once you get instantaneous communication with everybody, you have economic activity that's far more advanced, far more liquid, far more distributed than ever before Picture Quote #1

The conventional wisdom about the internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years Picture Quote #1

Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don't have to be that good to be much better Picture Quote #1

I need more raw experience. I've read and watched a lot of things, but I haven't done a lot of things Picture Quote #1

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If you're the village blacksmith and a Model T comes along, you better become a mechanic. People's lives are better when they get news online versus having to wait for the morning paper. It's a lot more efficient, a lot more real time, a lot less waste Picture Quote #1

In the next 10 years, I expect at least five billion people worldwide to own smartphones, giving every individual with such a phone instant access to the full power of the internet, every moment of every day Picture Quote #1

Our combination of great research universities, a pro-risk business culture, deep pools of innovation-seeking equity capital and reliable business and contract law is unprecedented and unparalleled in the world Picture Quote #1

Ten to 20 years out, driving your car will be viewed as equivalently immoral as smoking cigarettes around other people is today Picture Quote #1

The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high software content Picture Quote #1

There is an enormous market demand for information. It just has to be fulfilled in a way that fits with the technology of our times Picture Quote #1

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Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don’t have to be that good to be much better. Any time you stand in line at the DMV and look around, you’re like, ‘Oh, my God, I wish all these people were replaced by computer drivers.’ (Marc Andreessen Quotes) We call it the ‘Rule of Crappy People’. Bad managers hire very, very bad employees, because they’re threatened by anybody who is anywhere near as good as they are. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) The good news is we had this idea of cloud computing. The bad news is we were 10 years too early. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) Only two people have been on the cover of Time Magazine in bare feet. I’m one, the other is Gandhi. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) I think that every technology company that’s more than 20 years old will break up (Marc Andreessen Quotes) Rule 1: All rules can be broken. Many (ex-legal and ethical) should be. Most people won’t. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) No one should expect building a new high-growth, software-powered company in an established industry to be easy. It’s brutally difficult (Marc Andreessen Quotes) More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services - from movies to agriculture to national defense. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) China is very entrepreneurial but has no rule of law. Europe has rule of law but isn’t entrepreneurial. Combine rule of law, entrepreneurialism and a generally pro-business policy, and you have Apple. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) When I talk to entrepreneurs today, I feel like the grandfather who was in the Civil War (Marc Andreessen Quotes) In 2000, when my partner Ben Horowitz was CEO of the first cloud computing company, Loudcloud, the cost of a customer running a basic Internet application was approximately $150,000 a month. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) I’m quite bullish. We’re coming up on year 15 of a flat stock market. Historically that’s a pretty good sign. So I’m not a hedge-fund manager but if I was I think I’d be feeling pretty good. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) The spread of computers and the Internet will put jobs in two categories. People who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) One of the big first computers was called SAGE, which was a missile defense, the first missile-defense computer, which was, like, one of the first computers in the history of the world which got sold to the Department of Defense for, I don’t know, tens and tens of millions of dollars at the time. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) The big advantage that we have as a venture capital firm over a hedge fund or a mutual fund is we have a 13-year lockup on our money. And so enterprise can go in and out of fashion four different times, and we can go and invest in one of these companies, and it’s okay, because we can stay the course. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) Today’s leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition (Marc Andreessen Quotes) Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in. Microsoft started with programming tools, but came out with an operating system. Oracle started doing contracts for the CIA. AOL started out as an online video gaming network. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) I think the tech stock, the public market is still completely traumatized by the dotcom crash. I think the investors and reporters and analysts and everybody is determined to not get taken advantage of again, and that is what everybody who lived through 2000, what they kind of remember. (Marc Andreessen Quotes) An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in (Marc Andreessen Quotes) And once you get instantaneous communication with everybody, you have economic activity that's far more advanced, far more liquid, far more distributed than ever before (Marc Andreessen Quotes) The conventional wisdom about the internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years (Marc Andreessen Quotes) Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don't have to be that good to be much better (Marc Andreessen Quotes) I need more raw experience. I've read and watched a lot of things, but I haven't done a lot of things (Marc Andreessen Quotes) If you're the village blacksmith and a Model T comes along, you better become a mechanic. People's lives are better when they get news online versus having to wait for the morning paper. It's a lot more efficient, a lot more real time, a lot less waste (Marc Andreessen Quotes) In the next 10 years, I expect at least five billion people worldwide to own smartphones, giving every individual with such a phone instant access to the full power of the internet, every moment of every day (Marc Andreessen Quotes) Our combination of great research universities, a pro-risk business culture, deep pools of innovation-seeking equity capital and reliable business and contract law is unprecedented and unparalleled in the world (Marc Andreessen Quotes) Ten to 20 years out, driving your car will be viewed as equivalently immoral as smoking cigarettes around other people is today (Marc Andreessen Quotes) The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high software content (Marc Andreessen Quotes) There is an enormous market demand for information. It just has to be fulfilled in a way that fits with the technology of our times (Marc Andreessen Quotes)

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