>>> we love seeing repeat-founders build on past successes by growing from lessons learned," Andreessen wrote. > Neumann's success was really developing a hype

>>> we love seeing repeat-founders build on past successes by growing from lessons learned," Andreessen wrote. > Neumann's success was really developing a hype machine and getting money from investors into his pockets. So if he’s building on past successes and learning from mistakes, more hype, more money. He’s a billionaire after that fiasco. Will he climb higher after the next one? Andreessen seems to think so. Data collection would make sense, for internal purposes and/or external buyers. But that presumes the need for more than raw hype to make a billion or two. Whatever it is, it smells funny.