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Lots of people were in that right place at the right time, but Andreesen made it happen. Then he made it happen again with Loudcloud/Opsware. Two billion doll
by SkyMarshal 14y ago
Lots of people were in that right place at the right time, but Andreesen made it happen. Then he made it happen again with Loudcloud/Opsware. Two billion dollar companies.
There was a lot of hard work and intelligence behind his being in the right place at the right time.
- larrys 14y ago"Loudcloud" Loudcloud was a failure. It morphed into opsware. So he was wrong about loudcloud (timing and otherwise). http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/23/marc-andreessens-loudcloud-finally-rains-money/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/23/marc-andreessens-lo... "After many adventures–in which the young company suffered many defeats, "
- gojomo 14y agoMorphing a 1999-founded 'failure' into a billion-dollar success, over the difficult period of the early 200X's, provides more support for the proposition that Andreesen is a persistent genius, than the proposition he's just been lucky.
- SkyMarshal 14y agoI'll take a $1.6 Billion exit 'failure' any day.