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Andreessen Horowitz will match your $50 with another $50.
by pmarca 14y ago
Andreessen Horowitz will match your $50 with another $50.
- dbul 14y agoExcellent. Not too long ago I asked a partner at a very well known VC firm if they would consider investing a small amount ($x00) in many "startups" to see if the founders would use the money effectively and follow up with a more serious investment if so. He looked at me as though I was asking sarcastically rather than sincerely. I'm confident that these six new Pinboard/Ptacek/A16Z companies will have excellent return on investment. Humor aside, there are many smart founders but being brilliant and being money-minded are orthogonal.
- rdl 14y agoI wonder how much having any amount from a top-tier investor like a16z is worth (since you don't need to reveal the amount, at least initially, and once they're already talking to you...). Presumably that $50 is worth more like $5-10k, unless someone reads this thread.
- bravura 14y agoDoes that mean that recipients can legitimately tell the press and other investors that a16z is one of their investors? Assuming that the recipient can keep a straight face? EDIT: Perhaps having a16z as the only VC in your seed is a very bad idea. Chris Dixon (now a partner at a16z) cautions enterpreneurs against the risks of having a sole VC in your seed round: http://cdixon.org/2012/04/02/revisited-big-vcs-investing-in-seed-rounds/ http://cdixon.org/2012/04/02/revisited-big-vcs-investing-in-... "I can think of about 15 founders I’ve spoken to recently who tried or are trying to raise Series As but are seriously hampered by the fact that a big VC invested in the seed round but isn’t participating in the Series A."
- pmarca 14y agoIf our $50 participation hampers your A round, we will bridge you with another $15.
- hornbaker 14y agoThen I'll kick in another $5 for a pier.
- dinky 14y agoI would love that offer - care to make it official? http://lookapinky.com http://lookapinky.com
- bravura 14y agopmarca: I think you're onto something here. A large micro-investment portfolio. Anything in this portfolio is sort of a tip of the hat from a16z, a micro-endorsement that messages: "we've got our eyes on this company."
- pmarca 14y agoDue to the reduced size of the round, the announcement can only cite investment from a1z.
- davemc500hats 14y agooh, the LULZ! ;)
- staunch 14y agoShit just got real.
- huhtenberg 14y agoYuri Milner will match with his usual $150K... because that how they print them US money in Russia
- solutionhn 14y agoI guess people didn't get the joke! Atleast it should have ended here. Heck, I will wager $37 that submitting your startup idea to HN will get you more exposure than posting on Pinboard's blog.
- quellhorst 14y agoI'll match the $50 in development services from AbtainLabs.com as long as Ruby on Rails is used. Small sites could actually host on Heroku for free.
- EwanG 14y agoAre there any good "State Engine" packages for use with Ruby on Rails? I have been working in Javascript for the Windows 8 UI (and probably PhoneGap to make a quick Android port), but if it would help get the product done to go another direction, I am willing to consider.