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So Marc now knows it all? Every day they keep asking him about stuff and then "Marc this" and "Marc that". I am about to switch morning cereal but gonna wait u

So Marc now knows it all? Every day they keep asking him about stuff and then "Marc this" and "Marc that". I am about to switch morning cereal but gonna wait until he suggests one... edit: noticed the negative votes, still wouldn't change a word.

meaty 14y ago
Watch out: you might piss off the fanboys who don't realise that TechCrunch is not the Internet.
rdl 14y ago
pmarca certainly doesn't know it all, but he's got better visibility into the whole spectrum of tech companies than almost anyone, as well as personal experience at both consumer and enterprise over something like 20 years now. (pg probably has better visibility into a certain category of early startup, but pmarca has breadth). So, even if you assume people like that are only of average intelligence, it's probably worth listening to what they have to say. i.e. if a tall guy at a concert starts running in a certain direction, you may want to follow him. The annoying thing is that since he's on the HP board, he can't talk about HP (what is up with HP?) or any other big competitors. :(
nkohari 14y ago
He does, you know, do this stuff for a living.
- OGinparadise 14y ago
  He does, you know, do this stuff for a living. What is "this stuff" exactly? All I know that he is very famous and had an illustrious past. Now they are throwing lots of money around trying to buy legitimacy as VCs. Maybe it's the sites I visit, but he's always in the news saying something.
  - nkohari 14y ago
    He doesn't need to "buy" anyone's legitimacy, and he's not just famous. Do your research. He's Marc fucking Andreessen. He founded Netscape Communications, which he took public and then sold to AOL for $4.2B in 1999, becoming AOL's CTO. Then he founded Loudcloud, which went public in 2001, later being acquired by HP for $1.6B. He's now a founding partner of one of the most prestigious software-oriented venture capital firms, Andreessen-Horowitz. Their investment portfolio includes Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Pinterest, and GitHub. I'd say if any single person is equipped to understand the ebb and flow of the software industry as it relates to the financial markets, it'd be him.
    - OGinparadise 14y ago
      Their investment portfolio includes Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Pinterest, and GitHub. I've done my research. Do yours, especially his timing and price entry points.
      - prpatel 14y ago
        Adding to your comment, here's a link: http://www.cnbc.com/id/50025913/HP039s_Autonomy_Fiasco_Look_No_Further_Than_HP039s_Board http://www.cnbc.com/id/50025913/HP039s_Autonomy_Fiasco_Look_... There's no doubt that Marc is a success in the software & VC space - how much of that is luck and opportunism is up to you to decide.

meaty 14y ago

Watch out: you might piss off the fanboys who don't realise that TechCrunch is not the Internet.

rdl 14y ago

pmarca certainly doesn't know it all, but he's got better visibility into the whole spectrum of tech companies than almost anyone, as well as personal experience at both consumer and enterprise over something like 20 years now. (pg probably has better visibility into a certain category of early startup, but pmarca has breadth). So, even if you assume people like that are only of average intelligence, it's probably worth listening to what they have to say. i.e. if a tall guy at a concert starts running in a certain direction, you may want to follow him. The annoying thing is that since he's on the HP board, he can't talk about HP (what is up with HP?) or any other big competitors. :(

nkohari 14y ago

He does, you know, do this stuff for a living.

OGinparadise 14y ago
He does, you know, do this stuff for a living. What is "this stuff" exactly? All I know that he is very famous and had an illustrious past. Now they are throwing lots of money around trying to buy legitimacy as VCs. Maybe it's the sites I visit, but he's always in the news saying something.
- nkohari 14y ago
  He doesn't need to "buy" anyone's legitimacy, and he's not just famous. Do your research. He's Marc fucking Andreessen. He founded Netscape Communications, which he took public and then sold to AOL for $4.2B in 1999, becoming AOL's CTO. Then he founded Loudcloud, which went public in 2001, later being acquired by HP for $1.6B. He's now a founding partner of one of the most prestigious software-oriented venture capital firms, Andreessen-Horowitz. Their investment portfolio includes Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Pinterest, and GitHub. I'd say if any single person is equipped to understand the ebb and flow of the software industry as it relates to the financial markets, it'd be him.
  - OGinparadise 14y ago
    Their investment portfolio includes Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Pinterest, and GitHub. I've done my research. Do yours, especially his timing and price entry points.
    - prpatel 14y ago
      Adding to your comment, here's a link: http://www.cnbc.com/id/50025913/HP039s_Autonomy_Fiasco_Look_No_Further_Than_HP039s_Board http://www.cnbc.com/id/50025913/HP039s_Autonomy_Fiasco_Look_... There's no doubt that Marc is a success in the software & VC space - how much of that is luck and opportunism is up to you to decide.