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It is interesting how people describe themselves: > Marc Andreessen is co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. I am sure that to most peop
by Theodores 13y ago
It is interesting how people describe themselves:
> Marc Andreessen is co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
I am sure that to most people here he is is afforded rock-star status because he is the guy that co-founded Netscape (and then went on to do other things like dabble in VC). Interesting how Netscape is no longer the big thing on his resume, he trades his reputation and name on what he does now rather than what he did back then.
- gargarplex 13y agoDabble in VC? That's insulting and misrepresentative language. A16Z is on a fast track to becoming the next sequoia capital.
- Theodores 13y agoAt times I do wonder if some people on this site have had their humour glands surgically removed or whether some British phrases just don't travel well. Clearly you don't do 'understatement' in your neck of the internets. By way of an automotive analogy, if someone asked who Lewis Hamilton is, then you could eulogize about how much of a living legend he is, ramble on about his many victories, mention how he is Britain's wealthiest sportsman and so on and so forth. However, (and particularly to someone who really doesn't know who Lewis Hamilton is), then you could quite reasonably say 'apparently he does a little bit of driving'. That would not be a slight or an insult directed at Lewis Hamilton or the person you are talking to. You could also say that Lewis Hamilton has 'made a bob or two from it'. That would not be 'misrepresentative language' in the pejorative sense, just pure understatement, that is all. Anyway, who is this 'next sequioa capital' you speak of? Weird how they don't use a capital letter for the word 'capital', but I digress. Do you honestly think that Andreessen gives a damn about being bigger than them?