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Andreessen comes across as amoral here. Actually, that's not completely correct; he believes what's right is anything that helps his bottomline, and anything t
by throw7 12y ago
Andreessen comes across as amoral here. Actually, that's not completely correct; he believes what's right is anything that helps his bottomline, and anything that hurts his bottomline is wrong.
It's a very similar argument that Lanny Breuer put forth in not going after wall street.
- tptacek 12y agoWhat is the upside to an amoral Andreesen of broadcasting an opinion that is extremely unpopular with the people who make up his dealflow?
- jgon 12y agoGood question. And yet the fact remains that he did it. It's almost like people are fallible or something.
- larrys 12y ago"broadcasting an opinion that is extremely unpopular with the people who make up his dealflow?" What do you think the actual net effect of that will be though? That Andreesen will actually lose out on the best or many deals? Not only do people have short memories, but money and opportunity smooth over many problems in people's minds. Rationalization. [1] I remember reading how up in arms people were about MIT and Schwartz. Some alum threatened to pull support. So how many actually did? (I don't know the answer). Of course if the "brand" continues to broadcast opinions on an ongoing basis that are unpopular that's a different story. [1] Faced with economic opportunity the tobacco industry spreading around wealth and business opportunities did pretty well for many years.