Andreessen Horowitz Part I

We kick off Season 9 with a classic: Part I of the a16z story.
How did this brand new venture firm charge out of the gates in
2009, going from zero to disrupting the entire venture industry
overnight? You probably know Marc & Ben's history with
Netscape and Loudcloud/Opsware... but what about the Black
Panthers, Nintendo 64, Al Gore, Doug Leone, Masayoshi Son, and an
epic feud with Benchmark Capital that became Silicon Valley's
version of the Hatfields and the McCoys? Buckle up, Acquired's
got the truth. 





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Links:


David Streitfeld's great NYT piece on the Horowitz family:
 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/technology/one-family-many-revolutions-from-black-panthers-to-silicon-valley-to-trump.html

Marc on the Tim Ferriss Show:
 https://tim.blog/2018/01/01/the-tim-ferriss-show-transcripts-marc-andreessen/

2003 Marc in SF Gate:
 https://www.sfgate.com/business/ontherecord/article/OPSWARE-INC-On-the-record-Marc-Andreessen-2525822.php#photo-2684736



Carve Outs:


Ben:


The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life:
 https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Brain-Hidden-Motives-Everyday/dp/0190495995



David:


Resonant Arc Podcast / YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFzWAEPDGiY34bGpwM_DWmA



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