Out of ten swings at the bat, you get maybe seven strikeouts, two base hits, and if you are lucky, one home run. The base hits and the home runs pay for all the strikeouts — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
It's an old - and true - cliche that VCs rarely actually say 'no' - more often they say 'maybe', or 'not right now', or 'my partners aren't sure', or 'that's interesting, let me think about it' — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
I'm really excited about anything that is able to address the really big markets, so anything that's universally appealing. — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
One of the big first computers was called SAGE, which was a missile defense, the first missile-defense computer, which was, like, one of the… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
It was a joke, okay? If we thought it would actually be used, we wouldn't have written it! — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
Smart tech investor thinks about: a) future product roadmap, b) bottoms-up market size & growth, c) talent and skill of team. Essentially you are… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
Technology is like water; it wants to find its level. So if you hook up your computer to a billion other computers, it just… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don't have to be… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
Practically everyone is going to have a general purpose computer in their pocket, it's so easy to underestimate that, that has got to be… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
You know, magic markets don't appear all the time, so you take advantage of them. — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
Where I grew up, we had the three TV networks, maybe two radio stations, no cable TV. We still had a long-distance party line… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
