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Interview: Marc Andreessen, VC and tech pioneer

noahpinion.substack · 1 day ago

Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao

Ever curious: Tsundoku, Reader, World Traveler, Investor & Tech/Media exec interested in almost everything! Aspiring Shokunin. https://t.co/LSIQ6nyS2L

RT @stephenkinsella: Enjoyed this IV @noahpinion did with @pmarca. https://t.co/qGLY3Jkftt

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Garry Tan 陈嘉兴 🌐

@garrytan

Founder @Initialized—PM/designer/eng turned Forbes Midas List Top 100 VC in startups worth over $100B, always before product market fit—YouTube creator

RT @Noahpinion: 1/Some thoughts on my interview with Marc Andreessen! https://t.co/P6sKlXK0xT

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AlexisOhanian.eth 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣

@alexisohanian

Back on the Starting Line. Founder @SevenSevenSix Previously @Initialized @Reddit Forever #BusinessDad + #PaidFamilyLeave Advocate ⚽️ @weareangelcity 🎮 @cloud9

100% agree. US tech needs to be the leading competitor to China and we're fumbling. Remember: user experience wins… https://t.co/vEG2q5vG2b

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Josh Wolfe

@wolfejosh

Co-Founder @Lux_Capital | Trustee @SfiScience Santa Fe Inst | Chair @CiPrep Coney Island Prep (Brooklyn) | Co-Founder of Carson, Quinn & Bodhi w/ @ltwolfe

Truth. 100% https://t.co/AeyWm39K55

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Sriram Krishnan

@sriramk

🧱GP @a16z. Invest in consumer and crypto. 🎤Host @GoodTimeShowCH w/ @aarthir. 🎙Interviews @ObserverEffect. 💻Previously at Twitter, Snap and FB

RT @Noahpinion: My interview with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) is out!! https://t.co/P6sKlXK0xT

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Adam Nash

@adamnash

CEO & Co-Founder @ Silverback 🦍. BoD @Acorns @DriveShift. Lecturer @Stanford. Inevitably optimistic. Slightly amusing. Always talking.

RT @ashleevance: .@pmarca is spot on here https://t.co/zMSiP5e6mc https://t.co/Vlc8b58X30

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ଅନିଲ 💉💉

@anildash

helping make @glitch • big fan of being a big fan of things • he/him

Nothing in that second paragraph is true, or derives from the points in the first paragraph. So much of what’s wron… https://t.co/2N6xPNhQmC

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Harder Than It Looks, Not As Fun as It Seems

collaborativefund · 5 days ago

Collaborative Fund

@collabfund

Collaborative = (people x stuff) + new technologies^creativity

Harder Than It Looks https://t.co/qcRfjra0zh

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Roger Ehrenberg

@infoarbitrage

managing partner @iaventures. earliest days @thetradedeskinc @Wise. @UMich @Columbia_Biz. family man. bourbon lover. wolverine. 〽️

This is truly excellent and offers important perspective for all. Bottom line: everyone has their struggles, insecu… https://t.co/asY68K9Caa

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Mark Suster

@msuster

2x entrepreneur. Sold both companies (last to @salesforce). Now @UpfrontVC looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs. Snapchat: msuster

I give a version of this advice often. This is very well written. 👏🏼 👏🏼 https://t.co/i3DSazYZ8Y

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@jdrive

Roughly 70% water. Also: VC / Entrepreneur / Volunteer / Tinkerer

Harder Than It Looks, Not As Fun as It Seems https://t.co/z1Y127NUxM via @collabfund

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Melissa Tsang

@melissatsang

she/her

RT @morganhousel: Harder Than It Looks, Not As Fun As It Seems https://t.co/PM9CJmvmTe

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Hiten Shah

@hnshah

Co-Founder & CEO at Nira (@niradotcom). Follow me for tweets about growing startups into businesses. I’m on my 3rd one. Previously @CrazyEgg & KISSmetrics.

https://t.co/GDOlrpAj3G

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Unicorn Market Cap, June 2021 (Almost Post-Pandemic Edition)

blog.eladgil · 1 day ago

Elad Gil

@eladgil

Entrepreneur and Investor

More details on unicorn market caps and trends here: https://t.co/BAPwimGJy9 Thanks to @_shinkim of @TryEraser https://t.co/T9O1RGOK54

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Paul Graham

@paulg

RT @patrickc: Very interesting analysis from @eladgil: https://t.co/XO0ufHQJFe. According to these data, Europe has added 25 unicorns sinc…

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Bilal Zuberi

@bznotes

Partner at Lux Capital: @DesktopMetal, @appliedint, @NozomiNetworks, @EvolvTechnology, @Orbital_Insight, @ZededaEdge, @Saildrone, @fiddlerlabs, @happiestbaby...

https://t.co/stFwdzxmfO https://t.co/1HuoCC2geG

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Vinod Khosla

@vkhosla

entrepreneurship zealot, grounded technology possibilist, believer in the power of ideas, passionate about sustainability & impact

RT @patrickc: Very interesting analysis from @eladgil: https://t.co/XO0ufHQJFe. According to these data, Europe has added 25 unicorns sinc…

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Patrick Collison

@patrickc

Fallibilist, optimist. Stripe CEO. 🇮🇪

Very interesting analysis from @eladgil: https://t.co/XO0ufHQJFe. According to these data, Europe has added 25 uni… https://t.co/eBKj6EggFM

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Lux Capital Leads $51 Million Financing in Biotech Startup Enveda

wsj · 19 hours ago

Adam Goulburn

@AGoulburn

@Lux_Capital

RT @WSJVC: Enveda Biosciences has raised a Series A round of financing to move its first drugs toward clinical trials https://t.co/GXjuvAh4…

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Zavain Dar

@zavaindar

Batman; VC Lux: @Anagenex @RunwayML @RecursionPharma ($RXRX) @TempoAutomation @Primer_ai @ThriveDetect @Stacks @Labgeni_us @BraidHealth @Zymergen ($ZY) @Dyno_Tx

Special shout-out to @RecursionChris for the hands on advocacy and background guidance. Let’s go do this! https://t.co/KHRXwk1qKy

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rohit

@rohit_x_

Partner, True Ventures / Lapsed Photon Slinger / kurukshetra.chandigarh.palo alto

thrilling to partner with @zavaindar and @Lux_Capital and the opportunity to keep building with @envedabio https://t.co/vAoH2eDUTP

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True Ventures

@trueventures

A Silicon Valley-based VC firm focused on early stage technology startups. We empower creativity and invest in founders of movements.

👏@envedabio the #TrueTeam is thrilled to continue supporting you! “We’re inspired by the fact that nature is the gr… https://t.co/Aa9LTm1EEw

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California to pay off all past due rent accrued during COVID, giving renters clean slate

newsweek · 1 day ago

Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao

@marvinliao

Ever curious: Tsundoku, Reader, World Traveler, Investor & Tech/Media exec interested in almost everything! Aspiring Shokunin. https://t.co/LSIQ6nyS2L

RT @BowTiedBull: No hazardous economic incentives here... CC: @Cernovich https://t.co/LMRdGr3ocB

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Erika Hall

@mulegirl

Co-founder of Mule Design Studio. Author of Just Enough Research and Conversational Design. She/They/Friend/Sir

Shockingly humane! https://t.co/9tA1tUiAbQ

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Dan Saffer

@odannyboy

Director of Product Design at @Flipboard. #Microinteractions author. Formerly @TwitterDesign @SmartDesign @AdaptivePath @CMUdesign Neutral Good. #Saffervescence

RT @cmarinucci: California to pay off all past due rent accrued during COVID, giving renters clean slate https://t.co/oylUiJ8jnx

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How Roku used the Netflix playbook to beat bigger players and rule streaming video

cnbc · 4 days ago

Shawn Carolan

@shawnvc

Utilitarian consumer VC, founder, engineer, product fanboy, dad, soul searcher, aspiring empath and purveyor of fine coffee(am) and cocktails(pm). ❤️@jencarolan

How Roku beat everyone to rule streaming video https://t.co/rzOTjiThJq. 👍 on the solid research @sherman4949, not e… https://t.co/0071ltAIOU

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Venky Ganesan

@venkyganesan

Partner at Menlo Ventures who is excited to be venturing right with amazing partners. All opinion is personal and retweets are not endorsements

"The only person who seemed to believe was Menlo Ventures partner Shawn Carolan." https://t.co/Ax7t0YQb9b Great s… https://t.co/vUVeEtDmnt

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Gibson Biddle

@gibsonbiddle

Former Netflix/Chegg VP/CPO. Many virtual talks/workshops. Guest lecturer @INSEAD & Stanford. My free “Ask Gib” Product Newsletter: https://t.co/lR5wNXaIm5

Good, long article: How Roku used the Netflix playbook to beat bigger players and rule streaming video https://t.co/QWQyYwbYew

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Anduril Raises $450 Million in Series D Funding

medium · 5 days ago

Elad Gil

@eladgil

Entrepreneur and Investor

The @anduriltech post on their funding is here: https://t.co/T3w6icyhC9

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Lux Capital

@Lux_Capital

Early-Stage Venture Capital

Defense tech leader @anduriltech Raises $450M in Series D Funding https://t.co/G0DjZpt3af

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Josh Wolfe

@wolfejosh

Co-Founder @Lux_Capital | Trustee @SfiScience Santa Fe Inst | Chair @CiPrep Coney Island Prep (Brooklyn) | Co-Founder of Carson, Quinn & Bodhi w/ @ltwolfe

RT @Lux_Capital: Defense tech leader @anduriltech Raises $450M in Series D Funding https://t.co/G0DjZpt3af

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Notion – Docs, Wikis, Tasks. Seamlessly in one.

notion.so · 1460 days ago

parker

@pt

retired professional putt-putt golfer (blew out my knee on the windmill). calmer than you are, dude.

👇🏻 Good opportunity to join an early/promising ML infrastructure company. https://t.co/U1qn5ADAfe

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Julie

@nrrrdcore

Design Manager, Integrity @facebook. Previously @Apple. Moonlights as a Nail Tech. Born and raised in the Bay. she/her.

RT @247px: A resource I made for UX Designers. I’ll update it more later but for now, enjoy. 🌱 https://t.co/chlZ0r4nAQ

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IRL | IRL – Series C and the Next Chapter

blog.irl · 7 days ago

Chi-Hua Chien

@chchien

cofounder @goodwatercap. empowering exceptional entrepreneurs who are changing the world. husband, father, follower of Jesus. seeking the renewal of all things.

RT @abrashafi: Some thoughts and reflections going into this next chapter! https://t.co/xUkzucPWJa https://t.co/vm0mwiVLlF

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Aliza Rosen

@alizar

angel investor l MBA candidate @stanfordgsb l former senior product manager @Twitter l @forbesunder30 consumer tech

So excited for @abrashafi and the @irldotcom team 🎉 https://t.co/J4pXm9NsE8

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E35: Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug approval, the billionaire space race, Bitcoin & more

youtube · 8 days ago

jason@calacanis.com

@Jason

meme dealer; invested in startups like @uber @thumbtack @robinhoodapp @desktopmetal @calm; my dealflow https://t.co/6leeScky9Y pods @twistartups @theallinpod

Well done Henry! 😂 https://t.co/6EO7GKppiC

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David Sacks

@DavidSacks

Founder, Investor, Bestie, Rain Man. Over 20x🦄 💦🐦. Creator of the Bottom-Up SaaS Playbook. Occasional movie producer. @craft_ventures @theallinpod

JCal was right about this one! https://t.co/4pDr9HIOnK

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The GV research sprint: a 4-day process for answering important startup questions

library.gv · 1547 days ago

Braden Kowitz

@kowitz

Product Designer. Co-founder at https://t.co/0KSxXF5Ae2 (@RangeDotCo). Previously at @GVteam.

RT @mmargolis: Throwback Thursday: The GV Research Sprint, a 4-day process (updated). https://t.co/JoleyJIzkH

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GV Design

@GVDesignTeam

Bringing the power of design to startups.

Throwback Thursday: The GV Research Sprint, a 4-day process (updated) from @mmargolis https://t.co/sPt1lZBJ24

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Safari 15 on Mac OS, a user interface mess

morrick.me · 8 hours ago

Sidebar

@SidebarIO

Every weekday, the 5 best design links curated by a selection of great editors, by @SachaGreif

Safari 15 on Mac OS, a user interface mess https://t.co/e5iJ3o1VPw

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Sara Soueidan

@SaraSoueidan

Independent UI & design systems engineer/speaker/trainer • tweets mainly about front-end design/dev • camp @superfriendlyco • 🔜 https://t.co/P1LXpp7Uak

RT @overflowhidden: I am in complete agreement with this https://t.co/ZzGPZwY4CD from @morrick and let me just add one thing, which btw als…

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Moderne helps companies automate their code migration and fixes

venturebeat · 13 hours ago

puneet324

@puneet324

Partner at True Ventures

RT @brookevannatta: Moderne helps companies automate their code migration and fixes https://t.co/ZZ2sJq8JO3 via @VentureBeat

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True Ventures

@trueventures

A Silicon Valley-based VC firm focused on early stage technology startups. We empower creativity and invest in founders of movements.

RT @VentureBeat: Moderne helps companies automate their code migration and fixes https://t.co/HUmoZEkXv7 by @psawers

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Fintech company Blend Labs files for IPO

marketwatch · 16 hours ago

AlexisOhanian.eth 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣

@alexisohanian

Back on the Starting Line. Founder @SevenSevenSix Previously @Initialized @Reddit Forever #BusinessDad + #PaidFamilyLeave Advocate ⚽️ @weareangelcity 🎮 @cloud9

Exciting times. Congrats to the @blendlabsinc team - this has been a remarkable journey and I know the best is yet… https://t.co/XyPX5NhBtb

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Adam Nash

@adamnash

CEO & Co-Founder @ Silverback 🦍. BoD @Acorns @DriveShift. Lecturer @Stanford. Inevitably optimistic. Slightly amusing. Always talking.

Excited to see this IPO. Congrats to @NGhamsari & the @blendlabsinc team! $BLND 🎉🔥🚀 https://t.co/YStnjbRghn

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Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures

ventureunlocked.substack · 17 hours ago

Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao

@marvinliao

Ever curious: Tsundoku, Reader, World Traveler, Investor & Tech/Media exec interested in almost everything! Aspiring Shokunin. https://t.co/LSIQ6nyS2L

RT @Samirkaji: 🎧 Had a great discussion w/@msuster of @upfrontvc https://t.co/lrTz1jUraC on the this week's pod! We covered a ton, includi…

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Mark Suster

@msuster

2x entrepreneur. Sold both companies (last to @salesforce). Now @UpfrontVC looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs. Snapchat: msuster

Oh, here's a nice teaser of our discussion ... you can hear 45 seconds & decide if it's worth listening to the full… https://t.co/R2UflD9xVh

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When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That’s a Moray

nytimes · 18 hours ago

Charlie O'Donnell

@ceonyc

Xennial VC. Charlie@ https://t.co/mv3LoS3DmX Cold ✉️ ok! Mets, 🏊🏼‍♂️🚴🏼🏃🏽🏒goalie. Friend of Pod. Worse 1/2 to @ajasinger. https://t.co/6FjiPajBF5

RT @mccanner: Well done, @NYTScience. Absolute A+++ take the rest of the month off. https://t.co/oY613UMQAF https://t.co/gVbkCfz6tz

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Erika Hall

@mulegirl

Co-founder of Mule Design Studio. Author of Just Enough Research and Conversational Design. She/They/Friend/Sir

😮 https://t.co/jU7hGXqG1G

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Balaji Srinivasan: Balaji’s World | Crypto, China, Decentralized Creator Economy | The Quest S2:20

youtube · 1 day ago

Justin Kan

@justinkan

Be kind to yourself. If you won’t, who will? My new podcast The Quest (@thequest_pod) out now on Apple and Spotify

RT @ashleyrudland: I’ve listened to this @balajis @justinkan podcast 6 times and I’m still taking it all in. Incredible https://t.co/UAcsuB…

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balajis.com

@balajis

Immutable money, infinite frontier, eternal life. #Bitcoin

RT @ashleyrudland: I’ve listened to this @balajis @justinkan podcast 6 times and I’m still taking it all in. Incredible https://t.co/UAcsuB…

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Creating the Future of Work

medium.learningbyshipping · 2 days ago

John Melas-Kyriazi

@jmelaskyriazi

co-founder & CEO at @quaestortech // advisor at @8vc // angel // father to little Theo 👶 & husband to @christinaphili5 👩‍💻

RT @levie: If you’re building enterprise software, this is the corporation of the future you’re building for (from @stevesi): https://t.co/…

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Aaron Levie

@levie

Lead Magician (and CEO) at Box (@box); Huge ABBA fan. I don't fully endorse anything I say below. Go ☁

If you’re building enterprise software, this is the corporation of the future you’re building for (from @stevesi): https://t.co/zcW0tUk7yi

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Decentralized Finance: What It Is, Why It Matters - Future

future.a16z · 3 days ago

a16z

@a16z

we invest in software eating the world https://t.co/ZZLWI3MdI6 https://t.co/Z7JS4CTg5A https://t.co/dJu6Y94rJg

Everything you wanted to know about DeFi. From @ammori https://t.co/9pmW8QjyO8

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jason@calacanis.com

@Jason

meme dealer; invested in startups like @uber @thumbtack @robinhoodapp @desktopmetal @calm; my dealflow https://t.co/6leeScky9Y pods @twistartups @theallinpod

Would you rather read this specific story from a corporate executive with an “agenda” published by a “biased” VC fi… https://t.co/Me0gCjadcK

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Why Has "Ivermectin" Become a Dirty Word?

taibbi.substack · 4 days ago

Peter Pham

@peterpham

1st on the Dance Floor 🕺 Co-Founder @scienceinc startup studio/incubator @dollarshaveclub @dogvacay @wishboneapp @yarntexts @playvs @LiquidDeath @pray

wow, finally some amazing coverage of what is happening before our own eyes. How are my peers in tech not saying so… https://t.co/hru4liki6G

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Jason Evanish

@Evanish

Customer driven product leader. Avid reader. Student of leadership @Get_Lighthouse. Getting better every day.

RT @mtaibbi: When even Senate testimony is blocked by YouTube, you know the censorship craze is out of hand: https://t.co/6TSCm12Jsc

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