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He is an innovator and creator, one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion people and one of the few to establish multiple billiondollar companies. Venture capitalist marc andreessen explains how ai. With ted marcoux, marc andreessen, eric bina, aleks totic. Andreessen has been a director since september 1994. Jul 06, 2009 marc andreessen, founder of netscape and cofounder of opsware, and ben horowitz, also cofounder of opsware, are launching on monday a new venture fund, cleverly named andreessen horowitz. Marc andreessen recently wrote an essay entitled its time to build.
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I miss it sometimes, but at netscape, and then aol, i really got into the idea of growing businesses. Marc andreessen, born july 9, 1971, cedar falls, iowa, u. May 22, 2017 andreessen s comments come amid a massive shakeup at ford, where a new ceo, a selfdrivingcar expert, was suddenly installed on monday. Andreessen does mention some modern books he likes like cofounder ben horowitzs. Even in the epicenter of tech, its hard to find a more fascinating icon. Marc andreessen lessons, predictions, and recommendations. Netscape s flagship netscape navigator web browser. August 20, 2011 this week, hewlettpackard where i am on the board announced that it is. Shannon henrys the download live the washington post. Andreessen from managing to create a major upgrade to netscape navigator which had just gone into beta.
Marc andreessen talks bitcoin, apple pay and the problems they face at the dreamforce 2014 conference in san francisco. As the new yorker explains, andreessen and horowitz are pals with ovitz, the guy behind caa, one of hollywoods biggest talent. Both netscape and this unknown fellow managed to slip under the radar and quietly carried on into the. Marc andreessen, cofounder of netscape and a number of other companies, was named to hps board of directors, making him the 11th member. Marc andreessen cofounded netscape communications corporation, a computer services company and he his the coauthor of the widelyused web browser, mosaic. Netscape internet developers conference marc andreessen. Dec 29, 2014 marc andreessen and how tech might save the world money marc andreesen holds forth on economic stagnation, technology, and how a wired population of 7 billion might change investment dynamics. My guest today will be marc andreessen, cofounder of netscape and former chief technology officer of america online andreessen. The company was founded in april 1994 as mosaic communications corp. Bloomberg game changers profiles marc andreessen the founder of netscape who revolutionized how people interacted with the internet.
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Oct 05, 2016 marc andreessen on the macro level i agree with that. In december, 1994 he was profiled in people magazine and he has become a regular speaker at internetrelated trade shows. Netscape cofounder and venture capitalist marc andreessen says the decline of the initial public offering is bad for ordinary investors. As an undergraduate at the university of illinois at urbanachampaign, he worked at the universitys national center for supercomputing applications ncsa, where he became familiar with tim bernerslees open standards for the. August 20, 2011 this week, hewlettpackard where i am on the board announced that it is exploring jettisoning its struggling pc business in. Netscape makes a huge splash with its revolutionary browser until microsoft notices and develops a browser of its own.
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