Marc Andreessen: Companies Should Wait Longer Before Being Acquired
Tech superstar Marc Andreessen spoke onstage at the Lean Startup conference in San Francisco with author Eric Reis. Here’s a liveblog of what he said.
Tech superstar Marc Andreessen spoke onstage at the Lean Startup conference in San Francisco with author Eric Reis. Here’s a liveblog of what he said:
Q: How were you so successful with Netscape?
Well, Netscape pivoted three times and that was back when pivots were f-kups. The project was actually de-funded by NSF who said it had to scientific applications anymore.
Q: How did you know you were onto something when you started working on the browser?
I kept myself on email for Mosaic customer service [even after I left the company] and emails started pouring in.
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