MARC ANDRESEEEN QUOTES

The process of planning is very valuable, for forcing you to think hard about what you are doing, but the actual plan that results from it is probably useless

…particular investors who are going to be on the board for the company, are just as important as who you get married to.

…running a startup is also the way I think about raising money?—?it’s a process of peeling away layers of risk as you go.

Another thing to highlight that we think a lot about internally is, we have this concept” invest in strength vs lack of weakness.

Any new technology tends to go through a 25-year adoption cycle.

Any successful company in the valley gets acquisition offers and has to decide whether or not to take them.

At the same time, we’re not funding Mother Teresa. We’re funding imperial, will-to-power people who want to crush their competition. Companies can only have a big impact on the world if they get big.

From there, we all benefit even if we're not related to these apps, because they're now online

I could never tolerate not knowing why. You have to work your way back to figure out the politics, the motivations. I always stop when I get to evolutionary psychology, and why we have tribes — oh, O.K., we’re primates cursed with emotions and the ability

I think it's all really positive for the industry. It will force the industry to make the changes that are required to make the Internet viable in the long run.