Marc L Andreessen

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Marc L Andreessen

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Internet | Venture Capital | Technology

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Co-Founder & Chairman: Ning, Inc.

Co-Founder: Andreessen Horowitz

Board Member: eBay Inc. | Facebook, Inc. | Hewlett-Packard

Mr. Andreessen is co-founder and a general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm founded in July 2009, and co-founder and Chairman of Ning, Inc., an online platform for people to create their own social networks founded in late 2004. From September 1999 to July 2007, Mr. Andreessen co-founded and served as Chairman of Opsware, Inc., a software company. From March 1999 to September 1999, Mr. Andreessen served as Chief Technology Officer of America Online, Inc. From April 1994 to March 1999, Mr. Andreessen was a co-founder of Netscape Communications Corporation, a software company, serving in various positions, including Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Products. Mr. Andreessen also is a director of eBay Inc. and Facebook, Inc

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3/7/10:

New document service aims to lower startup costs

Raising money shouldn't cost startups so much money. At least that's the theory underlying the latest idea backed by former entrepreneurs-turned-venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. - read more at Topix

3/5/10:

WSJ: Facebook CEO in No Rush to "Friend" Wall Street

As the last person under the age of 40 but over the age of 22 to not have a Facebook account, I have no particular affinity for the entity other than from an investing standpoint. With Wall Street's salesmanship and the retail investor's love for anything they can touch, feel, and interact with each ... - read more at Benzinga

tags: Facebook Apple Inc Google (GOOG) Intel Chief Executive Steve Jobs Mastercard Microsoft Corp Oracle Corp Visa (V) Washington Post Co Yahoo Inc President Charles Phillips Chairman Donald Graham Jim Breyer Sheryl Sandberg Mark Zuckerberg CEO Paul Otellini

3/4/10:

Facebook: In No Rush to Go Public

The biggest IPO story since Google (GOOG)GOOG) will continue to leave investors wondering. While the Facebook IPO will happen, there are still no imminent plans with founder Zuckerberg saying “we're definitely in no rush,” according to a WSJ article today. He makes a good point in that the company ... - read more at SeekingAlpha.com

tags: Facebook Google (GOOG) Sheryl Sandberg

3/3/10:

Standardized Venture Funding Docs

There was a lot of noise in VC/startup land earlier this week about the Series Seed documents that can be used to close a seed round. Marc Andreessen told PE Hub:It's like open source software. If it's developed by IBM, there's no reason for another company not to use it. The documents aren't owned ... - read more at A VC - vc duh!

tags: Y Combinator Andreessen Horowitz TechStars

3/2/10:

How Angel Investing Is Different Than Venture Capital

Ben Horowitz is co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz. This post originally appeared on Marc Andreessen's blog.pmarca.com, and is reprinted with permission. At our new venture fund, we've been spending time looking into new ways that will make the lives of entrepreneurs seeking funding easier. To that end, ... - read more at Silicon Alley Insider

tags: Capital Andreessen Horowitz

3/2/10:

Andreessen Pushes Document Service for Start-Ups

Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz are pushing a system that is supposed to help start-ups work out the terms of their initial financing without running up big legal bills. - read more at New York Times - Deal Book

3/1/10:

Document service aims to lower startup costs

3/1/10:

Marc Andreessen on “Series Seed Documents,” and Why VCs Should ...

Beginning later today, entrepreneurs on the verge of raising seed-stage funding will be able to access an open-source, stripped-down term sheet called Series Seed Documents. The document — authored by Fenwick & West attorney Ted Wang with input from Andreeesen Horowitz, First Round Capital, ... - read more at Private Equity Hub - complete feed

tags: capital Andreessen Horowitz Charles River Ventures First Round Capital Foundry Group True Ventures

2/26/10:

Chris Dixon Bests Conway, Hoffman For Top Tech Angel Spot

On Wednesday, BusinessWeek released their list of the top 25 angel investors in the tech industry, naming Hunch co-founder Chris Dixon ahead of veteran angels Ron Conway and Reid Hoffman. Conway and Hoffman are two of the most influential angels in tech, and have invested in some of the largest Internet ... - read more at ReadWriteWeb

tags: Chris Dixon Google Caterina Fake Facebook Jeff Bezos Eric Schmidt Twitter Zynga Y Combinator Hunch YouNoodle Esther Dyson Chris Sacca Paul Graham

2/12/10:

Do Startups Fare Better In Silicon Valley Than Anywhere Else?

The Innovation Mecca that is Silicon Valley continues to be the startups' stronghold for a reason. It has an organic support system for entrepreneurs who can easily transition from one project to the next without the stigma of failure. Is it possible that other startup hotspots such as New York could ... - read more at Silicon Alley Insider

tags: DoubleClick Facebook Gilt Groupe Kevin Ryan

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