"Why is culture so important to a business? Here is a simple way to frame it. The stronger the culture, the less corporate process a company needs. When the culture is strong, you can trust everyone to do the right thing. People can be independent and autonomous. They can be entrepreneurial. And if we have a company that is entrepreneurial in spirit, we will be able to take our next '(wo)man on the moon' leap." - Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb
Andreessen Horowitz
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Menlo Park, CA 656,247 followers
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Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic: We invest in seed to late-stage technology companies, across the consumer, enterprise, bio/healthcare, crypto, fintech and games spaces. a16z is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial company building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. The firm is led by general partners, many of whom are former founders/operators, CEOs, or CTOs of successful technology companies, and who have domain expertise ranging from biology to crypto to distributed systems to security to marketplaces to financial services. We aim to connect entrepreneurs, investors, executives, engineers, academics, industry experts, and others in the technology ecosystem. We have built a network of experts including technical and executive talent; top media and marketing resources; Fortune 500/Global 2000 companies; as well as other technology decision makers, influencers, and key opinion leaders. a16z uses this network as part of our commitment to help our portfolio companies grow their business, so our operating teams provide entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights across the entire spectrum of company building. https://a16z.com/portfolio/ https://a16z.com/podcasts/ https://a16z.com/videos/ http://a16z.com/subscribe See Disclosures: https://a16z.com/disclosures/
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The most memorable first founder meeting Marc Andreessen ever had was with Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg was 19. And he sat completely silent the entire time. Sean Parker ran the conversation. Every idea, every minute. Marc walked away unsure what to make of it. Either Zuckerberg was wrong for the job, or he was absorbing everything around him without needing to prove it. It turned out to be the latter. As Marc puts it, Zuckerberg has been on an incredible learning curve his entire life. No ego, just relentless absorption. Marc shared this story publicly for the first time on 20VC with Harry Stebbings. Full episode linked below.
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I frequently am asked why, after nearly two decades working on foundational battery, electric vehicle, and energy storage engineering and scale-up, I founded a grid-scale power electronics company. So I wrote this long-form piece talking about why Heron Power, and why now. Enjoy!
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5 Books that Ben Horowitz thinks every founder should read:
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The software supply chain has become the most critical and least-defended attack surface in modern software development. This week, someone hijacked one of the most popular packages on the internet and used it to install a backdoor on every machine that ran npm install. a16z's Malika Aubakirova, Zane Lackey, and Joel de la Garza on how Socket detected the Axios attack within 6 minutes, why AI is compressing software supply chain attack timelines, and why defenders have to move at machine speed to save the agents. Full piece in the comments.
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We asked the a16z speedrun team to share their ideas for how tech could change the world this year. Here’s what they said.