Tagged: marc andreessen

December 23, 2021 @ 5:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Talk to the hand. Marc Andreessen has blocked Jack Dorsey on Twitter, perhaps a first for Dorsey who shared the screenshot on the social network he founded.   I’m officially banned from web3 pic.twitter.com/RrEIAuqE6f — jack⚡️ (@jack) December 22, 2021 The virtual joust came about… Read More

December 17, 2020 @ 11:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kelly Kramer, the former CFO at Cisco, has now joined the Board of Directors at digital asset exchange Coinbase. The San Francisco-based trading platform has also confirmed that Marc Andreessen will be transitioning to Board Director, from Board Observer. The news arrives when the crypto… Read More

March 1, 2014 @ 10:45 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A bit of history: Flappy Bird was an annoyingly difficult and incredibly addictive game for iOS and Android. I played it once on a friend’s phone, and after ten frustrating minutes I handed the phone back and swore not to download it lest I spend… Read More

December 13, 2013 @ 9:50 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Oculus VR has turned Kickstarter success into what is fast-becoming one of the most interesting startups in the US today. Following a $16 million series A round, the company has announced that they have now closed an additional round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz…. Read More

July 12, 2013 @ 12:30 am By JD Alois  |  

In an interview by CNBC’s Julia Boorstin at the Sun Valley gathering, famed Venture Capitalist commented on several issues regarding the financial world.  Andreessen continued on the theme that today’s IPO Market is “broken”. Effectively there is a two class market where private companies are… Read More

May 27, 2013 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Over Regulation Has Challenged Public Markets, Will Crowdfunding Resurrect These Markets or Will Over Regulation Reign Supreme? Recently venture capitalist, tech entrepreneur and  industry soothsayer,  Marc Andreesen was interviewed on CNBC in an piece entitled “We are Living Through a Tech Depression“.  His talking points… Read More

March 22, 2013 @ 12:49 pm By Rip Empson  |  

Today TechCrunch announced that YC-backed Crowdtilt has raised a $12 million Series A round. From the article… Today, TechCrunch has learned from sources that Crowdtilt has raised $12 million in Series A financing. It’s the startup’s second round of funding, following its $2.1 million seed round back in… Read More

November 29, 2012 @ 9:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

As reported in Forbes from the GE Industrial Internet Event in San Francisco, Marc Andreessen made some interesting comments regarding Crowdfunding.  First in mentioning specifically Kickstarter; Kickstarter and similar crowdfunding sites have made a major impact on how demand for products is created and how… Read More