Ask HN: Did you pay Marc Andreessen for advice and was it worth it?

Someone should spend the money to ask him if he thinks the service is worth it, or if he would have used a similar service at any point in his career.

There's no need to ask that. Just see if he's still using it in a few months, or if the price has escalated drastically.

What are you asking his advice for?

I'm not a VC industry insider, but I've spent enough time in the industry as a peon analyst to see the industry for what it is. I've written before about how nearly all VC partners are ridiculously conservative bandwagoners (they only invest if someone else invests), with the sole (to my knowledge) exception being Marc Andreessen. There might be other exceptions out there, but the thing I always admired about him is his ability to fully commit to a business without any social proof. And I believe that this attribute is what makes him successful. If you are taking his advice on whether to invest in something, it's probably worth the $100.

Never worked with him personally, but I'm sure his business advice is gonna be pretty sound even if I don't know how it rates relative to other VCs. But I think the real point is that it is important to know what you're asking him about before anybody can tell you if it is a good idea. You wouldn't ask him about plumbing, right?

The question here is: does your answer worth $1? anybody here can share experience on that? :)

You have to pay $1 to find out.