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Marc Andreessen: “Take the Ego Out of Ideas”

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Re: Marc Andreessen: “Take the Ego Out of Ideas”

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I'm sure people would take an ad-subsidized car (or ride). Nielsen pays people to walk around with radio tracking devices.

Got a link to info about this?

Yeah it's the portable people meter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_People_Meter

Re: Marc Andreessen: “Take the Ego Out of Ideas”

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"... venture capitalists whose sole claim to fame is making a lot of money off a social media platform. ..." There was the whole Netscape thing, too. I mean, way his arguments on their merits, but he's not just a random VC.

Andreessen is quoted in the article as saying ..."Most of the good ideas are obvious," Andreessen says. "They just might not work right away." If the good ideas are obvious, why bother listening to him? He seems to ignore that an obvious good idea still requires exorbitant amounts of capital to enable it. No one can hack together a Netscape and win big anymore, been there done that. Honestly, this "advice" comes off…

I was only disagreeing with the 'sole claim to fame' part. Excessive and obviously inaccurate hyperbole does not make a good argument.
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