The Mind Of Marc Andreessen

Despite working at one, I'm still a bit mesmerized by the world of startups, VC investments and the whole culture that goes with it. It seems very insular but also seems to reach far and wide when something works well. A large part of this world is the Venture Capitalists themselves - not just the companies they run but the actual personas. One of the more compelling is Marc Andreesen, of Andreessen Horowitz. He helped build Netscape and his investment firm has their hands in the likes of Bitcoin, Soylent, Oculus and more.

Anyway, if you're in the startup world, you know this. If you're not, you should read this great New Yorker profile - Tomorrow's Advance Man - on him. He has money, yes, but he also has a feverish passion for technology that will move the world forward (from his perspective). His history growing up rurally causes him to say things like:

Screw the independent bookstores. There weren't any near where I grew up. There were only ones in college towns. The rest of us could go pound sand.

Whether you agree or not, that's the quote of a man that is laser focused on technology bringing people together and granting opportunity to those that may not have ever had it otherwise. Oh, and probably some healthy profits too.

via Adam