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People tend to think of the web as a way to get information or perhaps as a place to carry out ecommerce. But really, the web is about accessing applications. Think of each website as an application, and every single click, every single interaction with that site, is an opportunity to be on the very latest version of that application.

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When you're dealing with machines or anything that you build, it either works or it doesn't, no matter how good of a salesman you are.

From Marc Andreessen

If we're in a bubble, it's the weirdest bubble I've ever seen, where everybody hates everything.

From Marc Andreessen

It's hard to do that with people who think emotionally. A lot of people think in terms of people, emotions, and feelings. That's more complicated. Engineering mentality makes it, in theory, a little easier.

From Marc Andreessen

I love what the Valley does. I love company building. I love startups. I love technology companies. I love new technology. I love this process of invention. Being able to participate in that as a founder and a product creator, or as an investor or a board member, I just find that hugely satisfying.

From Marc Andreessen

An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in. Microsoft started with programming tools, but came out with an operating system. Oracle started doing contracts for the CIA. AOL started out as an online video gaming network.

From Marc Andreessen

The spread of computers and the Internet will put jobs in two categories. People who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do.

From Marc Andreessen

There was a point in the late '90s where all the graduating M.B.A.'s wanted to start companies in Silicon Valley, and for the most part they were not actually qualified to do it.

From Marc Andreessen

The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high software content.

From Marc Andreessen

These days, you have the option of staying home, blogging in your underwear, and not having your words mangled. I think I like the direction things are headed.

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