Wouldn't we all like to make business decisions that work as well as the world's richest man's? A friendly reader noted my recent post on Irrational Economics and flagged a Marc Andreessen's discussion of a speech by Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's right-hand man. The speech is The...
It seems a sure bet that history will not remember Marc Andreessen for his writing. That's a shame. The engineer-savant who co-founded Netscape and who sold his second company, Opsware, earlier this year for $1.6 billion is the curator of the It seems a sure bet that history will...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ:OPSW) the leading provider of IT automation and utility computing software, today announced that its Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, Marc Andreessen, has terminated his previously announced 10b5-1 plan.
For the roughly 37 million people in the United States and Canada who have access to the Internet, exploring that global collection of computer networks has become as popular a pastime as watching rented videotapes. And it's arguable that no one can claim more credit for this cultural phenomenon than...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Opsware Inc. (Nasdaq:OPSW), the leading provider of data center automation and utility computing software, announced today that its co-founder and Chairman Marc Andreessen will keynote the ThinkEquity Partners Growth Conference next week in San Francisco, California. The keynote address will take place at 12:00 p.m. PT on...
Many Internet users and service providers fear that Andreessen's Netscape Communications will dominate the Net, in direct comparison with Microsoft's Bill Gates. Although its Navigator has won 75% of the Web-browser market, Netscape will not have the advaMany Internet users and service providers fear that Andreessen's Netscape Communications will dominate...
MENLO PARK, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 31, 1995--Informix Software Inc. (NASDAQ:IFMX), the leading provider of parallel processing database technology, today announced that 23-year-old Marc Andreessen, vice president of technology and co-founder of Netscape Communications Corporation and co-developer of the NCSA MosaicTM browser for the World Wide Web, will deliver the opening keynote...
DULLES, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 17, 1999--America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL) today announced that Marc Andreessen of Netscape Communications Corporation will become America Online's Chief Technology Officer upon the close of the Company's acquisition of Netscape, expected to take place in the early spring.
Andreessen and Horowitz Join Qik's Board of Advisors FOSTER CITY, Calif., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Qik, Inc., the leading innovator of mobile, interactive live video streaming services, today announced that Netscape veterans Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have made a significant investment in the company. The experienced...
Company's On-Demand IT Cost Transparency Solution Enables Enterprises to Increase Visibility, Make Better IT Decisions and Clearly Articulate the Business Value of IT BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Apptio, the pioneer of on-demand IT Cost Transparency solutions, made its official debut today. The company formally launched the...
Yuval Scarlat, Former SVP of Mercury Interactive, Joins Board of Directors and Key Advisors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz to Help Maximize Initial Customer Traction and Guide Company Through Its Next Stage of Growth BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Apptio, an on-demand software vendor focused on enabling IT organizations to...
Social-networking site Ning is a model of how to create an automagical growth machine, reports Fast Company in its May issue. Founded in early 2007 by former Goldman Sachs investor Gina Bianchini and Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, Ning's "social networks for anything" platform hosts more than 230,000 social networks. About...
It seems today that everyone is going mobile and virtual in conducting business. Military forces on the move are being given better access to critical information needed to conduct military operations, and business leaders are almost constantly connected to others in their fast-moving, daily business lives. Not long ago, we...
It seems a sure bet that history will not remember Marc Andreessen for his writing. That's a shame. The engineer-savant who co-founded Netscape and who sold his second company, Opsware, earlier this year for $1.6 billion is the curator of the best entrepreneur's blog we've seen. Part personal service, part...