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Andreessen Horowitz is a tech VC firm based in Silicon Valley
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    We're Reinventing Homeownership with a $30M raise led by !

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    6 hours ago

    Thread: There are over 400 startups trying to be the next Warby Parker, but history shows that 90%+ of e-commerce companies will fail. What separates the successes from the failures? Here are 5 things I look for to figure out if an e-commerce startup is a good opportunity -->

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    9 hours ago

    Netlify just got $30 million to change the way developers build websites by

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    9 hours ago

    ⚡️Announcing that we have raised an additional $30m led by ’s Mamoon Hamid, with and the founders of , and participating. Press release:

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    Oct 8

    Zipline just completed first commercial flight in the US!

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    Oct 8

    ICYMI: Anderson Cooper has replaced all food with Solyent

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    Oct 8

    “Computer science is the new meta discipline that _everyone_ needs to learn” - John Hennessy (Alphabet chairman, former president of ) on with , and on podcast. 💯

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    20 hours ago

    The siren song of liquid assets

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    Oct 7

    The takeaway is focus on sales very early on and make sales work hand in hand with engineering as these are the most important parts of your company. This resources by and are super valuable

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    Oct 7

    a16zのセールスに関する動画がメチャ勉強になる。 ・Sale + Engineering = your company. ・営業目標達者の割合がチーム内で7割以下だと会社がスケールしない。 ・営業マンが成果を出すまではプロダクト開発と同じくらい時間がかかる。（営業チャネル探し、売り方など）

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    Oct 7

    Thanks for sharing your expertise on managing PR agencies esp for tech start-ups & founders + lots of takeouts for Comms professionals across the board. As always a great listen 🙌

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    Oct 7

    Love this. Especially the photos of the progression of tech. Related - The Master Switch” by is an awesome retelling of the AT&T story. Worth reading for anyone interested in network effects!

    I bought a 1964 AT&T pamphlet.
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    Oct 7

    Phenomenal piece here from on discussing similarities and differences between esports and ecommerce. Could not agree more on the lack of understanding towards rate of consumer behaviour change! Loved it!

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    Oct 6

    An oldie but goodie. Great conversation around marketplaces and network effects with and ! A must listen for founders.

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    Oct 6

    Other than leading in France App Store travel category (#1), we are topping a few other European countries in the past week! Austria (#1); Czech (#2); Denmark (#5); Portugal(#2); Spain (#4)... can’t wait to continuously bring Lime to all over the world!!!

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    Oct 6

    This is lit. with the tour of for

    I actually went inside a video game yesterday ! That shit was too wavy @ San Francisco, California
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    Oct 5

    I actually went inside a video game yesterday ! That shit was too wavy @ San Francisco, California

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    Oct 5

    This is why public policy matters - other countries are competing aggressively with innovation-friendly policies to reap the same economic growth from entrepreneurship that the US has enjoyed

    Alternative title: "Study says the World is Discovering the Benefits of the Venture Capital" Innovation isn't a zero-sum "pie."
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    Oct 5

    1/ Theory: esports is to traditional sports as ecommerce is to brick & mortar retail. 3 similarities. 1 difference. Thread 👇

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    Oct 5

    We are still in the “touching the elephant” phase of the crypto technology cycle.

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