Marc Andreessen

Anyway, the point being like, I mean, look...

Anyway, the point being like, I mean, look...

somebody once told me there are two great stories uh oh the glory of it and oh the shame of it and so oh the glory of it is like the story of great success oh the shame of it is a story of like great disaster but then the even better version of it is oh the glory of it followed by oh the shame of it followed by oh the glory of it right and so the recovery

somebody once told me there are two great stories uh oh the glory of it and oh the shame of it and so oh the glory of it is like the story of great success oh the shame of it is a story of like great disaster but then the even better version of it is oh the glory of it followed by oh the shame of it followed by oh the glory of it right and so the recovery

And, you know, getting back up on your feet and then reachieving and rebuilding.

And, you know, getting back up on your feet and then reachieving and rebuilding.

And so, you know, I don't know.

And so, you know, I don't know.

I think as long as you're still alive and as long as you've conducted yourself in a way that, you know, you haven't brought, you know, some sort of fundamental like legal issue on your head or something like that.

I think as long as you're still alive and as long as you've conducted yourself in a way that, you know, you haven't brought, you know, some sort of fundamental like legal issue on your head or something like that.

I think generally, at least in our world, I think second chances are actually available for a lot of people.

I think generally, at least in our world, I think second chances are actually available for a lot of people.

And by the way, of course, a lot of the great success stories have this in their background, as you know, including Steve Jobs himself.

And by the way, of course, a lot of the great success stories have this in their background, as you know, including Steve Jobs himself.

So I believe, and we try to run the firm this way, I believe the core of the business is a permanent state of affairs.

So I believe, and we try to run the firm this way, I believe the core of the business is a permanent state of affairs.

The core of the business is early stage.

The core of the business is early stage.

The core of the business is a founder or a small founding team with a dream and a clean sheet of paper, ideally a garage, although these days it's hard to keep the kids in the garage, so maybe they have a house or an office.

The core of the business is a founder or a small founding team with a dream and a clean sheet of paper, ideally a garage, although these days it's hard to keep the kids in the garage, so maybe they have a house or an office.