Marc Andreessen

Sugar has to go in the cake.

Sugar has to go in the cake.

That first two years is when you're baking the cake.

That first two years is when you're baking the cake.

That first two years when you're really figuring out what the formula is of what you're doing and what the product is and what the company is and what the business is and what the culture is and who the team is, those decisions are absolutely fundamental.

That first two years when you're really figuring out what the formula is of what you're doing and what the product is and what the company is and what the business is and what the culture is and who the team is, those decisions are absolutely fundamental.

And if you get those right as a founder, the payoff from that will go for decades.

And if you get those right as a founder, the payoff from that will go for decades.

And if you get those wrong, even if your company succeeds, you're going to live with those sins forever.

And if you get those wrong, even if your company succeeds, you're going to live with those sins forever.

They're going to extrapolate out.

They're going to extrapolate out.

And so like, that's it.

And so like, that's it.

Like that is the core of the business.

Like that is the core of the business.

And like many great companies, you know, later on bring in lots of other partners and growth stage investors and, you know, other people to the team and build boards and it's fantastic and it's great.

And like many great companies, you know, later on bring in lots of other partners and growth stage investors and, you know, other people to the team and build boards and it's fantastic and it's great.

But, you know, there really is no substitute for that kind of inception point.

But, you know, there really is no substitute for that kind of inception point.