Marc Andreessen

But you look a couple of kids in a dream and a clean sheet of paper and then first money in and then, you know, the first two years.

But you look a couple of kids in a dream and a clean sheet of paper and then first money in and then, you know, the first two years.

That is the core of the business like that.

That is the core of the business like that.

That really fundamentally is the core of the business.

That really fundamentally is the core of the business.

A metaphor we use all the time at the firm.

A metaphor we use all the time at the firm.

It's like startups are like baking a cake.

It's like startups are like baking a cake.

If you bake the cake and you leave the sugar out of the cake, you can't pour sugar on the cake afterwards and fix your mistake.

If you bake the cake and you leave the sugar out of the cake, you can't pour sugar on the cake afterwards and fix your mistake.

Right.

Right.

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.