Marc Andreessen
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And by the way, it matters for a couple of reasons.
And by the way, it matters for a couple of reasons.
And this is a lesson that gets like relearned over and over again and will be learned many times in the future, which is, you know, the old Don Valentine thing, which I do think is correct, which is more companies die from indigestion than from starvation.
And this is a lesson that gets like relearned over and over again and will be learned many times in the future, which is, you know, the old Don Valentine thing, which I do think is correct, which is more companies die from indigestion than from starvation.
Overfunding is actually very dangerous to the operations of a company.
Overfunding is actually very dangerous to the operations of a company.
By the way, this is the one piece of startup advice that I think is like tremendously grounded in reality for which everybody has many examples in the past.
By the way, this is the one piece of startup advice that I think is like tremendously grounded in reality for which everybody has many examples in the past.
No founder ever listens to it.
No founder ever listens to it.
My track record of ever convincing any founder on this point, I think is zero, but I will keep trying.
My track record of ever convincing any founder on this point, I think is zero, but I will keep trying.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And then, you know, they come up with 18 reasons why, and then they, you know, then, you know, I'll really push them on and they're like, well, we're going to have a lockbox and we're going to put the money, you know, it's like, no, you're not like, I've never had the lockbox.
And then, you know, they come up with 18 reasons why, and then they, you know, then, you know, I'll really push them on and they're like, well, we're going to have a lockbox and we're going to put the money, you know, it's like, no, you're not like, I've never had the lockbox.
I've never seen it.
I've never seen it.
Nobody's ever going to do the lockbox.
Nobody's ever going to do the lockbox.