Marc Andreessen

And a lot of, you know, by the way, the same thing is true of many of the great artists, many of the great filmmakers, many of the great literary geniuses, many of the great philosophers, you know, many of the great political leaders.

And a lot of, you know, by the way, the same thing is true of many of the great artists, many of the great filmmakers, many of the great literary geniuses, many of the great philosophers, you know, many of the great political leaders.

There's a lot of cases where these people are like not likable.

There's a lot of cases where these people are like not likable.

So I say, no, you don't.

So I say, no, you don't.

Because I think like if you're trying to fulfill your personal emotional needs at work, like I think that's a very fundamental problem and you shouldn't try to do that.

Because I think like if you're trying to fulfill your personal emotional needs at work, like I think that's a very fundamental problem and you shouldn't try to do that.

It's the Harry S. Truman quote, if you need a friend, get a dog.

It's the Harry S. Truman quote, if you need a friend, get a dog.

Another version of this is we always say, do not bring your whole self to work.

Another version of this is we always say, do not bring your whole self to work.

Whatever you do, do not bring your whole self to work.

Whatever you do, do not bring your whole self to work.

If you show up and you're a professional and you're great to deal with and you're very productive and you add value in every engagement that you do, and if that's true for you as a VC and you're working with a founder and you're never friends and you just have a great working relationship and the company in the later years whatever sells or whatever and you never talk to each other again, I've seen that work many times and I think it's totally fine.

If you show up and you're a professional and you're great to deal with and you're very productive and you add value in every engagement that you do, and if that's true for you as a VC and you're working with a founder and you're never friends and you just have a great working relationship and the company in the later years whatever sells or whatever and you never talk to each other again, I've seen that work many times and I think it's totally fine.

There's nothing that we're missing today that we could solve by going public.

There's nothing that we're missing today that we could solve by going public.

By the way, it's also increasingly true of a lot of the companies that we both invest in.

By the way, it's also increasingly true of a lot of the companies that we both invest in.