Rory Driscoll

So that was probably the thing about them that struck me the most.

And then the other stuff was all about some version of what Jason was saying, which is we're all still fine.

The valuations are fine.

It's expensive, but not 99 levels.

Yeah, we'll see.

I would assert vigorously the answer is can it survive?

Of course it can.

I mean, one of my favorite quotes, I think I've said it before, is the graveyards are full of those indispensable men.

And, you know, let me just recite the names for you.

Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield and Byers.

Yeah.

Kleiner still exists.

Mamoun's doing a nice job.

He's not Kleiner or Perkins or Caulfield or Byers.

You know, firms that proactively manage succession planning can make it happen.

I mean, they've gone through two or three generations.

But this one is so, like the world's changed, right?

This one's so iconic.

Yes, but in a weird kind of way, I'm actually going to push back.

It's actually, and this is I think one of Andreessen's big insights, it's harder to be someone like Benchmark, small and brilliant, and manage generational transition, which is why it's awesome that they do it, because the asset is the brains of four or five individual people.