Conversations with the most influential figures in media and technology.
May 31-June 2, 2011
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Speaker
Marc Andreessen 
Anki Launches Real-World Videogames With $50M in Funding and a Primo Slot at WWDC
Anki is “the best robotics startup I have ever seen,” says backer Marc Andreessen.
Co-Founder and General Partner
Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen is one of the few to achieve the trifecta: pioneer a software category used by more than a billion people, establish multiple billion-dollar companies, and launch an influential venture capital company. He co-created the Mosaic Internet browser and co-founded Netscape, which later sold to AOL for $4.2 billion. He co-founded Loudcloud, which sold to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion. He is now a co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm with $1.2 billion to give away to technology companies. His Bachelor of Science degree in computer science is from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where there is a plaque in his honor.
Posts With Marc Andreessen
Seven Questions for Silicon Valley Superlawyer Gordy Davidson
Soon to step down from his position as chairman of Fenwick & West.
Former SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard Joins Andreessen Horowitz
Don’t expect him to just be an enterprise guy, either.
Meet Zact, a Shareable Cellphone Service That Changes on the Fly
The new cellphone service runs on Sprint’s network using technology from ItsOn to allow far greater customization.
Accel’s Breyer Leads Forbes Midas List of Top Tech Investors Again, While Kleiner’s Doerr Leads in Media Scrutiny
It’s hard being — and staying — king of the VCs.
Big-Name VCs Form “Glass Collective” to Back Google Glass App Makers
Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins agree to look together at companies building on Google Glass.
News Byte
Andreessen, Cerf, Berners-Lee Share U.K. Engineering Prize
Time for Robert Kahn, Vint Cerf, Louis Pouzin, Tim Berners-Lee and Marc Andreessen to book a trip to London to go see the Queen: The five men are sharing the first-ever Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, honoring their contributions to the Internet and the World Wide Web. More details about the designation, which comes with a £1 million grant, here.Andreessen and Mixpanel Call for an End to “Bullshit Metrics”
If you tilt your head 20 degrees to the right and squint just so, you’ll see that we’re huge!
On the Rocks
That might take a whole bottle.
–Marc Andreessen, to Andrew Ross Sorkin on how much Johnny Walker Blue would be required for him to openly discuss everything he thinks about HP (on whose board he sits) at Dealbook’s Opportunities for Tomorrow conference
Confirmed: Chris Dixon Becomes Seventh Investing GP at Andreessen Horowitz
So it is written, so it shall be done.
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