Andreessen: Mark Zuckerberg's lack of ego drives his rapid learning curve
Marc Andreessen · Marc Andreessen: Will a16z Go Public & Why Labour Displacement with AI is Wrong? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Mar 30, 2026 · at 1:14:47
Marc Andreessen, co-founder of venture firm a16z, reflects on his very first meeting with a 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg and Sean Parker.
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“He's, like, listening and absorbing everything that people are saying around him, and he's going to be on a vertical learning curve like crazy, because he doesn't have the ego need to just, like, say things. He can just, like, absorb. And, of course, it turned out to be number two, which is, you know, and I've talked about this before, like, he's just on this incredible learning curve and has been his entire life in the most, like, amazing way.”
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