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Inside The Life of Silicon Valley's First Athlete Investor | Magic Johnson
- ▶ 3:10 Chris Lyons But, you know, you were the one that actually pioneered, you know, getting, getting into business itself, and, you know, a funny story that I've always thought that actually inspired me, and I think that we have one tie in from the very… 13 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:22 Earvin "Magic" Johnson Ovid said, go early, because all the richest people.
- ▶ 27:09 Earvin "Magic" Johnson And Michael Ovis always pointed that out to me.
The Secret Marketing Strategy That Built a16z: From Zero to Legendary VC Firm
- ▶ 7:15 Margit Wennmachers And then obviously you had absorbed the Ovid's, um, playbook, right?
- ▶ 7:37 Ben Horowitz Yeah, and at that time, uh, it was before Ovitz's book came out, so that whole strategy was basically a secret. 8 times in the scene
Ben Horowitz Shares the a16z Origin Story & Plans for the Future
- ▶ 30:22 Erik Torenberg When you started the firm, people like Michael Ovitz and others gave you advice on how to think about the firm in a different way based on the market at the time.
How Andreessen Horowitz Disrupted VC & What’s Coming Next
- ▶ 10:21 Ben Horowitz And then the other idea that we had was, um, you know, kind of what I alluded to earlier, which is, gee, like what if the venture capital firm, and we got a lot of this from, uh, our friend, Michael Ovitz, uh, from CAA.
- ▶ 1:06:57 Marc Andreessen Uh, Michael Ovitz catalyzed this when he was in Hollywood in the seventies and eighties.
a16z Podcast | Talent, Tech Trends, and Culture -- with Ben, Marc, and Tyler Cowen
- ▶ 6:02 Ben Horowitz Michael Ovitz, 2 times in the scene
a16z Podcast | The Business of Creativity -- Pixar CFO, IPO, and Beyond!
- ▶ 8:39 Lawrence Levy We met Edgar Bronfman Jr., and we met Mike Ovitz, Joe Roth, basically anybody who would open the door to us.