tech founders

4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Margit Wennmachers · across every show →

Everything said about tech founders, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 negative
Opinion
Wennmachers: Silicon Valley founders go from college dorms to corporate kombucha
“We need so much of that because a lot of the folks here, they are running large companies, but like, they've never run a thing. They're out of a dorm into their new dorm with kombucha and massage tables.”
Margit Wennmachers Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:38 a16z Podcast | Build Your Personal Brand
Jan 2, 2019
Opinion
Andreessen: Successful tech founders are inherently extreme people
“The kind of very special person who's going to conceive of an original idea and then be able to build a team and be able to prosecute the idea is going to be a very extreme person.”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:46 a16z Podcast | Talent, Tech Trends, and Culture -- with Ben, Marc, and Tyler Cowen
Nov 12, 2024 positive
Opinion
Andreessen: Trump's 2024 victory lifted regulatory 'boot off the throat' for tech
“So I felt like a boot off the throat. Like every morning I wake up happier than the day before because all of these forms of repression that I just had gotten used to. You're under this level of repression for this long. When it's relieved, it takes you a litt…”
Marc Andreessen Nov 12, 2024 ▶ 0:00 Trump is About to Change Everything For Tech Startups
Aug 1, 2025 negative
Insight
Balaji Srinivasan: Tech founders must build direct distribution and bypass journalists
“Build your own distribution to avoid distortion, ok? That is to say, any content you have, it should be posted on your feeds. Why would you go and feed it to some journo? You've got some scoop. You don't need them for distribution anymore.”
Balaji Srinivasan Aug 1, 2025 ▶ 45:50 Tech vs. Media: Balaji Srinivasan on the Battle Shaping Our Future
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