The Ledger
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Andreessen: I Have Never Used Psychedelics and Never Will
“It's gonna be clear. I'm not. I've never have. I'm never going to.”
Andreessen: Clark and Andreessen Almost Built an Online Network for Nintendo 64
“We actually went, he actually went back to Nintendo, and we almost Pulled the trigger on basically building what today you'd call like Xbox Live, or what is it called? It's a PlayStation Network or Xbox Live, like an online gaming service for the Nintendo. 64 …”
Andreessen: The ideal day is 12 hours caffeine, 4 hours alcohol
“So for a very long time, I always said that the ultimate day, like the perfect day was 12 hours of caffeine followed by four hours of alcohol.”
Andreessen: a16z has always considered launching an in-house bank
“One of the things we've never done, but has always been on the idealist is to actually just have an in-house bank.”
Andreessen: Excessive coffee consumption caused his heart to skip every 10th beat
“A while ago I was drinking so much coffee. At work that I was sitting in a meeting a couple years ago, and I started to feel just a little bit, something felt off, and I just took my pulse, and I, but I was, realized I was skipping about every 10th heartbeat.”