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Schneider: Andreessen Horowitz is a media company that does venture capital
“People think a, 16 Z is a venture company. It's like, no, they're a media company that, Does venture, right? It's the opposite.”
Torenberg: a16z Offered Series A Weeks After Product Hunt Seed Round
“I remember at Product Hunt, we raised a seed round. We had like two million dollars or something, maybe 1.5 or two million dollars in the seed round. And then a few weeks later, we got a term, a series A term sheet from Andreessen Horowitz. And we didn't even …”
Isenberg: Reforge made a mistake by raising venture capital from a16z
“That's their first mistake. Yeah. I mean, I would have just not raised money.”
Isenberg: Benedict Evans fell asleep during his 2018 Andreessen Horowitz pitch
“This person was Benedict Evans. Benedict Evans fell asleep. Oh no. During my pitch.”
Mullenweg: Marc and Ben's public writing disrupted the VC model for a16z
“What would Andreessen Horowitz be without Mark's seminal essays and Ben's amazing books and essays, you know, like Their writing is part of how they disrupted the VC model and became Andres and Horowitz, which now we take for granted.”