Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition. Marc Andreessen on power
In the next 10 years, I expect at least five billion people worldwide to own smartphones, giving every individual with such a phone instant access to the full power of the Internet, every moment of every day. Marc Andreessen on power
Technology is like water it wants to find its level. So if you hook up your computer to a billion other computers, it just makes sense that a tremendous share of the resources you want to use - not only text or media but processing power too - will be located remotely. Marc Andreessen on power
Any new technology tends to go through a 25-year adoption cycle. Marc Andreessen on technology
Today's stock market actually hates technology, as shown by all-time low price/earnings ratios for major public technology companies. Marc Andreessen on technology
An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in. Marc Andreessen on technology
Technology is like water it wants to find its level. So if you hook up your computer to a billion other computers, it just makes sense that a tremendous share of the resources you want to use - not only text or media but processing power too - will be located remotely. Marc Andreessen on technology
You are cruising along, and then technology changes. You have to adapt. Marc Andreessen on technology
There is an enormous market demand for information. It just has to be fulfilled in a way that fits with the technology of our times. Marc Andreessen on technology
I love what the Valley does. I love company building. I love startups. I love technology companies. I love new technology. I love this process of invention. Being able to participate in that as a founder and a product creator, or as an investor or a board member, I just find that hugely satisfying. Marc Andreessen on technology
Newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But you will still go out of business over time. A newspaper is not a public trust - it has a business model that either works or it doesn't. Marc Andreessen on trust
Around '93, '94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years. Marc Andreessen on wisdom