Marc Andreessen

Beyond CSI: Inside Anthony Zuiker's New Cross-Platform Experiment

Tom Foster — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0400

A Man crouches on a 3-foot-by-3-foot glass-top table in a dank basement near the Los Angeles River, just outside of downtown L.A. The man is a contortionist. He's wearing a skintight, hooded latex body condom, bone white, zipped up the back to the top of his head, with holes for his eyes and a zipper over his mouth.

Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz Launch $300 Million Venture Fund

Clay Dillow — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:45:06 -0400

Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who first teamed more than a decade ago on a start-up Internet shop known as Netscape, are launching their own venture capital firm, cleverly titled Andreessen Horowitz. Starting with a $300 million seed, the company will invest in just about anything computer-related, Andreessen has said, taking advantage of their fleetness of foot (Andreessen and Horowitz are the only principle partners) to seize upon computer technologies, software developments and Web infrastructure opportunities.

The 12 Most Creative Minds Of 2008

Fast Company staff — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:15:04 -0500

Culled from the pages of Fast Company magazine, this year's top creative minds took risks, spurred ideas, and represented a masterful force driving every facet of business forward. Meet the 12 most creative minds of 2008.

Silicon Valley's Angel Investors

Fast Company staff — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:20:13 -0400

Founder, Half.com (sold to eBay). His First Round Capital has invested in StumbleUpon (to eBay), among others.

Cofounder of Motive. Portfolio includes Digg and Twitter.

Cofounder, Sun Microsystems; founder, Granite Systems (to Cisco) and Kealia (to Sun). Backed Google.

Early employee at Excite. Investor in MusicMatch and Ludicorp, maker of Flickr (both to Yahoo).

Feedback

Fast Company staff — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:35:11 -0400

Medical Tourism / Our May cover story -- on Silicon Valley startup Ning and its CEO, Gina Bianchini -- attracted plenty of interest, but it was a thornier subject that drew the broadest range of comment: the outsourcing of health care (" Medical Leave "). We heard from doctors, patients, and people in health-related businesses.

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Ning's Infinite Ambition

Adam L. Penenberg — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:46:49 -0400

Here's something you probably don't know about the Internet: Simply by designing your product the right way, you can build a billion-dollar business from scratch. No advertising or marketing budget, no need for a sales force, and venture capitalists will kill for the chance to throw money at you.
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