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Andreessen On Apple Pay: Where’s The Innovation?
Apple Pay // October 17, 2014

So here’s the good news: Famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen thinks Apple, as a tech company, will do “extraordinarily well” over the long term and is gaining strength. But in an interview with Bloomberg West, that’s sort of where the kudos stopped. When the conversation...

Marc Andreessen’s Rx For Financial Services
Mobile // October 08, 2014

Venture Capitalist—and graphical Web browser creator—Marc Andreessen is looking at the payments space as an area that needs to—and can—be fully recrafted. “We have a chance to rebuild the system. Financial transactions are just numbers, it’s just information. You shouldn’t need 100,000 people and prime...

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Marc Andreessen Unfriends Facebook

November 16, 2015
Marc Andreessen, a Facebook board member who has been on its board since 2008, appears to be shedding his weight in the company. Multiple media outlets, including Re/code, have reported in the past few days about just how much Andreessen has sold of his shares. The most recent SEC filings show that he has sold off 1.5 million in […]

Andreessen On Apple Pay: Where’s The Innovation?

October 17, 2014
So here’s the good news: Famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen thinks Apple, as a tech company, will do “extraordinarily well” over the long term and is gaining strength. But in...

Marc Andreessen’s Rx For Financial Services

October 08, 2014
Venture Capitalist—and graphical Web browser creator—Marc Andreessen is looking at the payments space as an area that needs to—and can—be fully recrafted. “We have a chance to rebuild the system....