Marc Andreessen — AI, crypto, 1000 Elon Musks, regrets, vulnerabilities, & managerial revolution

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  Okay, today I have the great pleasure of speaking with Mark Andreessen,

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  which means for the first time on the podcast,

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  the guest and the host, playback speed will actually match.

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  So Mark, welcome to the Lunar Society.

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  Good morning and thank you for having me.

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  It's great to be here.

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  My pleasure.

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  So have you been tempted any time in the last 14 years to start a company,

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  not a 16z, but another company?

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  No,

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  it's I mean I mean we have I mean so that you know the short answer is we did so we you know we started our venture firm in 2009 and so it's a it's sort of given my you know my partner Ben and I a chance to kind of fully exercise our entrepreneurial ambitions and energies To build this for more over 500 people now with the firm which is you know small for a company for a tech company But it's big for a venture capital firm and so it's let us kind of fully get the get all those urges up But there's no product where you think,

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  oh, God, this needs to exist.

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  And I should be the one to make it happen.

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  You know, I think a lot.

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  I mean, we look at this kind of through the lens of, like, what would I do if I were 23 again?

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  And so, you know, I always have those ideas.

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  But, you know, starting a company is really, you know, look,

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  starting a company is like a real commitment, like it really changes your life.

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  You know, my favorite all-time quote on being a startup founder is from Sean Parker,

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  who says, starting a company is like chewing glass.

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