Conversations With Coleman Woke Capital with Marc Andreessen
Mar 4, 2023
Entrepreneur and venture capital investor, Marc Andreessen, discusses venture capital underperformance, flat company structures, George Orwell's 'Homage to Catalonia', the rise of woke capitalism, generative AI's impact on creativity, and the role of stubbornness in his career.
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VC Overfunding
- Venture capital is perpetually overfunded, leading to low average returns.
- There's a mismatch between available capital and truly innovative ideas/entrepreneurs.
Missing Elons
- There's a shortage of exceptional entrepreneurs like Elon Musk.
- Society questions whether it truly desires rapid change and disruption.
Anarchists vs. Communists
- George Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" details the Spanish Civil War anarchist army's flat structure.
- Despite initial success, the anarchists ultimately lost to the more hierarchical communists.