Marc Andreessen Quotes

Verified quotes on technological innovation, capital allocation, market selection.

“In a great market — a market with lots of real potential customers — the market pulls product out of the startup.”

“In a terrible market, you can have the best product in the world and an absolutely killer team, and it doesn't matter — you're going to fail.”

“The #1 company-killer is lack of market.”

“The only thing that matters is getting to product/market fit.”

“You can always feel when product/market fit isn't happening. The customers aren't quite getting value out of the product, word of mouth isn't spreading, usage isn't growing that fast, press reviews are kind of "blah", the sales cycle takes too long, and lots of deals never close.”

“The real breakthrough ideas seem really nuts the first time you see them”

“More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services — from movies to agriculture to national defense.”

“Don't keep a schedule. By not keeping a schedule, I mean: refuse to commit to meetings, appointments, or activities at any set time in any future day. As a result, you can always work on whatever is most important or most interesting, at any time.”