Once you understand that everybody's going to get connected, a lot of things follow from that. If everybody gets the Internet, they end up with a browser, so they look at web pages - but they can also leave comments, create web pages. They can even host their own server! So not only is everybody consuming, they can also produce.
Marc AndreessenBreakthrough ideas look crazy, nuts. Itโs hard to think this way โ I see it in other peopleโs body language, and I can feel it in my own, where I sometimes feel like I donโt even care if itโs going to work, I canโt take more change. O.K., Google, O.K., Twitterโbut Airbnb? People staying in each otherโs houses without there being a lot of axe murders?
Marc AndreessenOn the back end, software programming tools and Internet-based services make it easy to launch new global software-powered start-ups in many industries - without the need to invest in new infrastructure and train new employees.
Marc AndreessenIn the next 10 years, I expect at least five billion people worldwide to own smartphones, giving every individual with such a phone instant access to the full power of the Internet, every moment of every day.
Marc AndreessenThere's a new generation of entrepreneurs in the Valley who have arrived since 2000, after the dotcom bust. They're completely fearless.
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