Start-ups should be based on radical ideas. There should be a high failure rate for start-ups, because if there isn't their ideas aren't bold enough.
Marc AndreessenToday's stock market actually hates technology, as shown by all-time low price/earnings ratios for major public technology companies
Marc AndreessenWhen you're dealing with machines or anything that you build, it either works or it doesn't, no matter how good of a salesman you are.
Marc Andreessen