The transfer is guaranteed to be safe and secure, everyone knows that the transfer has taken place, and nobody can challenge the legitimacy of the transfer. The consequences of this breakthrough are hard to overstate.
Marc AndreessenI would say the consumer Internet companies - in a lot of ways, if you go inside the consumer Internet companies and you see how they run, it's how all their businesses are going to run.
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 AndreessenAround '93, '94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years.
Marc AndreessenThere will be certain points of time when everything collides together and reaches critical mass around a new concept or a new thing that ends up being hugely relevant to a high percentage of people or businesses. But it's really really hard to predict those. I don't believe anyone can.
Marc Andreessen