In my opinion, Marc's segment was the most interesting because his perspective / experience cannot be found in any other living human being:
1) Being in the Internet business longer than anyone else (1994 or 1993)
2) Being a hacker, who turned into co-founder, who turned into CEO / executive chairman
3) Inventing some of the most foundational components of the Internet infrastructure
4) Co-founding and co-managing one of the biggest hypergrowth stories ever (Netscape, where baking the cake metaphor comes from)
5) Becoming a serial entrepreneur (OpsWare, Ning)
6) Becoming an independent board member of major technology companies (HP, Facebook)
7) Starting a VC firm that is on track to become one of the biggest disruptors of Silicon Valley investor business model
What I especially enjoyed are some of Marc's speculations of what could have happened IF Netscape would have added things like payment or social features they have not pursued. Small decisions we make today could have enormous implications on what becomes our future.
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In my opinion, Marc's segment was the most interesting because his perspective / experience cannot be found in any other living human being:
1) Being in the Internet business longer than anyone else (1994 or 1993)
2) Being a hacker, who turned into co-founder, who turned into CEO / executive chairman
3) Inventing some of the most foundational components of the Internet infrastructure
4) Co-founding and co-managing one of the biggest hypergrowth stories ever (Netscape, where baking the cake metaphor comes from)
5) Becoming a serial entrepreneur (OpsWare, Ning)
6) Becoming an independent board member of major technology companies (HP, Facebook)
7) Starting a VC firm that is on track to become one of the biggest disruptors of Silicon Valley investor business model
What I especially enjoyed are some of Marc's speculations of what could have happened IF Netscape would have added things like payment or social features they have not pursued. Small decisions we make today could have enormous implications on what becomes our future.