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Dec 2018
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#50 Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive

David Senra
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What I learned from reading  The Pmarca Blog Archive Ebook by Marc Andreessen. ---- [0:01] In this series of posts I will walk through some of my accumulated knowledge and experience in building high-tech startups.   [3:15] Great things about doing a startups:  Most fundamentally, the opportunity to be in control of your own destiny — you get to succeed or f ... Show More
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