Marc Andreessen at Startup School SV 2016

Summary

The most profound aspect of the topic is the importance of founders in startups and the role of a founder CEO.

Many venture firms have shifted towards professional CEOs instead of founder CEOs, but the speakers believe that many of the best companies are run by their founders.
A professional CEO is someone with business and sales experience who can take a product from the lab to the market.
The speakers desire to tilt the industry back towards founder CEOs, although they are not strictly opposed to professional CEOs.
Founders need to be committed to being CEOs or partnering with a great CEO.
Having board members with experience in building and running companies is important.
The firm's operating model focuses on giving founders the necessary resources and network to operate like professional CEOs.

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