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Here’s Why We Fell in Love with Draft

Both Sides of the Table

My partner Greg Bettinelli is an avid sports fan who throughout his career has developed an expert understanding in online ticketing (at eBay has was a champion of the StubHub acquisition) and online marketing. And social networks enabled rapid growth and also the ability to more easily find and play with friends or make new ones.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Marc released Mosaic in 1993. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. In the new world, winning CIOs will partner with CEOs to design state-of-the-art communication infrastructures designed to optimize any company’s most important resource—its people.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Marc released Mosaic in 1993. A review of the technology press in 1993 and 1994 reveals that almost nobody believed the Internet would be important. In the new world, winning CIOs will partner with CEOs to design state-of-the-art communication infrastructures designed to optimize any company’s most important resource—its people.

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Why the Browser Matters

Ben's Blog

Before my partner Marc Andreessen and his friends at the University of Illinois invented the browser in 1993, most people thought only scientists and researchers would use the Internet. In 1996, there was no social networking, no video, no search that worked, no RSS, and no Twitter to name a few. Lil Wayne, Swag Surfin.

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Meet Our New Special Advisor, Larry Summers

Ben's Blog

This is a guest post by Marc Andreessen, co-founder and General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz. Undersecretary for International Affairs and then Deputy Treasury Secretary for President Clinton between 1993 and 1999. For those of you too young to remember, Reagan was a noted Republican.). Became US Treasury Secretary in 1999.

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The 12 Strangest Celebrity Businesses

YoungUpstarts

Sadly, none of her ideas were realized and she ended up selling the town in 1993 and filing for bankruptcy. Shue and a partner created CafeMom, a social networking site for moms to share worries, tips, and stories. Raquel Welch’s line of wigs.