Current and former a16z partners and others say Marc Andreessen is driven by grievances that don't quite match reality, as his White House influence grows
The prominent investor has said the Biden administration pushed him to the political right, but sources say his grievances don't always match reality.
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@austincarr
Austin Carr
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Spent a long time on this @pmarca profile for @BW, especially where he grew up in Wisconsin. Marc Andreessen has a complicated relationship with his hometown, but I discovered another (touching) side of his childhood that has never been told: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@richardhanania
Richard Hanania
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Profile of Marc Andreessen, who seems to be driven by grievance and anger, which are fuelled by stories that are completely made up according to those who knew him and those who witnessed alleged events. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@austincarr
Austin Carr
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I find it fascinating that Marc recently called for the National Science Foundation to receive the “bureaucratic death penalty,” despite that same @NSF enabling Andreessen to study mathematical modeling as a kid in rural Wisconsin
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@burkehenryt
Henry Burke
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Andreessen has been running the same playbook for at least the past 22 years. Claim to be a Dem, but say the party's anti-business positions forced him into the arms of Republicans. At what point do journalists stop falling for it and just start recognizing hium for what he is?
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@austincarr
Austin Carr
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h/t @nitashatiku for her WaPo scoop on Marc's leaked texts last year about how his people from Wisconsin “are furious and not going to take it anymore”
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@pkafka
Peter Kafka
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Really excellent reporting.
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@bradstone
Brad Stone
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Here's the most insightful story yet on Marc Andreesen aka @pmarca - his legendary career as an investor and entrepreneur, and his long strange history of concocted grudges. by @AustinCarr in @BW. gift link: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@danprimack
Dan Primack
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Have been hearing both sides of this meeting for years. Crazy how consequential it was given that no one can agree what was really said.
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@teddyschleifer
Teddy Schleifer
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great @AustinCarr piece with amazing pics and multimedia https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@chafkin
Max Chafkin
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My fave part of this @AustinCarr story is the evidently complicated relationship Marc Andreessen has with being from Wisconsin (gift link) https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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Caleb Melby
Caleb Melby
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A deep-dive on Marc Andreesen's rightward lurch, spurred by “grievances that don't quite match reality,” from the incomparable Austin Carr. …
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@karlbode.com
Karl Bode
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we had a minority female FTC boss for literally thirty seconds that suggested we should maybe enforce antitrust law once in a while [embedded post]
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@mattmday
Matt Day
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“How can you think the government is f—ed up and everything is wrong with America when it's obviously worked better for you than it has for all but maybe a dozen people in human history?” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...