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Famous Nerds #8 (cont)

Marc Andreessen

  • Co-founder: Netscape Communications
  • Age 36, Silicon Valley "veteran", $$$$$
  • 1992: Mosaic project at Uni of Illinois
  • 1994: founded Mosaic Communications
  • 1994: changed name to Netscape (with Jim Clark)
  • Novel business plan: give software away
  • August 1995: Netscape IPO ⇒ Internet boom
  • Recent project: Loudcloud (instant custom Web-sites)
  • Latest project: Ning (social networking)