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New Media, One Year In | Andreessen Horowitz

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To win you must go direct, and to go direct you must be interesting

A16Z New Media is one year old! And we’ve had several portfolio companies (and other venture firms) ask us how our team works, how we built it, and how they might build their own. Here is what we share with them: If you’re ever pitching a16z, at some point we turn it around and do “the Bear Hug”, as our competitors call it: we pitch you on all of the resources and power and networks the firm will put behind you; maybe you’ll have dinner with Marc until 2 am, and close out the restaurant while he regales you with detailed knowledge of your domain. And then we’ll follow up the next morning…

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