ClaimsMarc Andreessen

“The No. 1 thing, just the theme, and we just see it everywhere, the No. 1 theme that our companies have when they get really struggling is they are not charging enough for their product.”

Marc Andreessen, interviewee, a16z co-founder 1 January 2018 The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Marc Andreessen (#163) (Tim Ferriss blog) archived copy

Factual Economics and markets

The number one theme among struggling Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies is that they do not charge enough for their product.

Own records only Only the person's or their organisation's own records speak to it, so it is not scored.

Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

Reasoning

Pattern among a16z's struggling portfolio companies is internal knowledge.

Cite this claim

Marc Andreessen, “The number one theme among struggling Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies is that they do not charge enough for their product.” (said 1 January 2018). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_5ecd1647f266, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_5ecd1647f266

This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.

Reply to this claim

For Marc Andreessen, or someone speaking for them: a correction or counter-evidence. Replies are read before anything is shown; an approved reply shows your name, role, date, statement and link. Your email address is never shown and is deleted 30 days after the decision (privacy).

More factual claims by Marc Andreessen

  1. Mixed Factual 26 January 2025
    “And these people are completely giving up the entire moral foundation of the system that’s been built for them, which by the way, is paid for virtually 100% by taxpayer money.”

    The system that has been built for these people is paid for virtually 100% by taxpayer money.

  2. Mostly true Factual 26 January 2025
    “I mean, look, we’re adding a trillion dollars to the national debt every 100 days right now, and it’s now passing the size of the Defense Department budget and it’s compounding”

    The US is adding a trillion dollars to the national debt every 100 days, and it is now passing the size of the Defense Department budget and compounding.

  3. Mixed Factual 16 October 2023
    “Technological innovation in a market system is inherently philanthropic, by a 50:1 ratio.”

    In a market system, society captures about 98% of the value of technological innovation, a 50:1 ratio to the innovating company's share.

  4. Mostly false Factual 16 October 2023
    “There are only three sources of growth: population growth, natural resource utilization, and technology.”

    The only three sources of economic growth are population growth, natural resource utilization, and technology.

  5. Mostly true Factual 16 October 2023
    “We believe markets lift people out of poverty – in fact, markets are by far the most effective way to lift vast numbers of people out of poverty, and always have been.”

    Markets are by far the most effective way to lift vast numbers of people out of poverty, and always have been.

All of them

Verdicts are made automatically; how verdicts are made.