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[Source](http://pmarchive.com/ "Permalink to Pmarchive - Home")
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# Pmarchive - Home
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# [Pmarchive][1]
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An archive of the best articles from
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Marc Andreessen's original [ blog.pmarca.com][2]
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### ❦
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## The Pmarca Guide to Startups
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1. [ Part 1: Why not to do a startup][3]
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2. [ Part 2: When the VCs say "no"][4]
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3. [ Part 3: "But I don't know any VCs!"][5]
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4. [ Part 4: The only thing that matters][6]
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5. [ Part 5: The Moby Dick theory of big companies][7]
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6. [ Part 6: How much funding is too little? Too much?][8]
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7. [ Part 7: Why a startup's initial business plan doesn't matter that much][9]
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8. [ Part 8: Hiring, managing, promoting, and firing executives][10]
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9. [ Part 9: How to hire a professional CEO][11]
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## Other Startup Essentials
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1. [ The truth about venture capitalists, Part 1][12]
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2. [ The truth about venture capitalists, Part 2][13]
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3. [ The truth about venture capitalists, Part 3][14]
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4. [ How to hire the best people you've ever worked with][15]
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5. [ Serial entrepreneurs and today's Silicon Valley][16]
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6. [ The Psychology of Entrepreneurial Misjudgment, part 1: Biases 1-6][17]
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7. [ Age and the entrepreneur, part 1: Some data][18]
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8. [ Luck and the entrepreneur, part 1: The four kinds of luck][19]
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### ❦
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## Additional Pmarca Guides
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1. [ Guide to Personal Productivity][20]
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2. [ Guide to Career Planning, part 0: Introduction][21]
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3. [ Guide to Career Planning, part 1: Opportunity][22]
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4. [ Guide to Career Planning, part 2: Skills and education][23]
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5. [ Guide to Career Planning, part 3: Where to go and why][24]
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6. [ Guide to Big Companies, part 1: Turnaround!][25]
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7. [ Guide to Big Companies, part 2: Retaining great people][26]
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## Assorted Goodness
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1. [ Why there's no such thing as Web 2.0][27]
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2. [ Top 10 science fiction novelists of the '00s -- so far][28]
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3. [ Why Ning?][29]
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4. [ Book of the week: Best book for tech entrepreneurs this year][30]
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5. [ The three kinds of platforms you meet on the Internet][31]
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6. [ Music of the week: Three views of the blues, through jazz][32]
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7. [ Eleven lessons learned about blogging, so far][33]
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8. [ OK, you're right, it IS a bubble][34]
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9. [ Counterpoint: Ben Horowitz on micromanagement][35]
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10. [ An hour and a half with Barack Obama][36]
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### ☠
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## The Long Kiss Goodbye
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Before he stopped posting, Marc tantalized readers with a "Coming Soon" list (reprinted below). I was particularly excited about the Guide to High-Tech Startups. Maybe someday. All we can do is hope.
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* Top 10 books for high-tech entrepreneurs
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* Top 10 ways to do personal outsourcing
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* Software -- the velvet revolution and the multicore conundrum
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* How to trick out a Typepad blog in 2007
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* Killer Windows Media Center apps for 2007
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* The truth about reporters: a multi-part series
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* The Pmarca Guide to High-Tech Startups: a multi-part series
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* Why Internet advertising is about to get humongous
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[ ![fictive kin logo monogram][37] ][38]
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[1]:
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[2]: http://blog.pmarca.com/
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[3]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part1.html
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[4]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part2.html
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[5]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part3.html
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[6]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part4.html
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[7]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part5.html
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[8]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part6.html
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[9]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part7.html
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[10]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part8.html
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[11]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_startups_part9.html
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[12]: http://pmarchive.com/truth_about_vcs_part1.html
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[13]: http://pmarchive.com/truth_about_vcs_part2.html
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[14]: http://pmarchive.com/truth_about_vcs_part3.html
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[15]: http://pmarchive.com/how_to_hire_the_best_people.html
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[16]: http://pmarchive.com/serial_entrepreneurs_and_todays_silicon_valley.html
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[17]: http://pmarchive.com/psychology_of_entrepreneurial_misjudgment.html
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[18]: http://pmarchive.com/age_and_the_entrepreneur.html
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[19]: http://pmarchive.com/luck_and_the_entrepreneur.html
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[20]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_personal_productivity.html
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[21]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_career_planning_part0.html
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[22]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_career_planning_part1.html
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[23]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_career_planning_part2.html
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[24]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_career_planning_part3.html
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[25]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_big_companies_part1.html
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[26]: http://pmarchive.com/guide_to_big_companies_part2.html
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[27]: http://pmarchive.com/no_such_thing_as_web_20.html
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[28]: http://pmarchive.com/top_sci-fi_novelists_of_the_00s_so_far.html
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[29]: http://pmarchive.com/why_ning.html
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[30]: http://pmarchive.com/best_book_for_tech_entrepreneurs_this_year.html
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[31]: http://pmarchive.com/three_kinds_of_platforms_you_meet_on_the_internet.html
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[32]: http://pmarchive.com/blues_through_jazz.html
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[33]: http://pmarchive.com/11_lessons_learned_about_blogging.html
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[34]: http://pmarchive.com/ok_it_IS_a_bubble.html
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[35]: http://pmarchive.com/counterpoint_ben_horowitz.html
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[36]: http://pmarchive.com/an_hour_and_a_half_with_barack_obama.html
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[37]: http://pmarchive.com/img/fk_monogram%402x.png
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[38]: http://fictivekin.com
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