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