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[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

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[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