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There was a point in the late '90s where all the graduating M.B.A.'s wanted to start companies in Silicon Valley, and for the most part they were not actually qualified to do it.
Marc Andreessen
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Marc Andreessen
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 9
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