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The Rise and Fall of SBF
  + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Andy Kessler | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn and Dan Henninger. Images: AP/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyI first got to know author Michael Lewis, then of “Liar’s Poker” fame, when in the mid-1990s I took him around Silicon Valley in an old beat-up convertible. I told stories and showed him where the first integrated circuit and microprocessor were invented, plus Xerox Parc and its beanbag chairs, Hewlett Packard and Intel. As we drove around, I shared my history with entrepreneur Jim Clark, his time at Silicon Graphics and early days with Netscape, and of the venture capitalist Glenn Mueller, who committed suicide after being denied access to invest.
Persons: Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, Dan Henninger, Mark Kelly, Michael Lewis, , Hewlett, Jim Clark, Glenn Mueller Organizations: Getty, Xerox Parc, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Silicon Graphics, Netscape Locations: Silicon
Marc Andreessen: From Warren Buffett, probably: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket. Marc Andreessen: People read about something in the paper, see it on TV, and take a flyer without deeply understanding it. Marc Andreessen: For most forms of investing, the mistakes are the investments you make where you lose money. David Rubenstein: If somebody wants to be a venture capital investor, what would you like them to know most about the art of` venture capital investing? Marc Andreessen: It's an alchemy of understanding people, understanding technology, understanding markets.
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