As Marc and Ben led me into their world, I felt like a privileged student in a graduate school of one. After they sold Opsware, I asked Marc about joining their angel investment group. “Funny you should mention that,” he said. “Ben and I are thinking about doing something more formal.” As their venture capital firm began to take shape, I coached them about how to make Andreessen Horowitz stand out. The idea that took was to offer a full menu of business services—a novel approach in venture, whose stars tend to be one-man bands who freelance out of a larger firm.
