[tworats]

I've been impressed by Andreedsen Horowitz's approach of recognizing winners in large markets and putting large amounts of money to work. It's gutsy and smart.

However, I'm concerned about putting large amounts of money into startups that have yet to become businesses. An over-abundance of resources is often detrimental to realizing a vision and finding a market.

Anyway, I remain a fan of A16Z and suspect they've seen something compelling not yet visibile to the outside observer.

[pirroh]

For sure he's gutsy, but venture capital today means mostly "putting large amounts of money into startups that have yet to become businesses"-YCombinator demo day is the most fitting example that comes to my mind right now.

At least it's a breath of fresh air... no disruption just for the sake of using a buzzword--rather money poured on a project that has a faithful community, and with some niche design choices. Reminds of anything? Reddit!