Founder connections
- Marc AndreessenRecommended in an a16z reading lista16z’s own published recommendation list includes this title for Andreessen. The list does not establish completed reading or identify a particular edition.Source
Summary
Dave Hitz recounts the growth of NetApp from a startup into an established data-storage business. He uses episodes from company building and his earlier work as a cowboy to explore risk, strategy and unexpected sources of useful lessons.
The story spans early improvisation, a public offering, the dot-com collapse and the problems of a mature company. Hitz treats business as a series of puzzles whose answers change as conditions change.
Why read it Our view
Study NetApp’s startup growth, financing, public offering and response to the dot-com collapse.