Wednesday, December 8, 2010

When Marc Met Mike: Andreessen Interviews Michael Ovitz

Kara Swisher, co-producer and co-host of All Things Digital, a major-high tech and media conference, has written in her BoomTown column an article about the recent interview between entrepreneur Marc Andreessen and Mike Ovitz.

The article includes the full one-hour video of their encounter, which as she says, "you'll find quite riveting."

The article is here; below is an excerpt:

"There is no question that legendary entrepreneur Marc
Andreessen
is a power player in Silicon Valley.

Nor that Michael Ovitz, who used to be the power player in
Hollywood, is one of the people who did most to disrupt the way business was
done in the entertainment industry, with his bare-knuckle approach at his
groundbreaking Creative Artists Agency.

So, if you put them together, as happened recently at the Sand Hill Road
offices of the Andreessen Horowitz venture firm, you get what turned out to be a
very interesting discussion.
In fact, Andreessen actually interviewed Ovitz
in front of a private audience about his life and philosophies."

Link to the video and read the full text of the article here.