Marc Andreessen’s public syllabus is URL-native: landmark WSJ essays, a venture firm’s publishing arm, and podcasts that double as strategy memos. FTN’s Andreessen profile contextualises the arc from Netscape to a16z; this list is the hyperlink layer.
Flagship Essays
Why Software Is Eating the World
Marc Andreessen · Essay
Foundational argument that every industry becomes a software industry—read historically and update with AI deployment wave.
It's Time to Build
Marc Andreessen · Essay
Moral-technological call to reduce institutional sclerosis—debate what “build” means in your domain.
Books and Long Arc Context
The Innovators
Walter Isaacson · Book · Amazon
Computing history anthology—context for how Andreessen frames innovation ecosystems.
High Growth Handbook
Elad Gil · Book
Practical scaling essays respected across a16z portfolio operators.
Audio and Ongoing Canon
a16z Podcast (selected episodes)
Andreessen Horowitz · Podcast
Pick episodes by sector; treat as oral essays on markets and technology cycles.