Marc Andreessen on Wealth Quotes

"You create wealth by building things that are useful to other people at scale."

"The accumulation of capital is secondary to the accumulation of knowledge in the digital age."

"The history of wealth is the history of better ideas replacing worse ones."

"True wealth is the freedom to work on what you want, with whom you want, when you want."

"In a world of bits, the marginal cost of production drops to zero, which is the greatest wealth creator in history."

"If you want to be wealthy, you have to be comfortable being misunderstood for long periods of time."

"Software is the most powerful wealth-creation tool because it is infinitely scalable."

"The internet is the ultimate leverage for wealth creation because it removes the gatekeepers."

"Economic progress is driven by the relentless pursuit of efficiency and the destruction of the old by the new."

"Capital is a tool, but the real asset is the human intelligence that directs it."

"Venture capital is the business of funding the future, which is where the wealth lies."

"Productivity growth is the only way to increase the standard of living and create real wealth."

"The goal of technology is to make everything that is scarce today abundant tomorrow."

"The ability to learn and adapt is the ultimate wealth-building skill."

"Innovation is the only sustainable way to create long-term economic value."

"You want to be in a business where you have high operating leverage; that is how massive wealth is built."

"To create wealth, you must identify a massive shift in the world before everyone else does."

"The greatest wealth transfer in history is happening from the physical world to the digital world."

"The only way to get more for less—the definition of economic growth—is through technology."

"Price is what you pay, but value is what you create through innovation."

"Wealth is the byproduct of being right about the direction of the world."

"The real wealth of a nation is its capacity to innovate and produce."

"Wealth follows the ability to solve a problem for a million people at once."

"The most certain way to build wealth is to be right about a non-consensus bet."

"Markets are the most efficient way to allocate resources and create prosperity for the greatest number of people."

"Wealth is not a zero-sum game; it is an expanding pie driven by human ingenuity."

"The primary engine of wealth in the 21st century is the transformation of industries by software."

"Wealth is the result of creating value that didn't exist before, primarily through the application of technology to human needs."

"The most valuable companies are those that create the most value for their users."

"Focus on building things that make people's lives better, and the wealth will take care of itself."

"Economic dynamism is the prerequisite for a wealthy society."

"The future belongs to the builders, because building is the only way to create wealth."

"The biggest risk to future wealth is the failure to build new things."