I have stated before that, while I don’t know the guy and have never
met him, Marc Andreessen is probably the entrepreneur of my
generation that I most admire.
Today I came across a post on TechCrunch where Marc is quoted as saying that Old Media needs to burn the boats. I love this type of bold strategies. When Cortes came to Mexico he burnt the boats so they had no choice but to conquer, Marc says media companies need to do the same thing. The post is short and well worth your read but here’s my favorite quotes.
We got to talking about how media companies are handling the digital disruption of the Internet when he brought up the Cortes analogy. “You gotta burn the boats,” he told me, “you gotta commit.” His point is that if traditional media companies don’t burn their own boats, somebody else will.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Innovation and Disruption, What’s Holding You Back?
Author: New Comm Biz
