What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in ten yearshttp://cdixon.org/2013/03/02/what-the-smartest-people-do-on-the-weekend-is-what-everyone-else-will-do-during-the-week-in-ten-years/Today, the tech hobbies with momentum include: math-based currencies like Bitcoin, new software development tools like NoSQL databases, the internet of things, 3D printing, touch-free human/computer interfaces, and “artisanal” hardware like the kind you find on Kickstarter.
I'd never heard of this guy, but background looks interesting, confirming Bitcoin getting more attention and respect in the mainstream VC/startup community:
Currently:
Investor at Andreessen Horowitz.
Personal investor in technology startups, including Hipmunk, Kickstarter, Stripe, Warby Parker, Pinterest, Canvas, Foursquare, Picturelife, 42Floors, Codecademy, Stack Overflow, Dropbox, Gerson Lehrman Group, Bloomreach, Optimizely, Skype, TrialPay, Panjiva, Behance (acquired by Adobe), OMGPOP (acquired by Zynga), Truaxis (acquired by Mastercard), DocVerse (acquired by Google), Invite Media (acquired by Google), ScanScout (acquired by Tremor Video), and some other startups that haven’t publicized investments yet.
Previously:
Co-founder/CEO of Hunch (acquired by eBay).
Co-founder of Founder Collective, a seed-stage venture fund.
Co-founder/CEO of SiteAdvisor (acquired by McAfee).
Programmer at Arbitrade, a hedge fund focusing on high-speed options trading (acquired by Citigroup).
BA and MA from Columbia, majoring in Philosophy. MBA from Harvard.
Article has discussion at Hacker News, but Bitcoin mentions are minimal:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5312484
