Netscape's Work CultureIntroduction Contd...A former Netscape employee commented, "People at Netscape were nervous about the implications of AOL buying us." Allaying these fears, in an address to Netscape employees, Case said, "Maybe you joined the company because it was a cool company. We are not changing any of that. We want to run this as an independent culture."
Background NoteNetscape was co-founded by Jim Clark (Clark) and Andreessen. Clark was a Stanford University professor turned entrepreneur.3 Andreessen was an undergraduate from the University of Illinois, working with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.4
3] Clark's first venture was Silicon Graphics, which produced super fast visual workstations. He had invested US $4 million while another US $4 million came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capital company. |
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