“Products become obsolete at the precise moment they become perfect,” said Andreessen on a recent podcast.

BY CHRIS MORRIS @MORRISATLARGE

Marc Andreessen. Photo: Getty Images

When it comes to products, perfection might be an admirable goal to chase, but it’s not necessarily a great one to achieve, explained venture capitalist Marc Andreessen on a recent episode of The a16z Podcast.

“Perfection” is a nebulous term, he noted, which means different things to different people. And even if you can find a commonly accepted definition for it, securing perfection can curiously make a product lose its appeal.

“One of the things I’ve observed over the years is I think … products become obsolete at the precise moment they become perfect,” said Andreessen. “There have been tons of examples of this over the past 50 years, where it’s, like, the absolute perfect,........

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