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Bitcoin is being accepted more readily, from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-first-bitcoin-baby-2013-6" target="_blank">doctors offices</a> to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-british-pub-2013-6" target="_blank">British Pubs</a> -- and now <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2013">Startup 2013</a>. You can now use Bitcoin to buy your <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2013/tickets" target="_blank">Startup 2013 tickets</a>.
NYC's preeminent entrepreneurship <keyword id="5555" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="conference">conference</keyword>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2013">Startup</a> is taking place October 24 in New York. The day will be jam-packed with insights from top entrepreneurs and VCs, including during a morning full of classes from General Assembly. You'll have the opportunity to select your own curriculum from 15+ carefully-curated classes. Then in the afternoon you'll hear from speakers including:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/">John Borthwick, Betaworks</a></li>
<li><a href="http://pandodaily.com/author/goldbergbryan/">Bryan Goldberg, BleacherReport</a></li>
<li><a href="https://generalassemb.ly/instructors/brad-hargreaves/71">Brad Hargreaves, General Assemb.ly</a></li>
<li><a href="http://omg.vc/#177/linkedin" target="_blank">Nikhil Kalghatgi, SoftBank</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.upworthy.com/peter-koechley">Peter Koechley, Upworthy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://danporter.org/" target="_blank">Dan Porter, OMGPop</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/rap-genius-interview-2012-10" target="_blank">Ilan Zechory, RapGenius</a></li>
</ul>
For a taste of what you can expect in October, check out last year's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2012/agenda" target="_blank">agenda</a>. And <a href="http://businessinsider.ticketleap.com/startup-2013/" target="_blank">reserve your spot</a> now because extra early-bird rates expire soon.
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2013/tickets"></a>
If you're interested in joining the Startup community by sponsoring, contact <a href="mailto:events@businessinsider.com">events@businessinsider.com</a>.
Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/bi_events" target="_blank">@BI_Events</a> on Twitter for Startup updates.

Startup 2013: Now Accepting Bitcoin

<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image"></div>Michael Seto for Business Insider<keyword id="488139" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Andrew-Mason">Andrew Mason</keyword> at Business Insider's Ignition Conference in November.</div>After a disappointing earnings call last week, <keyword id="384914" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Groupon">Groupon</keyword> founder and CEO <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/groupon-ceo-andrew-masons-honest-charming-goodbye-memo-i-was-fired-today-2013-2">Andrew Mason was fired.</a>
Shortly after the news broke, Mason published an amusing goodbye letter to his colleagues.
While some of it was straight forward ("I've decided that I'd like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding - I was fired today"), other parts were vague.
Tech investor <a href="http://rapgenius.com/Andrew-mason-groupon-farewell-memo-lyrics#note-1548039">Marc Andreessen took to RapGenius</a>, a startup his VC firm invested in, to uncover the hidden meaning behind Mason's farewell memo.
Here's what Andreessen thinks Mason really meant, but didn't directly say (his comments are in red, Mason's original letter is in black).
People of Groupon, After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I've decided that I'd like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding - I was fired today. [Andreessen: "Over the last 20 years it has become customary in business for executives to claim to be “resigning to spend more time with my family” when they have actually been fired. It has become such a cliche that it is now a sort of running joke in corporate-speak. (The additional subtext to the joke is that most executives are not liked by their families, who would prefer that they not spend more time at home and try to get them into a new job as quickly as possible.)"]
If you're wondering why... you haven't been paying attention. From controversial metrics in our S1 to our material weakness to two quarters of missing our own expectations and a stock price that's hovering around one quarter of our listing price, the events of the last year and a half speak for themselves. As CEO, I am accountable. [Andreessen: "Andrew is referring to the use of non-standard financial metrics in the company’s SEC filings, particularly in the IPO filing (S1). As someone who was in the room as an observer at the Groupon board when the decision to use these metrics was made, I think Groupon was honestly trying to provide additional information that investors would find useful, which mirrored the way management thought about running the business. However, no good deed goes unpunished, and widespread media paranoia about business metrics still lingering from the 2000 dot com crash combined with other missteps on Groupon’s part combined to make the use of those non-standard metrics highly controversial and ultimately negative for the company."]
You are doing amazing things at Groupon, and you deserve the outside world to give you a second chance. I'm getting in the way of that. A fresh CEO earns you that chance. The board is aligned behind the strategy we've shared over the last few months, and I've never seen you working together more effectively as a global company - it's time to give Groupon a relief valve from the public noise. [Andreessen: "At one point, Groupon was sort of two companies in one — the US operation that was built and run by a team of executives recruited by Andrew, and the international operation that resulted from an acquisition of a company founded by the famous Samwer brothers. The Samwers enjoyed broad autonomy to run the international operations largely separately from the US operations for several quarters. In the last year, one of Andrew’s big challenges was to integrate the US and international operations into a single global business."]
For those who are concerned about me, please don't be - I love Groupon, and I'm terribly proud of what we've created. I'm OK with having failed at this part of the journey. [Andreessen: "This is probably the one disingenuous note in the entire letter. (Versus resignation letters from most other CEOs which would be 100% disingenuous.) However, the underlying truth is that the creation and growth of the company under Andrew as CEO from inception through last year was a miracle of accomplishment."]
If Groupon was Battletoads, it would be like I made it all the way to the Terra Tubes without dying on my first ever play through. I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to take the company this far with all of you. I'll now take some time to decompress (FYI I'm looking for a good fat camp to lose my Groupon 40, if anyone has a suggestion), and then maybe I'll figure out how to channel this experience into something productive.
If there's one piece of wisdom that this simple pilgrim would like to impart upon you: have the courage to start with the customer. My biggest regrets are the moments that I let a lack of data override my intuition on what's best for our customers. This leadership change gives you some breathing room to break bad habits and deliver sustainable customer happiness - don't waste the opportunity!
I will miss you terribly.
Love, <a href="http://rapgenius.com/1550287/Andrew-mason-groupon-farewell-memo/Andrew" class="state-accepted" data-id="1550287">Andrew</a>

The Hidden Meaning Behind Andrew Mason's Charming Goodbye Letter To Groupon

<div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ltx3PBnWcI">YouTube screenshot</a></div></div>Good morning! It's Thanksgiving Day, but that doesn't stop the tech news cycle, because it's only a U.S. holiday. Everyone else is hard at work, coding and developing. Here's what you need to know:
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/rap-genius-on-the-3-billion-snapchat-offers-2013-11">Here's the very rude statement the folks at RapGenius put out regarding the Snapchat $3 billion takeover offer.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alibaba-headquarters-in-china-2013-11">Take a tour of Alibaba, the Chinese internet company that's fueling Yahoo stock.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-a-click-fraud-botnet-secretly-controls-your-web-browser-2013-11">See how botnets secretly control your web browser.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/fab-strikes-back-at-skewed-media-coverage-here-are-the-facts-2013-11">Fab is not happy with the media coverage it is getting right now.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/man-claims-his-ex-wife-hid-massive-twitter-stake-2013-11">The soaring price of Twitter stock is an issue in this Brooklyn couple's divorce.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/28/us-apple-lawsuit-dataprivacy-idUSBRE9AR03P20131128">A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit against Apple brought by consumers who alleged the iPhones terms of service violated their privacy.</a> <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-28/microsoft-board-said-to-lean-to-mulally-nadella-in-ceo-search.html"></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-28/microsoft-board-said-to-lean-to-mulally-nadella-in-ceo-search.html">Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally and internal executive Satya Nadella are the favorites to succeed Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft.</a> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/27/us-samsung-marketing-idUSBRE9AQ18720131127"></a><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/27/us-samsung-marketing-idUSBRE9AQ18720131127"></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/27/us-samsung-marketing-idUSBRE9AQ18720131127">Samsung spends more on advertising than the GDP of Iceland.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/27/embeds-return-to-new-google-maps-will-soon-include-ads/">Google is bringing another type of ad product into its Google Maps app.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.unwiredview.com/2013/11/27/iphone-5sc-made-up-76-of-new-smartphone-sales-in-japan-this-october/">In Japan, 76% of new smartphones sold in October were iPhones.</a></li>
</ol>

10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning

<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:620px"><div class="image">Business InsiderColin Hodge, Co-Founder &amp; CEO, "Bang With Friends"</div></div>What do the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/12-offensive-controversial-apps-and-startups-2013-7" target="_blank">controversial and offensive apps</a> “RapGenius,” “Lulu,” “Tinder,” and “Bang With Friends” have in common?
Their founders are all speaking at Business Insider’s <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2013">Startup Conference</a> in October. Ultra-Early-Bird Rates are expiring July 31st at 11:59pm, so <a href="http://businessinsider.ticketleap.com/startup-2013/" class="c7">get your tickets now!</a>
<a href="http://businessinsider.ticketleap.com/startup-2013/">Join us for a day of learning</a> that will make you a better entrepreneur. You'll come away with the tools you need to propel your great idea into a fully-funded, successful venture. You'll also gather important contacts and inspiration.
Startup offers a jam-packed agenda with a morning full of classes from General Assembly — you'll have the opportunity to select your own curriculum from 15+ carefully-curated classes — and an afternoon of insights from top entrepreneurs and VCs, including:
<ul>
<li>Kevin Colleran, General Catalyst</li>
<li>Slava Rubin, indigogo</li>
<li>Stu Elleman, RRE</li>
<li>Eileen Burbidge, Passion Capital</li>
<li>Bryan Goldberg, Bleacher Report</li>
<li>Peter Koechley, Upworthy</li>
<li>Jake Schwartz, General Assemb.ly</li>
<li>John Frankel, FFvc</li>
</ul>
Ultra-early-bird tickets expire 7/31, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2013/tickets">so pick yours up now before the price goes up.</a>
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2013/tickets"></a>
If you have questions about sponsorship opportunities at <keyword id="1737034" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Startup-2013">Startup 2013</keyword>, please contact <a href="mailto:events@businessinsider.com">events@businessinsider.com</a>.
Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/bi_events" target="_blank">@BI_Events</a> on Twitter for Startup updates.

PRICE BREAK ALERT: Startup 2013 Ticket Prices Are Going Up Thursday

Every fall, Business Insider releases the much-anticipated <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sa-100-2012" target="_blank">SA100 list</a> identifying the people who did the coolest things the past year in the NY tech scene. 
The list is feted at an invitation-only party on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
This year, we're taking it up a notch. Aspiring entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to get smart by day and party at the NYSE by night because we're holding <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2013">Startup 2013</a>, NYC's preeminent entrepreneurship <keyword id="5555" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="conference">conference</keyword>, on the same day as SA100. And for the first time ever, we will be selling 50 <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2013/tickets" target="_blank">VIP tickets</a>. That's right: you can attend Startup all day, SA100 (and its after party) all night, with just one ticket.

Startup offers a jam-packed agenda with a morning full of classes from General Assembly -- you'll have the opportunity to select your own curriculum from 15+ carefully-curated classes -- and an afternoon of insights from top entrepreneurs and VCs, including:
<ul>
<li>Sean Rad, Tinder</li>
<li>Alexandra Chong, Lulu</li>
<li>Paul Forster, indeed</li>
<li>John Borthwick, Betaworks</li>
<li>Jake Schwartz, General Assemb.ly</li>
<li>Dan Porter, OMGPop</li>
<li>Ilan Zechory, RapGenius</li>
</ul>
After a day of learning and networking, attendees who have purchased the VIP pass can walk on over to the NYSE trading floor and celebrate. Buy your tickets now before they sell out!
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2013/tickets"></a>
If you're interested in joining the Startup/SA100 community by sponsoring, contact <a href="mailto:events@businessinsider.com">events@businessinsider.com</a>.
Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/bi_events" target="_blank">@BI_Events</a> on Twitter for Startup updates.

SA100 + Startup = Must-Attend Event

<div class="KonaFilter image-container click-to-enlarge"><div class="image on-image"><a title_source="Eminem / Facebook" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/525d989b69bedd3867df33d5-960/eminem-rap-god.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/eminem">Eminem / Facebook</a></div></div><keyword id="59609" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="eminem">Eminem</keyword> released a new song "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/eminem-rap-god-2013-10">Rap God</a>" and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/eminem-rap-god-2013-10" target="_blank">people are going crazy over it</a>. 
More specifically, people are raving about part of one verse where Slim Shady begins rapping at what he refers to as "supersonic speed." 
The lyrics are really tough to make out. 
Here they are below. 
Via <a href="http://rapgenius.com/Eminem-rap-god-lyrics" target="_blank">Rap Genius</a>: 
"Uh, sama lamaa duma lamaa you assuming I'm a human What I gotta do to get it through to you I'm superhuman Innovative and I'm made of rubber So that anything you say is ricocheting off of me and it'll glue to you I'm never stating, more than ever demonstrating How to give a motherf---in' audience a feeling like it's levitating Never fading, and I know the haters are forever waiting For the day that they can say I fell off, they'd be celebrating Cause I know the way to get 'em motivated I make elevating <keyword id="6354530" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="music">music</keyword> …"
What's so impressive is that Eminem spits these ten lines of lyrics - 97 words - in 15 seconds. 
That means he's averaging six and a half words per second. 
Insane.

Here's What Eminem is Saying During His 'Supersonic Speed' Verse In New Song 'Rap God'

<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:620px"><div class="image">OnLulu.comAlexandra Chong, CEO of Lulu, is speaking at <keyword id="1737034" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Startup-2013">Startup 2013</keyword></div></div>
Running a startup its difficult. It's hard to meet the right people. It can be <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/loneliness-and-startups-2013-7" target="_blank">lonely at times</a>. It's tough to get attention for your fledgling venture. Money is tight, and sometimes that prevents young companies from participating at events that would help them solve these challenges.
Business Insider's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2013" target="_blank">STARTUP 2013</a> <keyword id="5555" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="conference">conference</keyword> knows this and is here to help. "Startup Row" exhibits are available for $999. This specially-priced event sponsorship is for startups that are under 2 years old and have raised less then $2 million in funding. Exhibiting on Startup Row is a great way to get your product or app noticed, network, and learn how to take your company to the next level at NYC's premier entrepreneurship conference.
Sponsorship includes:
<ul>
<li>Demo station (highboy table) in the centrally-located Startup Row</li>
<li>2 passes to STARTUP 2013 ($398 value)</li>
<li>Logo inclusion on all printed and digital event materials</li>
</ul>
There are a limited number of startup row exhibits available, so <a href="http://businessinsider.ticketleap.com/startup-2013/" target="_blank">register today</a>!
Startup offers a jam-packed agenda with a morning full of classes from General Assembly -- you'll have the opportunity to select your own curriculum from 15+ carefully-curated classes -- and an afternoon of insights from top entrepreneurs and VCs, including:
<ul>
<li>Sean Rad, Tinder</li>
<li>Slava Rubin, indigogo</li>
<li>Stu Elleman, RRE</li>
<li>Alexandra Chong, Lulu</li>
<li>Paul Forster, indeed</li>
<li>John Borthwick, Betaworks</li>
<li>Jake Schwartz, General Assemb.ly</li>
<li>Dan Porter, OMGPop</li>
<li>Ilan Zechory, RapGenius</li>
</ul>
<div>Ultra early-bird tickets expire 7/31, s<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2013/tickets">o pick yours up now before the price rises.</a> </div>
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/event/startup2013/tickets"></a>
If you have questions about Startup Row or other sponsorship opportunities at Startup 2013, please contact <a href="mailto:events@businessinsider.com">events@businessinsider.com</a>.
Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/bi_events" target="_blank">@BI_Events</a> on Twitter for Startup updates.

Want To Get Your Startup Out There? Check Out "Startup Row" At Startup 2013

Google is now displaying song lyrics directly at the top of its search results with links to the Google Play store, <a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-lyrics-19613.html">as first noticed by SeroundTable</a>. If you search for the name of the song plus the word "lyrics," there's a chance the first several verses will pop up automatically.&#xa0;
Here's what it looks like:
<a title_source="Google" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54986ad169bedd0a77f51626-960/screen%20shot%202014-12-22%20at%201.59.16%20pm.png"></a>Google
This move makes sense for Google. The has been steadily increasing the amount of information it lets users see on its page without having to click a third-party link. If you search for a proper noun, like, for example, Pink Floyd, Google pulls a bunch of information from Wikipedia, the World CIA Factbook, and other sites to give you some basic information about it.&#xa0;
For Google, this will drive traffic to the Play Store and it will make finding information as quick and seamless as possible (one of Google's self-professed goals).&#xa0;
It could also wreak havoc for song lyrics sites like Genius (formerly RapGenius), the well-funded lyrics and document annotation startup, as well as a bunch of long-standing lyrics sites like AZLyrics.com and SongLyrics.com.
A lot of these older lyrics sites are plagued with really intrusive pop-ups and other kinds of ads, so it's a win for users as well.&#xa0;
It's unclear how broad this rollout is, though. For example, we couldn't find lyrics for Brittney Spears, Bright Eyes, or Van Morrison. We did find lyrics to a few Fleetwood Mac songs. &#xa0;
Tom Lehman, Genius cofounder, told Business Insider via email that he thinks Google is&#xa0;ranking its own product above one that's better for the user though, since Genius has more in-depth information and analysis. However, he concedes, it's nice that Google's page is&#xa0;free of advertisements.
"Overall we're happy to see Google take an interest in improving lyrics online," he writes, "And we'd love to collaborate with them to create the best lyric experience the Internet has ever seen."
Business Insider reached out to Google for more information about this test.&#xa0;

Google Will Finally Make It Really Easy To Look Up Song Lyrics

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image">ScreenshotMahbod Moghadam.</div></div></div>Good morning! Light rain is expected in the late afternoon. Otherwise, it's a pretty warm one here in New York City. Here's what happened over the long weekend:
1. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/rap-genius-cofounder-fired-2014-5">Rap Genius fired its co-founder, Mahbod Moghadam.</a> He made inane comments using RapGenius to annotate the manifesto of the California shooter. This wasn't the first time he's opened his mouth to say something silly, but it was the worst.
2. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-to-reveal-its-smart-home-software-2014-5">Apple will reportedly unveil a new platform for creating a smart, connected house through your iPhone.</a> It won't have its own hardware, it will enable other companies to make accessories.
3. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/business/media/a-platform-and-blogging-tool-medium-charms-writers.html?_r=0">New York Times media writer David Carr checks in on Evan Williams' blogging platform, Medium.</a> Not much new here, but after struggling to define Medium in its early days, Williams seems to have a good idea about what he's doing now. It seems to be gaining momentum.
4. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-considers-buying-dropcam-2014-5">Google subsidiary Nest is thinking about doing home security next.</a> As part of that, it has talked about buying Dropcam, a company that records your home and uploads it to the internet allowing you to access security footage anywhere.
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/erin-mcelroy-and-san-francisco-anti-tech-gentrification-protests-2014-5">5. Here's a story on Erin McElroy, one of the women at the heart of San Francisco's anti-gentrification protests.</a> The arguments are more nuanced than you may think.
6. <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/australian-apple-idevices-hijacked-held-to-ransom-20140527-zrpbj.html">iPhones in Australia are being remotely hacked, then held hostage by the hackers until people pay a ransom through PayPal.</a> 
7. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/technology/no-time-to-text-apps-turn-to-stickers.html">Don't feel like typing words to send a friend a message? </a>Then send a sticker, which is popular on Line, a Japanese messaging app.
8. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-ballmer-clippers-2014-5">Steve Ballmer met with Shelly Sterling, who is selling the Clippers.</a> Ballmer has long wanted an NBA team.
9. <a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/as-his-foundation-has-grown-gates-has-slowed-his-donations/?smid=tw-share">Bill Gates has slowed his contributions to the Gates Foundation because the foundation has too much cash.</a> It's hard to give away all that money.
10. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/qa-with-walt-mossberg-and-kara-swisher-2014-5">Here's an interview with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher about Apple, Yahoo, Google, and their new website, Re/code.</a>

<div style="padding: 15px; border: 1px solid #999999; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 15px!important; line-height: 25px; overflow: auto; vertical-align: middle;"> This is part of the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/unsung-heroes">"Unsung Heroes"</a> series, highlighting outstanding individuals who don't always get the public credit they deserve. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/unsung-heroes">"Unsung Heroes"</a> is sponsored by Aramark.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/unsung-heroes" target="_blank"> Read more posts in the series »</a></div><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image">Eric BinaEric Bina</div></div></div>Whatever you do, don't ask Netscape cofounder Eric Bina how he feels about inventing the browser ... or the web ... or the Internet. If you do, he will adamantly respond that, although he made a contribution, he was certainly not responsible.
In fact, he's quite happy that his buddy Marc Andreessen has wound up with all the credit for the browser that started it all, Mosaic, and the eventual company, Netscape, that helped turn the Internet into the major thing it is today.
Andreessen, on the other hand, happily names Bina as the true genius behind Mosaic. In a note on Rapgenius, <a href="http://news.rapgenius.com/Marc-andreessen-why-andreessen-horowitz-is-investing-in-rap-genius-annotated#note-1105127">Andreessen wrote: </a>
A lot of people don't realize that Eric did all the hard programming on Mosaic. As far as I know, the entire time he only ate Skittles and Mountain Dew!
Yet, despite Bina's protests, and the fact that he has retreated from public life (no interviews, no tech conference speeches, no personal blog) the world insists on honoring him. Just last month, he was inducted into the <a href="http://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/eric-bina">Internet Hall of Fame</a>. A few years before that, he was inducted into the University of Illinois Engineering Hall of Fame, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bina">among other accolades. </a>
He found out about this latest honor only after the 2014 inductees were announced.
"I got a tweet one day, and that's how I found out I was inducted into Hall of Fame," he told Business Insider, granting us a rare interview.
Nevertheless, he's reluctant to stand up and take a bow for a number of reasons:
1. He says it was Andreessen's drive who turned Netscape and the browser into the success it was. 
"Marc is much more responsible than me for the way things happened. Marc is a strong driving force for changing the world. He is clearly driven to do that. We were friends. We worked together. He's a fun guy and I had fun working with him, but on my own I don't feel driven to change anything but my own situation," he told us.
2. He says Tim Berners-Lee deserves all the limelight and more for inventing the Web.
"One obvious thing, the web browser was invented by Tim Berner's Lee. He wrote the first web browser, and the guy doesn't get nearly enough credit," Bina told us.
3. Bina is also convinced that the web browser and web would have happened without him.
"We popularized the web browser and we helped popularize the web but there were other web browsers, besides ours, like Tim's ViolaWWW, and the MidasWWW web browser. Due to issues in the way they were written and distributed, they didn't become popular and ours did," he said.
"To say we're wonderful for inventing it is wrong. To say we made significant contributions is accurate. But there were a number of people coming up with similar things. If it hadn't been us, it would have happened anyway," he says.
But it was him, Andreessen and Netscape that succeeded, and not just because of luck. The Mosaic browser worked great and Netscape had the brilliant idea of giving it away for free. Giving software away for free to build a user base was a radical new idea in those days.
The free browser encouraged businesses to buy software to create websites. And here we are today.
As for Bina, he's always been happy to remain in the shadows. The title on his card at Netscape was "unsung hero," and a couple of decades later, he prefers to remain that way.Disclosure: Marc Andreessen is an investor in Business Insider.

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