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Two reactions: (1) Ron Conway is a man of great integrity. (2) It's astonishing and fascinating that the world's most prolific angel investor apparently doesn't
by mhartl 16y ago
Two reactions: (1) Ron Conway is a man of great integrity.
(2) It's astonishing and fascinating that the world's most prolific angel investor apparently doesn't know how to spell "entrepreneur". But he sure has helped a lot of them, and that's what really matters.
- ojbyrne 16y agoThe President of the United States managed to miss the fact that the word derives from french.
- tomhoward 16y agohttp://www.snopes.com/quotes/bush.asp http://www.snopes.com/quotes/bush.asp
- rada 16y agoUnless I misinterpreted the purpose of your link, the denial of a conversation by a politician's PR flunkie does not mean it didn't happen.
- tomhoward 16y agoPerhaps not but you could say that about a lot of things. People will make up their own minds, and most will do so based on their preexisting biases. Those who try to keep an open mind should be aware that this story is a rumour based on hearsay, not a verifiable fact.
- wensing 16y agoHe probably wasn't focusing on his spelling/typos when he wrote this.
- bootload 16y ago"... he world's most prolific angel investor apparently doesn't know how to spell "entrepreneur" ..." There is another (sneaky) explanation. Ron simply sent out many of these emails to different people with another word with incorrect spelling. This allows you to identify exactly who leaks the message. This is an old "intelligence" trick used to identify the source of information leaks.
- mahmud 16y agoThat would only work if he controlled the mailing-list server, assuming this is an actual mailing list, and not a "CC all" ad-hoc solution.
- bootload 16y ago"... That would only work if he controlled the mailing-list server, assuming this is an actual mailing list, and not a "CC all" ad-hoc solution. ..." Just email each individually.
- euccastro 16y agoWhy misspell when you can just change a bit of wording or whitespace? Spelling errors have a higher risk of being corrected.
- mahmud 16y agoUnless the message is from angel-list@foo, I wouldn't automatically assume it was sent to a bunch of people, and not just me. If it's sent directly to one person, he would think twice before leaking it. Anyway, this whole *gate crap is inane.
- dctoedt 16y ago> Just email each individually And do so by having the "To" line be yourself, and the addressee in the "Bcc" line - that way the addressee will think others are getting it too.
- tomjen3 16y agoLets be honest - Ron Conway would have no problem getting a mailing-list server he could fix with.
- slowpoison 16y agoHmm... interesting! I think I should start running spell-check on the emails I forward too.