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This whole episode was quite an impressive feat by Arrington. As one of the many "not-super" angels in the world, it validated something that was only hearsay u
by kn0thing 16y ago
This whole episode was quite an impressive feat by Arrington. As one of the many "not-super" angels in the world, it validated something that was only hearsay until Arrington confirmed it -- which has then given Conway a chance to chastise it appropriately.
Granted, I still wish he'd revise the inaccuracies in this article (http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/29/guy-who-copied-digg-slams-digg-for-copying-twitter/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/29/guy-who-copied-digg-slams-d...) but I'll take the fact that none of you remembered it as a good sign :)
All in all, bravo, Michael.
- sachinag 16y agoYou may want to consider trying to band together and brand yourselves in the vein of Hacker Angels to get more dealflow past AngelList. It'd be great if this kerfluffle shook up the angel "industry" to make it more efficient and more competitive. (Disclosure: kn0thing is an angel in Blueleaf, the startup I work for.)
- kn0thing 16y agoOh, more dealflow is one thing I definitely don't want these days now that I'm @YCombinator :) I've halted considering any new DasKapitalCapital.com investments. That said, I love the Hacker Angels group. They represent a lot of what's right with angel investing.
- danielnicollet 16y agoI find Ron Conway's follow up courageous (given the fact that he knew it would come out). I think it is very good in its content. It shows that business ethics is about much more than following the law of the land or of your selfish interests. It also shows that there are still some great investors on the block. Thanks Ron! I must say I wonder what favors Arrington exchanges with the very participants of this sad angel bunch to get them to forward all these confidential emails though...