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I admire Ron Conway for his business acumen and regard for entrepreneurs. But he's taking on a lot of needless baggage for continuing to talk about a meeting he

by harold 16y ago

I admire Ron Conway for his business acumen and regard for entrepreneurs. But he's taking on a lot of needless baggage for continuing to talk about a meeting he himself did not attend, and for continuing to speak on behalf of his partner in an ambiguously denial-oriented style. "thou doth protest too much" comes to mind. The whole thing seems fishier than it probably really is because of it.

alttab 16y ago
I would tend to agree. Even at this point if no one said anything it will fade into nothing and we'll all move on. Generally, I took away from this entire thing is you never really know the whole truth, so more information is your only best friend.
adrianwaj 16y ago
Actually, I would say that the Angelgate meetings have been happening for a long time. Conway blasted all those people in the Nuclear email, but how would he know what to say if he hadn't been to either of the last two Bin 38 meetings? Did Lee tell him what happened in the first meeting and the leak just crystallized his thoughts, triggering the nuclear email? Why didn't Conway go to the first meeting? Being an entrepreneur's guy, Conway with Lee realized when discussing whether or not to go was "damned if we do, damned if we don't, but we'll be more damned if we don't" turns out due to the leak he was wrong, and so now wants to distance himself from the organized greed, which in the open seems all the more repulsive. Welcome to the The Collusion Room, where "you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave." I wouldn't just limit this to Angels either, the problem is knowing when to draw the line between collusion and cooperation. Where and when do VCs meet like this, and how about Fund managers? Who watches over clubs such as http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org ? Who actually setup the Bin 38 meeting?

by harold 16y ago

alttab 16y ago

I would tend to agree. Even at this point if no one said anything it will fade into nothing and we'll all move on. Generally, I took away from this entire thing is you never really know the whole truth, so more information is your only best friend.

adrianwaj 16y ago

Actually, I would say that the Angelgate meetings have been happening for a long time. Conway blasted all those people in the Nuclear email, but how would he know what to say if he hadn't been to either of the last two Bin 38 meetings? Did Lee tell him what happened in the first meeting and the leak just crystallized his thoughts, triggering the nuclear email? Why didn't Conway go to the first meeting? Being an entrepreneur's guy, Conway with Lee realized when discussing whether or not to go was "damned if we do, damned if we don't, but we'll be more damned if we don't" turns out due to the leak he was wrong, and so now wants to distance himself from the organized greed, which in the open seems all the more repulsive. Welcome to the The Collusion Room, where "you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave." I wouldn't just limit this to Angels either, the problem is knowing when to draw the line between collusion and cooperation. Where and when do VCs meet like this, and how about Fund managers? Who watches over clubs such as http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org ? Who actually setup the Bin 38 meeting?