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Ron Conway: The Scariest Man In Silicon Valley
- pg 15y agoThis article is ridiculous. Ronco is among the most benevolent of all the angels in the Valley. He's very protective of his portfolio companies. That has made him a few enemies among other investors. But if you ask founders, their opinion of him is as close to universally positive as anyone could hope for. He's invested in many tens of YC-funded companies, for example, and I have never heard any of the founders say anything bad about him.
- dabent 15y agoI can back this up with my story, as someone whose only connection to YC is Startup School 2010. I had the chance to meet him at Startup School, mostly because everyone was trying to get a picture with MC Hammer instead of meeting Ron Conway. I had a gap in the crowd for a moment and took the chance to meet him. Ron Conway was very receptive to everyone who wanted to talk and listened to our impromptu pitches. He handed out his business card freely and responded to my emails. He ended up indirectly providing help to a friend of mine, with no incentive to do so on his end. I was very impressed with how receptive the godfather of SV investing was. Granted, we were a pre-selected group of people who hopefully had some idea of what we were doing in the statup world, but I've met other, smaller investors who were far less receptive.