Ron Conway: TechCrunch interview at Social Crunchup

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Another great Conway… interviewed by Andrew Keen for TechCrunchTV.

If Silicon Valley has an angel, it’s Ron Conway, the legendary early stage investor who has backed many of the greatest Internet start-ups including Google and Facebook. Last week at the Social Currency Crunchup at Stanford University, Andrew had the good fortune to sit down with Conway for a few minutes
to talk about technology, entrepreneurs, investors and the next big thing in the Valley.

Part I – Ron Conway on the next big investment opportunities: On social, real-time data, social currency and why there’s still opportunity in search.

Part II – Why anytime is a good time to be an entrepreneur: On success rates for technology entrepreneurs, what failures teaches and why the 2001 bubble was “catastrophic”.

Part III -Why an entrepreneur is always an entrepreneur: On the genetics of being an entrepreneur, why entrepreneurs are all a little edgy, and why Mark Zuckerberg was destined to be an entrepreneur.

Part IV – What makes a good investor: On his huge rolodex, how he reads people and why he was born to be an investor.

Part V – What comes after social: On 10 years of massive growth for social, on the cloud & CRM, and why he never worries about the future.