Ron Conway: TechCrunch interview at Social Crunchup

David Conway    Professional, Web Technology     future web, ron conway, techcrunch, video

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.

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Ron Conway: Investing in the new Twitter ecosystem

David Conway    Professional, Web Technology     future web, ron conway, twitter, video

Ron is perhaps the most prolific angel investors in the clean-tech industry. And also one of the most successful. The sheer volume of deals he’s done over the last 20-30 years, investing in 3-4 startups per month, is staggering. And his hit rate is so high, particularly for the massive win startups, that very few investors can come close to the success rate he’s had. In this video, Ron is back stage at Twitter’s Chirp conference, talking about the potential for companies/apps to be born out of the new Twitter ecosystem.