Ron Conway Explained

paulbaumgart wrote: post #2

This link works for me: http://bhorowitz.com/2010/04/07/ron-conway-explained/ Could sharpn/a moderator replace it, please?

Thanks for the updated link (no idea why it was moved). I tried to edit, but couldn't - I guess it times out.

Re: Ron Conway Explained

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Post by tumblen » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 11:09 PM UTC

If anyone has read The Tipping Point, Ron Conway is an amazing example of a 'connector'.

In this example, he made a single connection that Tipped Tellme towards success.

Would be interesting to put together a list of angel investors that similarly stand out as connectors.

Re: Ron Conway Explained

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Post by SWalker26 » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 11:25 PM UTC

I love this quote from the post: "If Ron’s awake, he’s working. He can be at a party, in his pajamas, or at the Super Bowl. Ron is always on the job and the network is always on." That's the world I come from. You have to work your balls off to succeed (as I discuss in tip #6 here: http://bit.ly/5Gccio). Fuck this part-time shit that Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson (at 37signals) are pitching. Ask Larry Bird or Michael Jordan if they worked part-time on their basketball skills?

Re: Ron Conway Explained

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 11:37 PM UTC

faramarz wrote: post #3

Does anyone here have experience working with Ron? anything else to add? I really enjoyed reading through this article.

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Re: Ron Conway Explained

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Post by marketer » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 11:54 PM UTC

SWalker26 wrote: post #6

I love this quote from the post: "If Ron’s awake, he’s working. He can be at a party, in his pajamas, or at the Super Bowl. Ron is always on the job and the network is always on." That's the world I come from. You have to work your balls off to succeed (as I discuss in tip #6 here: http://bit.ly/5Gccio ). Fuck this part-time shit that Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson (at 37signals) are pitching. Ask Larry Bir…

You know, there's probably a whole class of professional athletes that have a hard time supporting themselves. I don't have the numbers, but I'd expect that most minor-league players don't make remarkable salaries, but they continue for a chance to make it to the major leagues.

Re: Ron Conway Explained

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Post by pg » Thu, Apr 08, 2010, 12:10 AM UTC

faramarz wrote: post #3

Does anyone here have experience working with Ron? anything else to add? I really enjoyed reading through this article.

We have a lot. This article is right on.

Re: Ron Conway Explained

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Post by joshu » Thu, Apr 08, 2010, 12:18 AM UTC

tumblen wrote: post #5

If anyone has read The Tipping Point, Ron Conway is an amazing example of a 'connector'. In this example, he made a single connection that Tipped Tellme towards success. Would be interesting to put together a list of angel investors that similarly stand out as connectors.

Ron isn't so much a connector as he is THE connector.