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Ron Conway Drops A Nuclear Bomb On The Super Angels

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Re: Ron Conway Drops A Nuclear Bomb On The Super Angels

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Post by jimboyoungblood »

yurylifshits wrote: post #64

By the way, can this meeting be connected to Angel List ( http://angel.co/ ) in any way? As far as I understand, Angel List is an effort to create a centralized curated marketplace for angel investing. Seems very similar to AngelGate. Even if these are unrelated, I wonder, whether Angel List can be viewed as something against competition. On the other hand, Angel List simplifies angel fundrising a lot and therefore i…

AngelList has about as much in common with AngelGate as it does the Hells Angels.

AngelList is the single most democratizing, pro-competitive thing that has happened to tech startup investing in a long time.

(Disclaimer: i'm one of the angels on the list)

Re: Ron Conway Drops A Nuclear Bomb On The Super Angels

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Post by tkeller »

jackowayed wrote: post #12

That's pretty linkbaity. Dropping a "nuclear bomb" would be something like, "I have a recording from the Bin 38 meeting that proves you were colluding. The FTC will start examining it at 9am sharp tomorrow morning." Sure, it's unusual for someone to so strongly come out and call people out, especially people that he may want to invest alongside someday, but "nuclear bomb" is a serious stretch.

Pretty damned mild, really. "You guys are greedy and I disagree with you" != "you guys are breaking the law."

Re: Ron Conway Drops A Nuclear Bomb On The Super Angels

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Post by spoondan »

j_baker wrote: post #57
cletus wrote: post #38

Arrington has has obviously lit a match to a powderkeg with "So a blogger walks into a bar...". McClure's response came across (to me) as defensive, which at least confirms that there is a concern about the appearance of impropriety. I would love to know who was at this meeting and who got this email from Conway. There are some useful short-term consequences of this: 1. These super angels probably don't trust each ot…

McClure's response wasn't defensive. Defensive would have been keeping quiet and not admitting to have been there in the first place.

Calling TechCrunch's reporting a "bullshit superangel conspiracy theory" is, if nothing else, a prime example of defensiveness.

Re: Ron Conway Drops A Nuclear Bomb On The Super Angels

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Post by Batsu »

yurylifshits wrote: post #64

By the way, can this meeting be connected to Angel List ( http://angel.co/ ) in any way? As far as I understand, Angel List is an effort to create a centralized curated marketplace for angel investing. Seems very similar to AngelGate. Even if these are unrelated, I wonder, whether Angel List can be viewed as something against competition. On the other hand, Angel List simplifies angel fundrising a lot and therefore i…

I'm going to pistol whip the next person that says "AngelGate"

(Worth it.)

Re: Ron Conway Drops A Nuclear Bomb On The Super Angels

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Post by [deleted] »

zaidf wrote: post #45
lotusleaf1987 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I seriously don't understand how people were defending his writing style. Anyone over ninteen would realize the use of multi-colored text, "drop a cap in yo ass" lines, and lack of capitalization looks like you're lazy and incompetent. I realize he's done fairly well in his investments, but does he not have an extra 2-3 minutes to capitalize and think out more coherent analogies?

does he not have an extra 2-3 minutes to capitalize and think out more coherent analogies? The same way, I fail to realize how people don't understand that he writes in that style not because he lacks a few extra minutes but because that is a style and persona he's built over time.

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Re: Ron Conway Drops A Nuclear Bomb On The Super Angels

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Post by gms »

nostrademons wrote: post #41
Alex3917 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think of it like this: L.A. = High school for adults New York = College for adults Silicon Valley = Middle school for adults That's not meant as pure criticism, I actually kind of like it, but it just gets annoying at times.

Boston = Grad school for adults. ;-) Also, if Silicon Valley were middle school for adults, there'd be more girls here.

It didn't seem so at first, but I think there is something insightful about Alex's and your characterisations of these cities (disclosure: I currently live in Cambridge, MA).

Re: Ron Conway Drops A Nuclear Bomb On The Super Angels

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Post by bootload »

mhartl wrote: post #22

Two reactions: (1) Ron Conway is a man of great integrity. (2) It's astonishing and fascinating that the world's most prolific angel investor apparently doesn't know how to spell "entrepreneur". But he sure has helped a lot of them, and that's what really matters.

"... he world's most prolific angel investor apparently doesn't know how to spell "entrepreneur" ..."

There is another (sneaky) explanation.

Ron simply sent out many of these emails to different people with another word with incorrect spelling. This allows you to identify exactly who leaks the message. This is an old "intelligence" trick used to identify the source of information leaks.

Re: Ron Conway Drops A Nuclear Bomb On The Super Angels

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Post by jyothi »

It is very difficult to be what Ron Conway is. Respect. He is not preaching but living an example & telling others that it can be done. The problem is that this mail was meant only for super angels to possibly introspect and be influenced. Not to be beaten around in public forums embarrassing the investors. Sometimes confessions in private work better as a fix. It is hard in public.

If Arrington had any sense he would have kept quiet and not divert attention to a debacle through TC at the cost of start-up community.

Re: Ron Conway Drops A Nuclear Bomb On The Super Angels

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Post by bl4k »

gaius wrote: post #84

I have stated consistently for year that I invest because I love helping entrepenuers and watching them learn and succeed. Oh please! We're all capitalists here, nothing to be ashamed of.

Conway helps entrepreneurs he is not invested in as much as he helps those he is invested in. You may not know the guy, but those who do will tell you that is a very genuine sentiment.
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