Ron Conway: More Reasons To Go All Angel

[naish]

http://gigaom.com/2008/09/13/ron-conway-more-reasons-to-go-all-angel/

[ScottWhigham]

I don't know Ron Conway but I'm always cautious about taking advice from someone who is an {0} who tells me that I should really consider using a {0} instead of a {1}. Interesting article and I don't refute any of the points ( I like them actually) but, to me, it's sort of like Paul Graham telling me that I should use seed capital; I always wonder, "Is he really being altruistic and sharing this info or is there an ulterior motive? In other words, why is this man writing this [i.e., doing this interview] instead of spending time with his family/hobbies? There has to be a reason - is it because he truly wants to helps others or a more profitable reason?"

I know that sounds cynical - it sounds cynical as I write it - but it's how I think.

[anamax → ScottWhigham]

Money isn't the only source of bias. It isn't even the most influential or most common source.

Folks who are bought don't care all that much. True believers, on the other hand, do care, and they're no more likely to be correct.

[phil_KartMe]

I dream of finding an angel like Ron Conway on the East Coast. It feels like most former consumer web CEOs and executives are on the west coast.

[fallentimes → phil_KartMe]

There aren't any.

Hopefully one day there will be an east coast version of Silicon Santa.

[vaksel]

only 3 reasons? There gotta be more