Ron Conway Quotes

Facebook is becoming the web. Everything you need is there ... it is the universe.

Social media is here to stay, and the social phenomenon that is bringing this about is consumers' willingness to share more about themselves, share more about what they're doing ... people are even willing to disclose where they're at. And this phenomenon is going to create huge commerce opportunities on the web.

The tech community is a closely knit group, which is why it's so powerful. All of these companies have an affinity for each other, even if they compete with each other.

I invest because I love helping entrepreneurs and watching them learn and succeed. In my opinion your motives are driven by self serving factors around ego satisfaction and "making a buck". My motives and values are very different.

You can't learn to be ambitious and driven.

I am most proud of what sfCiti has accomplished with the 'Circle the Schools' program, which engages companies to enter into long-term partnerships with San Francisco public schools, using an adopt-a-school model.

All the biggest companies are based on a founder who had a need, hacked it together, and said, 'Hey, other people might want this.'

Pinterest is offering consumers a way to discover things on the web, in a serendipitous way, with a beautiful user interface. So it's offering a whole new paradigm called 'discover' and allowing users to be creative.

Technology does more than delight, entertain and make our lives more convenient, it's also an agent for social good. That is why it's important for tech startups to stay informed about, and make a mark on, policies that impact them.

I couldn't care less who is mad at me as long as the entrepreneur comes out ahead.

You don't need a business plan. You don't need to have an MBA. All you need is a great idea. Anything is possible and you can accomplish it.

Have a huge work ethic, be ambitious, aggressive, tough.

Cities like New York have already followed San Francisco and have started similar organizations like sfCiti; New York has TECH NYC.

I started sfCiti because I believed that technology companies needed to take a 'One City' approach and build a shared sense of community and civic responsibility in San Francisco.

Tech people like to stick to their knitting, and they measure their accomplishments by the growth of their company. Now the tech community is popping up and saying, 'We do need to be involved in our surroundings.'

By welcoming eager, talented workers, we expand America's potential for growth, and our competitive culture of invention and possibility.

When you first meet an investor, you've got to be able to say in one compelling sentence - that you should practice like crazy - what your product does, so that the investor that you are talking to can immediately picture the product in their own mind.

Anytime is a good time to start a company.

As a founder you have to build a team some day, so why not start the day you found the company?

Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone like me. That's the best thing ever.