Uncapped #45 | Ron Conway from SV Angel

About this episode

Ron Conway discusses his extensive experience as an angel investor and the importance of relationships in the tech ecosystem.

Ron Conway is the Founder and a Managing Partner of SV Angel. He has been an active angel investor since the mid-90s and has received wide recognition for his role in the tech ecosystem. He has been included on Vanity Fair’s 100 most influential people in the Information Age, awarded Best Angel at the TechCrunch Crunchies Awards, and has been named on Forbes Magazine's Midas list of top “deal-makers” since 2011. Prior to founding SV Angel, Ron was with National Semiconductor Corporation in marketing positions (1973-1979), Altos Computer Systems as a co-founder, President, and CEO (1979-1990), taking the company public on Nasdaq in 1982. Ron reflects on decades of investing, from semiconductors to AI, and what it really means to be an “all in” partner to founders. He shares how relationships compound into an unfair advantage, why the best investors show up at inflection points, and how being willing to fight, whether in boardrooms or Washington, can change outcomes. --- Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (1:50) From semiconductors to AI (8:39) Two investments that changed everything (11:46) Nonpassive angel investing (14:57) Becoming a relationship broker (18:00) Building authentic…

People in this episode

Host: Jack Altman

Guest: Ron Conway

Topics covered

• angel investing
• tech ecosystem
• founder relationships
• investment strategies
• semiconductors
• AI
• politics in tech

Keywords

• angel investor
• SV Angel
• Ron Conway
• investment
• founders
• tech
• AI
• semiconductors
• relationships
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SV Angel, National Semiconductor Corporation, Altos Computer Systems, Vanity Fair, TechCrunch, Forbes Magazine

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