Ron Conway Videos

Venture Outlook: Investing in the Real-Time Internet Participants: Bijan Sabet (@bijan) - General Partner, Spark Capital Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon) - Founder, Social Leverage Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) - moderator Ron Conway - Founder and Managing Partner, Angel Investors Los Angeles October 27, 2009

In this episode of The Deal's Behind the Money video show, Dan Porter talks about what it's like to be the resident grownup at Iminlikewithyou and argues that Forman's irreverent style resonates well with the company's target audience of 15- to 25-year-olds. "He's actually one of the smartest people I've ever met," says Porter of CEO Charles Forman. "And I think his public persona maybe hides the fact that he actually works really hard on the product and really cares about it. But he's funny and irreverent, and there's something about the site I think that captures the zeitgeist of his humor....Aspects of the site that flow out from his personality and his sense of humor are what make kids just see it and really get hooked on it and identify with it." Check out www.TheDeal.com for more on Porter and Forman.

By Alison McNeillIf you ve got a startup in Silicon Valley, or anywhere for that matter, chances are that you ve heard of Ron Conway. The so-called Godfather of Silicon Valley has made over 20 investments in Web 2.0 companies such as Twitter, Digg, PBWiki, Seesmic, the list goes on and on.Recently, Ron has been very vocal about his advice for startups in the downward economy recommending to his companies that they conserve cash and cut costs, even renegotiate all expenses, including rent.We grabbed Ron for a quick interview at the Web 2.0 Summit last week to hear for ourselves so listen up!