41 Quotes by Ron Conway

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

I believe that we all have a responsibility to give back. No one becomes successful without lots of hard work, support from others, and a little luck. Giving back creates a virtuous cycle that makes everyone more successful.

You can't learn to be ambitious and driven.

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

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.

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.

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

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.'

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.