At first I thought you were talking about the guy that sold knives on QVC.
I always advise startups that plan to get really big that they should have Ronco in the cap table. No one can help like he can with the sort of problems you hit when you're big. Just ask Google or Facebook or Airbnb.https://twitter.com/RonConway/status/1133392599027335168 …
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Many years ago I saw you interview Ronco on youtube. It was pretty clear that you were a very big fan. This may be sensitive info, but can you explain how Ronco helps? Are we talking "startup on the rocks...might go bust, but Ronco can make the acquihire happen" type stuff?
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He has arranged a lot of soft landings for companies in trouble, but I'd say he's most useful to companies that are growing super fast. E.g. one startup got its credit card processing shut off by its bank. Ron got the bank's CEO on the phone within hours. A big, national bank.
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At 1 company per week, exiting an average of 5 years later, he's got 260 companies at a time. At 261 working days a year, he's got time for each company once a year. Is he mostly hopping from one disaster to another doing damage control?
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He'll help multiple companies per day. And "working days" is not a concept that really applies to Ronco. The man never stops.
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he's one of the few angels with a really systematic approach to making intros
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Who are the best angels for scaling engineering?
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Any founder who was also a programmer. So Geoff Ralston for example. But he is busy at the moment...
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