Something Airbnb has in common with Google and Facebook: Ron Conway did a huge amount of work for them behind the scenes. As I told the Airbnbs 10 years ago, if you plan to get really big, you want @svangel in your cap table.
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You could probably make a lot of money just by asking Ron what startups he's doing the most work for, and investing in those. He's "irrational" in the sense that the amount of work he does for a company depends on how important he thinks they are, not how much stock he has.
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Since he both knows everything that's going on in the Valley (when I want to know the truth about some rumor, I ask him) and has a highly developed nose for promising startups, when he thinks a startup is important, he's usually right.
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So much of his success is due to being incredibly friendly. He always seems eager to meet new people and foster new connections. Many VCs are not like that.
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