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BIO

Ronald Conway has been an active angel investor for over 15 years. He was the Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP funds (1998-2005) whose investments included: Google, Ask Jeeves, Paypal,Good Technology, Opsware, and Brightmail.

Ron was previously with National Semiconductor Corporation in marketing positions from 1973-1979, and Altos Computer Systems as a co-founder, President and CEO from 1979-1990. He eventually took Altos public in 1982 and served as CEO of Personal Training Systems (PTS) from 1991-1995. PTS went on to be acquired by SmartForce/SkillSoft. Ron has served/serves on Boards/Advisory Boards including: Twitter, Digg,Brightmail, Ask Jeeves, Rupture (acquired by EA), Associated Content(acquired by Yahoo!), Facebook, RockYou, ScanScout, Zappos,Trulia, StumbleUpon, Plaxo (acquired by Comcast), Photobucket(acquired by Fox), and Anchor Intelligence (co-founder).

Philanthropically, Ron is Vice Chairman of the UCSF Medical Foundation in SF, Board Member of The Tiger Woods Foundation, and SF Homeless Connect, and on the Benefit Committee of Ronald McDonald House, College Track, and the Blacked Eyed Peas-PeaPod Academy Foundation.

Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP Funds

All Appearances (in reverse date order)

  1. Sep 08 2012
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    Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012

    TechCrunch Disrupt is one of the most anticipated technology conferences of the year
    In San Francisco, CA (United States)
    Industry: Mobile

    This September 8-12th, TechCrunch will be bringing Disrupt back to San Francisco to reveal an all new slate of outstanding startups, influential speakers and guests, and more to the stage. The TechCrunch Disrupt conference consists of many…

  2. Aug 28 2012
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    Mobile App Con 2012

    Join the discussion on the future of Mobile Apps
    In San Francisco, CA (United States)
    Industry: Mobile

    Learn from experts on how to build, promote, distribute, scale, and monetize your mobile apps. Mobile App Con covers every aspect of the Mobile-App life-cycle. Mobile App Con includes a full one day program with top notch speakers including…

  3. Aug 28 2012
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    Mobile App Con - Future of Mobile Apps

    Join the discussion on the future of Mobile Apps
    In San Francisco, CA (United States)
    Industry: Business

    Mobile App Con includes a full one day program with top notch speakers including Ron Conway, Angel Investor, Travis Kalanick of Uber, Sam Shank of HotelTonight, and many more to be announced shortly.    The agenda begins Tuesday morning August…

  4. May 14 2012
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    Federated Media Publishing's annual Conversational Marketing Summit brings together brands, marketers, platforms, media, and content creators for two days of high-impact content, conversations, and insights. Digital marketing may seem a kaleidoscope…

  5. Dec 13 2011
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    Venture Summit Silicon Valley is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political, and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. The Venture Summit features the most influential institutional investors,…

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