Ron Conway, known as the as one of the most prolific and successful angel investors in Silicon Valley, has done surprisingly little analysis of all the companies in his portfolio.
Conway, who invested in more than 500 companies over the last 12 years, including Ask Jeeves Inc., Google Inc. and PayPal Inc., said he only recently began analyzing all his companies, their outcomes, and the factors that make them successful. Conway talked about his portfolio at a TechCrunch conference at Stanford University Friday.
In the past, Conway has said his portfolio’s performance was split one-third between companies going out of business, selling and returning just enough money to cover the investment, and generating big returns - “2x to Google-x returns.”
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Author: Tomio Geron
