RON CONWAY: Why I Back Founders Who Fail

Would you invest in someone whose company just failed? Ron Conway would—but he wants to know how they treated their team when things went wrong. For him, a failed company doesn’t have to mean a failed founder. I sit down with Ron—an early backer of Google and PayPal—to explore what makes someone worth betting on. He shares how he found his calling in angel investing, why he puts people ahead of ideas, and what he looks for in a founder before there’s a success story to tell. A conversation about ambition, second chances, and succeeding without sacrificing your values.