Comments on: Ron Conway, Sarah Lacy and Loic Le Meur Join TechCrunch20 Expert Panel

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Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:55:54 +0000

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By: exaakax

exaakax — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:58:47 +0000

Hey,
Glad to see that Loic’s arguable political choices are following him all the way to the west coast. You can run, but you can’t hide man!

By: Concrete Stain

Concrete Stain — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:43:34 +0000

Sarah is cute; no lie.

– offsets hammers not worthiness – by her hotness

-RB

By: Adam Sweet

Adam Sweet — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:48:29 +0000

And she’s cute!

(sarah lacey, I mean)

Welcome to the group all…I am looking forward to reading your articles. Techcrunch is my #1 favorite tech blog.

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:48:09 +0000

I was at Le Web 3. I wrote my defense of Loic here:

http://www.gapi...ves/003532.html

“Having gotten to know Loic these last few years, and seeing first-hand what drives him, I find the lynch-mob that has emerged since yesterday utterly appalling. Anyone who thinks Loic just used the conference solely and selfishly to feed his own vanity and political career…

…is an utter fool.”

Of course, when one takes anonymous swipes at someone, it only begs the question, “Yeah, and what is it you do that is so frickin’ interesting and wonderful…?” Any fool can have an opinion etc.

By: Jose A. del Moral

Jose A. del Moral — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:54:21 +0000

Loic Le Meur is with no doubt the main European business blogger, so having it in your expert panel will surely improve your conference and establish bridges between Europe and America, which is very important in a 2.0 collaborative world.

As of LeWeb3 and politicians, it was a 2-day conference with lots of people taking part. Having for 15 minutes a French politician speaking was probably not the best idea, but as any human being, he has the right of making mistakes. In fact, he admitted it.

By: Jamie Kauf

Jamie Kauf — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:33:54 +0000

who is Loic?

We demand more like Index Venture guys to be on the panel.
I. Index Venture Rimmer brothers
II. Martin Varsavsky (fon)
III. Janus Friis (Joost)

TC people from Europe we want these guys to be on the panel.

All the love from Yahoo in Sverige

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By: Ouriel Ohayon

Ouriel Ohayon — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:29:26 +0000

Leweb3 was a great conference and made for once Paris shine and stand out of the world on the tech scene. Loic learnt a lot from what happened last year and i believe this year will be an even better conference. People seem to forget to out of 3 politics present there were 30 other panels and a startup show room plus great networking opportunities. It seems to me there will always be a minority of complainers shouting louder than the rest of the crowd

Mike great choice for this panel, Loic is probably one of the best internet icon in France and in Europe and this will serve well TC20

By: Jeff Clavier

Jeff Clavier — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:07:40 +0000

I ended up having the privilege of MC’ing LeWeb3 to allow Loic to manage the inclusion of the politicians in the program. I confirm David’s comment on the speakers: no one was kicked out of the program, some people did move from a keynote spot to a panel, and to the best of my knowledge, did make a fuss about it. Everything happened too fast to properly warn our attendees about all the changes, and that’s regrettable. At the same time, involving two future state presidents (France and Israel) in the conference was the right thing to do – even if I was pissed off that Sarkozy gave us a monologue as opposed to engaging in a conversation like his opponent Bayrou did (and I voted Sarkozy just to put things in perspective).
Quoting some of the people who reacted negatively is fine, but you are giving a biased view of what happened You also need to mention the outpouring of support and positive comments that Loic received after the event.

And give us a break on Ron, he has been – by far – the most active angel investor in the Web 2.0 space, and has most likely met more entrepreneurs than any of the “Web 2.0 Kingmakers”.

By: Michael Vu

Michael Vu — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:05:48 +0000

I’m looking forward to the “the opportunity to have a presence at the event.” Unless of course, we make the cut. =)

By: Ramana Kovi

Ramana Kovi — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:34:31 +0000

Mike is passionate about startups more than anybody I know. He is trying to help 20 startups without charging them a penny with the best help he can get.

If you have problem with any member of the panel, there is a “Disclosure Limitations section in the application form.” to limit who can view your company profile.

Hope that helps

By: feedback pls

feedback pls — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:22:42 +0000

Thanks Marc. Very much appreciate feedback from a great person like you.

Cheers!

By: Marc Andreessen

Marc Andreessen — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:12:00 +0000

Ron has been one of the most helpful investors I have ever had and I have ever seen. He works tirelessly for the companies in which he invests. I call him “the human router” — he knows practically everyone and is hugely helpful in meeting customers, partners, new investors, you name it.

Marc

By: feedback pls

feedback pls — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:02:31 +0000

Thanks Tim. Your feedback also helps with my second comment (the one that disappeared from here Mike, it was a genuine question which I though would help TC20 and entrepreneurs. Sorry, if I offended you.

Tim & the rest, in today’s market $50K or more can be easily raised. Just talk to 5 investors and 2-3 will invest.

Specifically, I am interested in knowing what value Ron Conway adds. Feedback from anyone who had him as an investor would help very much.

By: David Weinberger

David Weinberger — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:54:45 +0000

I was at LeWeb 3. If a US tech conference had invited the leading candidates for the presidency, and if 2 out of 3 of them showed up to talk about tech policy, I think we’d count it an hour well-spent. I thought Loic’s interview with the candidate he did not favor (Loic made his preferences clear) was not only fair, but made that candidate seem more attractive than the one Loic did favor.

BTW, I believe no one was bumped from the schedule to make room for the politicians. Not much of a hijacking.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:28:19 +0000

feedback guy…

50K can mean life or death to some companies. Remember this is the internet age, where you don’t need $1 million to have a successful company. This has been proven time and again.

Entrepreneurs launch sites here because they are displaying it to a community of like-minded people. The others here are likely to understand and give real feedback, even if it doesn’t all appear here in the comments section.

The contacts you make here can be extremely important in making a site successful. Like I have said many times, the value of a site is not the technology it is built on, but its (or its founders) ability to build a community around it.

This should be clear since TechCrunch itself is not built with some earth shattering technology. The value is from the people and the interaction.

By: feedback pls

feedback pls — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:39:25 +0000

Ron Conway typically invests only 50K! Why give equity for such small amounts?

Ron also thinks that investors need to make money before founders do.

Having said that, I would love to hear what value he adds.

By: Kevin L.

Kevin L. — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:26:48 +0000

Ron Conway is a great choice. He invested in us early, and we will always be grateful to him.

http://www.merchantcircle.com

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:17:00 +0000

I forgive you Dennis. =^)

By: sam madino

sam madino — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:55:13 +0000

I am also most excited about Sarah Lacy among the 3 new panelist, not just because she is cute, though that has something to do with it, but I would like to see more press on the panel. More press never hurts

That said, you have a fine panelist, MA.

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:54:53 +0000

Tim – You’re right. And for reason. I get worked up over people who either harbor resentments (a sure sign of unresolved conflict) and who choose not to take them up with the person concerned directly, those who do not know the person at whom they’re pitching rocks and those who take every opportunity to have a crack because they think the blogs give them that freedom.

I hold to the view that freedom comes with a condition – accountability. Unfortunately, that’s not universally shared.

FYI – Tom Raftery – who was one of Loic’s fiercest critics last time around – recently did an exceptionally fine vidcast with Loic which proved to me once and for all there is such a thing as forgiveness and reconciliation. And the blogs are a great place to demonstrate that.

Time to move on.

By: Rockstarlove

Rockstarlove — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:31:04 +0000

Sarah Lacy is cute! She should do a shoot for Maxim.

I Wonder what they would call her layout (~ponders for a bit~)

Rockstarlove!

By: Thomas Crampton

Thomas Crampton — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:30:54 +0000

The so-called “hijacking” of Loic’s conference involved two leading candidates for the French presidency along with Shimon Peres speaking about their views on the role technology.

Of those “hijackers”, one is now president of France (Nicolas Sarkozy) and another is president of Israel (Shimon Peres).

If you don’t think that politics has a role to play in the future of technology, I invite you to visit Burma, Iraq or Afghanistan.

I sympathize with those speakers displaced at the last minute (and Loic apologized to them on stage and afterwards), but the room was packed when each three of the “hijackers” spoke.

What surprised me about the fuss on the blogosphere is that it contradicted the packed room and showed a reluctance among tech people to embrace improvisation!

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:49:23 +0000

Well thanks for creating a place where we can do this, even if it is up to a point.

I always find the conversations here very interesting. It makes sense though that people would bring up the issues from LeWeb, as it was quite a public issue.

But again, I have no problem with Loic. I am sure he will be a great person to have on the panel and it just pushes TechCrunch20 further into the limelight.

And hey, a little controversy never hurt anybody, right?

I am curious for your input though. Loic makes sense, but MC Hammer? Is he involved in web 2.0? I am not discounting on him, this is a serious question. Is he involved in things I am not aware of?

I am sure he is, but how are they relevant here?