It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.


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I started sfCiti because I believed that technology companies needed to take a 'One City' ap...
RON CONWAY
I couldn't care less who is mad at me as long as the entrepreneur comes out ahead.
RON CONWAY
I never said I enjoy anything about using the Internet. I enjoy helping the entrepreneurs who are bu...
RON CONWAY
All the biggest companies are based on a founder who had a need, hacked it together, and said, '...
RON CONWAY
Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone li...
RON CONWAY
The tech community is a closely knit group, which is why it's so powerful. All of these companie...
RON CONWAY
Social media is here to stay, and the social phenomenon that is bringing this about is consumers'...
RON CONWAY
As the tech industry continues to grow and sprout successful startups across the country, it is impo...
RON CONWAY
Tech people like to stick to their knitting, and they measure their accomplishments by the growth of...
RON CONWAY
I really don't have a lot of interest in national politics, and it's because I'm a skept...
RON CONWAY
Technology does more than delight, entertain and make our lives more convenient, it's also an ag...
RON CONWAY
By welcoming eager, talented workers, we expand America's potential for growth, and our competit...
RON CONWAY
I am most proud of what sfCiti has accomplished with the 'Circle the Schools' program, which...
RON CONWAY
You can't learn to be ambitious and driven.
RON CONWAY
Pinterest is offering consumers a way to discover things on the web, in a serendipitous way, with a ...
RON CONWAY
Anytime is a good time to start a company.
RON CONWAY
The more angels we have in Silicon Valley, the better. We are funding innovation. We are funding the...
RON CONWAY
From my standpoint, we ought to be talking about... how do you make Wisconsin a more attractive plac...
RON JOHNSON
I think now that I'm in the autumn of my life, and I'm getting a chance of having an overvie...
RON PERLMAN
I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose ...
RON WHITE
Life is not always like chess. Just because you have the king surrounded, don't think he is not ...
RON LIVINGSTON
It is unclear exactly how many law enforcement agencies are currently using this capability, but it ...
RON WYDEN
No one among us suffers the radical appreciation for coffee that I do. It calls to me, but I have le...
RON CARLSON
I don't think that a mutual fund that invests exclusively in biotech start-ups or invests exclus...
RON CHERNOW
Whether you are just entering the workforce or nearing retirement age, planning for the future is cr...
RON LEWIS
Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can ...
RON JAWORSKI
I'm honored to have the support of Attorney General Bondi. She has been a champion for constitut...
RON DESANTIS
Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money wo...
RON CHERNOW
A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalis...
RON PAUL
There is technique to it-he is just standing there flexing his arm, and I am standing there making f...
RON LIVINGSTON
The practice of passing bills to find out what is in them represents a Forrest Gump-box of chocolate...
RON DESANTIS
My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
RON WHITE
Back a hundred years ago, especially around Woodrow Wilson, what happened in this country is we took...
RON PAUL
Feel pity for those with insecurities that rest heavy on their shoulders. They'll take every opportu...
RON BARATONO
You can't make anything idiot proof because idiots are so ingenious.
RON BURNS
When you hear somebody justifying a war by citing the Almighty, I get a little worried, frankly.
RON REAGAN
Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply d...
RON FOURNIER