Should On-Demand Startups Share More Data To Quell Legal Fears? Ron Conway, Fred Wilson Weigh In
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As the technology business becomes more mainstream, tackling more legacy and non-tech problems, we’re seeing the tech industry look for better ways of engaging with the communities that they are potentially disrupting but also shaping in equal measure. Today, to kick off Disrupt NY, our flagship tech conference in the Big Apple, we brought Ron Conway and Fred Wilson — two titans of the startup, technology and investment worlds — to the stage to talk about some of the ways that this is being done.
Conway, the founder of investment firm SV Angel, has made a name for himself in San Francisco for leading on how technology companies and individuals can get involved. “I think it’s the responsibility of the tech industry to give back, whether it’s civic or philanthropic” efforts, he said. One of the more recent efforts is Circle the Schools, a program that was launched last autumn to help pair employees and companies in the tech industry with schools that they “adopt” and then offer assistance where it’s needed, whether it’s in an obvious area like offering computer science presentations or tutoring, or chaperoning field trips…
Should On-Demand Startups Share More Data To Quell Legal Fears? Ron Conway, Fred Wilson Weigh In
