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"Look I'm a really important and busy person. I don't have time to be nice. Keep it short because I have a ton of meetings."

The only thing I don't see is why I should desire a meeting with this guy in the first place. And whether or not his blog is good place to post instructions on how to properly meet him. What about the proper protocol when meeting me? What if his protocol and my protocol clash?

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Apparently, when you have money all the sudden lots of people want to meet with you.

No one wants to meet with me, no one. But I'm sure if I scrounged up a couple hundred million bucks I'd have to write an article like this.

From the article: "Regardless of the outcome of a meeting, I view it as a success if I learn one thing."

This is a phrase I've heard more than once from individuals who lack the humility to appreciate that the meeting is also a success if they teach just one thing.

It has nothing to do with humility, but rather the value of your time. Obviously, there's value to teaching, but when you're an investor doing random short meetings, you're doing it to further your own business. If you help someone out along the way (by investing in them or otherwise), that's a nice addition but by no means the goal.

If you read the article, you'd know that he's an investor.

I read the article. I must of glossed over the line where he mentioned reading "Why VC's don't sign NDAs". His about page gives a much better idea of who he is: guy with money.

And that's about it. He's a guy who now has enough money to give to other people in risky ways. Other than that, he's pretty bland.

Actually he is a VC who has been very openly blogging about things that are tough to find information about. I have learned a ton from his posts over the years. Here is a typically good one packed with hard to find real-life info: http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/01/term-sheet-liquidati...

This dude creates a retarded duality...Be a guy like me, or a guy who degrades himself in front of guys like me to get money so that they can be guys like me. Well D-Bag millionaire, for every 1 person who wants to meet with you, there are 10,000 teenagers on 4chan who want to show the world a picture of you soliciting a 12 year old boy for sex to make themselves feel better. Be a nicer person, and that ratio improves by several orders of magnitude.

No. He's focused and busy. He wants you to be focused and busy too.

How does this impression differ from your impression of other VCs?

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