I worked with a startup CEO who'd frequently reply to Marc Andresssen's tweets and carry on Twitter conversations with such billionaires/tech moguls because he

I worked with a startup CEO who'd frequently reply to Marc Andresssen's tweets and carry on Twitter conversations with such billionaires/tech moguls because he felt he was in their league (he wasn't). Even though he would get little or no responses, he'd talk to his employees about the time he and Marc had a conversation regarding such and such business matter.