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One thing to add: I learned at Startup School that if you really want to talk to FAMOUS GUY at a conference, do it before he speaks. At Startup School, every p

One thing to add: I learned at Startup School that if you really want to talk to FAMOUS GUY at a conference, do it before he speaks. At Startup School, every presenter was swamped with people after his talk, even the ones who really weren't that famous. But all of the presenters, even Ron Conway, had few enough people trying to talk to them before the spoke that they were quite approachable. It also shows them that you knew who they were before the conference, which probably gives them a slightly better impression of you.

Zev 16y ago
One thing to add: I learned at Startup School that if you really want to talk to FAMOUS GUY at a conference, do it before he speaks. Never been to Startup School, but, I've found this to be the case at pretty much every conference I've been to. I usually just go "Hey, nice presentation," maybe adding something like "I really liked the bit about $foo," and then disappear from the group. There's usually a chance to catch up everyone later on - either after other people have presented and they're not as busy or over drinks later on in the evening.