From what I can see of startups, the really appropriate analogy is to pursue the same strategies as a stereotypical gold-digging "hot" chick. Keep up a glamorou

From what I can see of startups, the really appropriate analogy is to pursue the same strategies as a stereotypical gold-digging "hot" chick. Keep up a glamorous appearance above all else, even if you're poor and living in a tiny space. Go to lots of parties and try to get people to talk about you. Have alliances with girls in the same situation, and "friend mode" advisors who enjoy the vicarious thrill of being near you. In one-on-one encounters, you have to have a great demo, even if it doesn't "scale" (there's no chance you would be able or willing to do that all night or every night). Use a succession of sugar daddies to pay the bills until some old rich chump who wants to look and feel young again proposes.