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What you view as "an opportunity" and what they view as an opportunity are probably very different. Speaking as a minor, non-millionaire "web celebrity," it's

What you view as "an opportunity" and what they view as an opportunity are probably very different. Speaking as a minor, non-millionaire "web celebrity," it's very off-putting to receive emails from people who want me to do something for them. People who want me to read their life story and then give them some kind of "answer." People who, when I've taken the time to do so, never bother to implement my advice or even update me later. I don't know you or what you've been doing or saying to these people, but from my first glance, what you wrote here on HN sounds frustrated… and more than a little bit entitled. Just because they're millionaires or billionaires doesn't mean they want to be seen as or treated like a cash dispenser. Even if they "believe" in what you're doing. People who have something other people want develop, very quickly, a "user" radar. It's not the email address, it's what you do with it.

downandout 14y ago
>what you wrote here on HN sounds frustrated… and more than a little bit entitled Given that you dont know what I am doing or saying, that seems like an unfair and unfounded criticism. I was responding to the comment of someone saying that merely having emails of successful people can open the door to your own success. My point was that this is the exception, not the rule, and not to get too excited just because you may have a direct line to them. Regardless of the reason you are ultimately turned down or simply ignored, the odds are that contacting these people will yield few if any results. That doesn't mean you shouldn't do it; it simply means that you should understand the odds and plan accordingly. Your comment seems to agree with the spirit of mine, while somehow lambasting it as being rooted in frustration and entitlement. You may have a future in politics.

downandout 14y ago

>what you wrote here on HN sounds frustrated… and more than a little bit entitled Given that you dont know what I am doing or saying, that seems like an unfair and unfounded criticism. I was responding to the comment of someone saying that merely having emails of successful people can open the door to your own success. My point was that this is the exception, not the rule, and not to get too excited just because you may have a direct line to them. Regardless of the reason you are ultimately turned down or simply ignored, the odds are that contacting these people will yield few if any results. That doesn't mean you shouldn't do it; it simply means that you should understand the odds and plan accordingly. Your comment seems to agree with the spirit of mine, while somehow lambasting it as being rooted in frustration and entitlement. You may have a future in politics.