Recently, I was on a conference call with a group
of venture capitalists reviewing deals as candidates for a venture conference. We discussed a deal being pitched by a fellow known in Utah as "Paul Allen the Lesser" to distinguish him from Microsoft's Paul Allen. (In his home town of Utah County, once home to both Novell and WordPerfect, he is simply Paul Allen.)
Some of the VC's on the call hadn't heard of this Paul Allen before. One who knew him, however, commented that Paul was as smart an entrepreneur as there is and if Paul was launching another project, he wanted to learn more about it.
May I suggest simply that for entrepreneurs, that's the goal. Create a reputation that causes smart people with money to say "if he's in the deal, I want to know more."
Maybe we can convince Paul to tell us how one gets to that point!
Update on 4/6/2006: Paul posted a comment generating post about himself. This post should be weighed in that context.
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