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Re:The economics of a VIP party by bryanlarsen on Saturday June 27, 2020 @09:37AM (#23661784)
Perhaps more of interest to the HN crowd is the end of the article where it talks about the motivations of these promoters. They want to get out of the small money business of convincing pretty girls to show up at clubs and into the big money business of connecting rich people to investments.

It is one of the paths towards angel investment. It's not that hard to find people who claim they know rich people and who can "hook you up". It might be slightly more fruitful a path than responding to the Nigerian prince email in your spam folder, but only slightly...

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Re:The economics of a VIP party by JMTQp8lwXL on Saturday June 27, 2020 @09:51AM (#23661840)
"Dre was convinced that his connections with the elite would eventually earn him a big business deal... But these never came to anything. Clients were happy to call him when they wanted to go out, but that didn’t mean they took him seriously as a business partner."

I'm not convinced this was Dre's primary motive. In a good year, he earned $200,000 -- certainly enough for comfortable life. He also partook in the presence of the powerful and wealthy mixed in with models. He was getting paid and still got the entertainment aspect of attending the party, and that's why he was there.

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