Ask HN: How to secure a meeting with a startup?

[ziqiaojin]

I am an entrepreneur from japan visiting silicon valley in a week. How do I get a tour or a meeting with startups I admire?(10 people scale) I tried cold email, talking to them on face-book with little success. Thank you for your help.

[brudgers]

I'm curious what the value proposition is for the meeting (and if it's for meeting with the people).