[cturner]

   > the chance of us having a nice chat with the CEO of
   > Goldman is fair, but the chance of him maintaining
   > contact with us and being a friend or mentor is pretty
   > low

I've had something very similar go well. Putting yourself into surroundings where you have positive interaction with successful people is a good strategy.

    > You don't have the money to hang with him, you don't
    > have the opportunities to share with him and so on.

Interests might crossover. Re my story - I worked for a small vendor that nobody cared about, but was drinking seriously with a customer. We were talking about exercise. I was a not-very-serious middle-distance runner. After a bottle and a half of red each he convinces me to promise to one day do an ironman triathlon with him. I couldn't swim at the time.

Six months later, I'm into training, and interviewing at another firm. The place I'm interviewing at has several people who are nuts about triathlon.

The job's great, but that aside, so is the new interest. I did Olympic distance this year, signed up for half ironman in 2011. I still swap emails with the guy.

Some people with lots of money don't care about it. If they do, they'll filter you and save you the hassle. People who are capable of helping you are the most likely to be interested in helping you. You're their canvas.

[maxklein]

It can work. But there is a cost - you may annoy the guy. See, if you fail, then the guy will remember you negatively. If you succeed, but cannot offer value, you lose also. I believe that's what people try to avoid.

[cturner]

Thanks. OK - yeah you did say "unless you have true value to offer".

Still, you might be psyching yourself out. In your original post you wrote 'hot top model' whereas the original article wrote 'hot girl'. Not the same thing.