&gt; On the other hand, Naval is a celebrity, and it&#x27;s more expected for a celebrity to get such requests - maybe not wanted, but probably common.<p>I&#x27;m not sure I agree. He might be relatively prominent within the SV startup community, but that doesn&#x27;t make him a celebrity. The vast majority of people (heck, the vast majority of engineers) would have no idea who he is.