In 2001 I had a lunch meeting in downtown Los Gatos with John Frank, a sales guy from Spacedisk (now Accellion) - he'd just gotten off a plane from LA where a number of large tech/media tradeshows (Comdex? CES? idk) had just concluded. He spent a couple minutes raving about how awesome Midwest Airlines was, then pulled a business card out of his wallet and proceeded to spend the next hour telling me how he'd sat on the plane next to MC Hammer and had an absolutely fascinating conversation with him.
Hammer was both representing his own projects and providing general insight on media and technology to large technology-focused audiences in 2001. As an entrepreneur. A tech entrepreneur. While Tara was just getting settled in at Microsoft.
Pot: You've no idea the things I've seen out there, Kettle.
Also John, if you're out there, sup! :)
Something which every entrepreneur is told, often, until they are successful.
I honestly don't feel too bad for anyone who thought it was a good idea to shell out $5,000 to attend a Web 2.0 "Summit". Also, I'm pretty sure it's "Hammer" now, and didn't we all know that Hammer sold out when he dropped the MC anyway?