很多活动完全是表演给别人看的，不停地自我吹嘘：“我很了不起，我拥有一家超酷的初创企业。昨晚我在投资公司的聚会上见到了哪个大人物。我投资的某某公司还吸引到了谁谁谁的投资（然后列举一长串投资人的名字）。很了不起吧？看哪，我真是太厉害了！”

    可惜，他们的吹嘘跟生产出色的产品和打造优秀的企业并没什么关系。

    的确，我们需要保持创业的乐趣，但同时也需牢记，我们的目标是打造卓越的企业。因此，我的风投同行们，我们可否低调一些，记住我们是配角，而不是主角。如果真想当明星，那就自己去创业吧。

    塞斯•莱文是位于科罗拉多州的风险投资公司方得力集团的常务董事。

    译者：李玫晓/汪皓

    It feels like a lot of this is for external show: "I'm cool; I run a shit hot start-up; I saw [insert big name technorati here] at our company party last night. I'm in such and such company with [long list of other investors] and doesn't that make me awesome. I'm awesome I'm awesome – look at me!"

    And not really about building great products or great businesses.

    So by all means, lets keep having fun. But let's also remember that the goal is to build great companies. And please – my fellow venture capitalists – can we take it down a few notches and remember that our role is a supporting one. If you wanted to be the star you should have become an entrepreneur.

    Seth Levine (@sether) is a managing director with Colorado-based venture capital firm Foundry Group.