????很多活動完全是表演給別人看的，不停地自我吹噓：“我很了不起，我擁有一家超酷的初創企業。昨晚我在投資公司的聚會上見到了哪個大人物。我投資的某某公司還吸引到了誰誰誰的投資（然后列舉一長串投資人的名字）。很了不起吧？看哪，我真是太厲害了！”

????可惜，他們的吹噓跟生產出色的產品和打造優秀的企業并沒什么關系。

????的確，我們需要保持創業的樂趣，但同時也需牢記，我們的目標是打造卓越的企業。因此，我的風投同行們，我們可否低調一些，記住我們是配角，而不是主角。如果真想當明星，那就自己去創業吧。

????塞斯?萊文是位于科羅拉多州的風險投資公司方得力集團的常務董事。

????譯者：李玫曉/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.