Ross Perot, Bill Gates admired by RRE founders

Perot Systems, the company founded by sometime presidential candidate Ross Perot, is in the news this week due to its acquisition by Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL). But last week, it was the entrepreneur himself that being talked about, as The Deal asked Stuart Ellman and Jim Robinson, co-founders of RRE Ventures, to name the entrepreneurs they admire most.

We chatted with Ellman and Robinson at Shake Shack II, a party for 300 held September 15 at an outdoor burger stand favored by the New York tech crowd. The casual gathering hosted by nextNY, a group for up-and-comers in the tech and new-media fields, offered precious opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors to rub elbows -- and make deals. We were there, videotaping our conversations with dozens of the digerati. For more on the event, see Shake Shack II: Hip mixer for founders, investors and Shake Shack II tech shindig in pictures. Watch the video below or download it on iTunes.

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