By Larry Chiang
Staggering but true = Amount of new technology that seasoned execs need to process, assimilate and execute is STAGGERING.
This is the problem.
Solving it is profitable.
As undergrads, solving this problem nets you a portion of the savings. If you’re an undergrad, you should set the goal to break even.
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
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“I had a credit card. $5,000 credit line. And I had my first customer. I was at break even.”
— @JoshuaBaer, lec 1 #cs178 |
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Pop your revenue cherry.
Get just one paid gig.
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
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I judge you on how fast you return ‘invested capital’. #vcSecrets.
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Right now, many undergrads have debt. If you’re a student athlete, let us pretend we had to pay for college even though we are on full scholarship, for the purposes of this blog posts exercise.
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Chris Sacca (@sacca) |
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The richest you’ll ever feel is when you pay off all your debts and get back to zero.
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There is a staggering amount of opportunity for CS majors to go learn at SalesForce.
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
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“SalesForce has a constellation of opportunities that newbie founders can solve in a semester.”
— Larry Chiang |
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Download the Twitter app and search #cs178. Inside #cs178 you’ll see Dreamforce- Dreamforce is the user conference for SalesForce
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
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The road to $600,000 #ENGR145 stops by $300. Going $0-600k goes by 300! #ZeroPt6
#Theorem #Of #SumThings |
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This is a pattern I see that everyone else sees too. But verrrry few can solve it. I see the pattern that just getting your first $300 in revenue really, really helps. Selling that first seasoned executive really helps.
There are a lot of excuses to not get to your first $300.
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
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As an engineer, one of three internship should be pure sales. #HTMMWYMM #SelfFundSellFun #VCsecrets flip.it/hG57r
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
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Proprietorship is a vehicle & legal structure Silicon Valley eschews, ignores and even scoffs at #SelfFundSellFun
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