Acing University of Texas Entrepreneur Week, 2020

By Larry Chiang

University of Texas Entrepreneurship Week, , will take place March 2, 2020 ~ March 17, 2020

UT Entrepreneur Week

Nothing is set in stone yet. These dates are based on extrapolations from 2019

How nearly everyone does #UTeWeek is that they kinda half-ass it. People will chase celebs and free food. Students will avoid real work. Participants will not do extra homework. At best, they will attend a meeting to help organize #UTeWeek which means meetings talking about setting up more #UTeWeek meetings.

Problem: #UTeWeek is free and awesome. So people take it for granted.

Solution. Pretend you paid $120,000 for #UTeWeek and need to get your ROI Before day 1 of #UTeWeek which could occur as early as February 25, 2020

Selling as a a Technical Founder

Solution:

Do what Bob Metcalfe mentors us to do. Learn sales. But try in private so that if you fail, it’s a private failure between me and you.

Sales!?

Selling is at the heart of entrepreneurship. It’s massively unpopular to teach because sales is emotionally hard. Selling makes you feel like a loser.

Five things to try to sell before #UTeWeek (preferably over thanksgiving or Christmas and ideally take under 7 hours. Think of it as a Pop Up Internship That’s Self Study)

To convince you that sales are important, the Starbucks founders sold Peets beans.

	Larry Chiang @duck9 (@LarryChiang)
1/16/18, 9:08 AM Mr Adande. its larry chiang from the 3rd from the front, row of the jeremy Lin #10feb2012 presser. Did you know that starbucks did an #externalAPI to peets COFFEE BY SELLING THEIR BEans when they were stARTING #guaGuaGuacamole #23 bit.ly/jlin710

Donuts.

Take an existing donut and add a Harry Potter twist

	Kim Cung (@KimCungTV)
10/5/17, 4:17 PM UHM YESSSSSS. Sugar Shack Donuts in Virginia Beach to sell Harry Potter inspired doughnuts. Donut worry, be happy!

Tom Brady added to his tuxedo that’s a legal External API

Sell a Tuxedo where you add embroidery

	CEO of Duck9, Larry at (650) 283-8008 (@6502838008)
5/8/18, 11:36 AM Hey ⁦‪@MaverickHandley‬⁩, Tom Brady used to play your position! Remember, adding embroidery to a #tb12 Brioni tuxedo is strait Lec 16; #ENGR145 [#externalAPI]. #notGoofy #notLily #IsBrady twitter.com/i/moments/9938…

One Peloton.

	Larry Chiang @duck9 (@LarryChiang)
9/26/19, 10:10 AM #OnePeloton is #sextupleEntendre and one part oxymoron bcc #ExternalAPI for the TwoCenturyClub shirt is $55 +32 s/h. PayPal.me/larrychiang/87 and include a screenshot of your 200 rides

TwoCenturyClub shirt is $55 +32 s/h

Peloton gives you a OneCentury shirt.

You can wrap an Hermès scarf on an LV bag…

Sell a purse.

An #ExternalAPI because Ms Burch cant stop me from making a BBQ handbag made outta corrugated that transports my Grill

Sell a Tory Burch inspired “purse” that carries your BBQ

	Larry Chiang @duck9 (@LarryChiang)
10/19/19, 4:08 PM Fashion shows de la ⁦‪@toryburch‬⁩ and a ❤️ for BBQ that #SoLoMo (Social Local And Mobile 🙂 An #ExternalAPI because Ms Burch cat stop me from making a BBQ handbag made outta corrugated that transports my Grill pic.twitter.com/Ac0ogGk2jG

Sell an Unofficial Season 8.

	Larry Chiang @duck9 (@LarryChiang)
10/23/19, 12:01 PM ⁦‪@SiliconHBO‬⁩ I am doing an #ExternalAPI by doing a Season 7, “#SiliconValley” Season 8 picks up after the #SiliconValleyHBO movie. Season 7 = The Prequel To #Seas1Ep1 bcc ⁦‪@MikeJudge‬⁩ with a ⁦‪@WestworldHBO‬⁩ like activation at sxsw 2020 pic.twitter.com/2d8ezW9dYa

	Larry Chiang @duck9 (@LarryChiang)
11/5/19, 3:22 PM These guys are DJ’ing together hot sauce This is how you brand a new brand of hot sauce without having to grow your own La(4) La(4) Ha(1) Ba(4) Nr(3) Ro(1) #externalAPI

This is how you brand a new brand of hot sauce without having to grow your own La(4) La(4) Ha(1) Ba(4) Nr(3) Ro(1)

	Larry Chiang @duck9 (@LarryChiang)
9/5/19, 7:43 PM Some patriot family member of a family member is gonna pay $2,000 / night. #sbLiV Remember kids, even under socialism where everyone is equal, sex market value gets traded ass currency #cs183smv pic.twitter.com/EebfjgbAlF

Sell hotel rooms. Then, buy the hotel rooms

	Larry Chiang @duck9 (@LarryChiang)
11/4/19, 9:04 PM If you’re a sales virgin as an undergrad engineer, sell this ticket #cs183s pic.twitter.com/pZuFS4bbfq

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	KTVA 11 News (@ktva)
11/3/19, 1:31 PM A Minnesota college student has been going to Iowa every weekend to buy hundreds of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to sell in the Twin Cities area for $17-$20 a box. bit.ly/2PJXFL2

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	Larry Chiang @duck9 (@LarryChiang)
9/8/15, 2:03 PM Sell a $600 FICO score prep program for $80. Offer 100% refund. Or a 100% rebate. U pick. Keep 100% revenue. #HTDWD9DWOHTHD9

	#HTDWD9DWOHTHD9Larry Chiang @duck9 (@LarryChiang)
7/8/19, 12:08 PM Baby revenue. #cs183duckBk 3/12On your pen and paper, write: Braun power cord Part number 7030458. Consumer can barely read their own shaver model number such as 7546 or 8795 “Sell it first. And then buy it.” twitter.com/larrychiang/st… pic.twitter.com/vDMgLGlmhH

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	Larry Chiang @duck9 (@LarryChiang)
2/26/19, 9:54 AM 3 of my 20,000 San Francisco friends are coming to #Austin for South by BCC #UTeWeek ⁦‪@gregfenves‬⁩ P.S. Greg, Is there talk of me getting a “Lifetime Achievement Award”. I mean a founded #UTeWeek and #CalEWeek in the face of massive adversity and even curated #StanfordEweek”

Student athletes usually excel at selling but the NCAA prohibits you from selling as per ncaa rules.

Satoshi Nakamoto is an alias that a student athlete used to navigate his side hustle

Acing University of Texas Entrepreneur Week, 2020

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