Larry Chiang came to be an entrepreneurship expert via his work minimizing credit risk and has a J.B.A. (Jedi in Business Administration). As padawan to to the jedi, Mark McCormack, Chiang self funded a billion dollar business: UCMS. He allowed (and even encouraged) Harvard to write: “What They Don’t Teach You at Stanford Business School” after an HLS keynote. Be a Jedi too when you, “Follow Your CS183B Effort, Not Your Passion”
By Larry Chiang
I’m thankful for technical co-founders. I’m wayyyyy more thankful where all the cofounders are all technical AND SELL.

Good things happen when all the technical co-founders promote and sell. So let me be the #R2D2vc and regurgitate like R2D2 how Mark and Josh celebrated their effort
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CEO of Duck9, Larry (@6502838008) |
The ‘We sold our company to Twitter” party eventbrite.com/event/17163126…
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
The ‘We sold our company to Twitter” party pic.twitter.com/m36UPZn4uQ
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
Thx @sacca for txtBk. U should do a congrats video to play during commercials @tellapart. Cuz we’re showing the Warriors game on big screen
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
After the @sacca TWTR article, I will text him: “great and well written @Techmeme buddy. C u @tellapart party @6?”
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My girlfriend with the parrot: “Howard” (photo credit Larry Chiang)
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Chris Sacca (@sacca) |
@crazyfoo Also worth noting that your goofy yellow truck was like a security blanket during my 3rd and Townsend days. Congrats again.
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Josh McFarland (@crazyfoo) |
@sacca flames on the hood, a 400W sound system & lic plate: CRZYFOO! Man I loved that thing. Thx for your kind words abt @tellapart too 🙂
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Chris Sacca (@sacca) |
@crazyfoo The more you remind me of that thing, it seems like the kind of ride the big hair era @christianism should’ve rocked.
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Cross the chasm


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Founder of “What They Don’t Teach at Business School” for CNN iReport: https://ireport.cnn.com/people/larrychiang
Author, NY Times Bestseller
“What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School about EUTWMPPM @SXSW” comes out 11-11-14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHVJF9VaWfo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Emergency swings and cutting deals as an 9 year old