Notes from Larry Chiang
4 KEY TERMS
Anchor
Satellite
One Way Letter of Intent
Internal Escrow
END GOAL
NY Times writes “Spending Money with Chitter is Better Than Spending Money on a Super Bowl Ad”
Ben Horowitz
Cell: 650.79x-xxxx
Call to confirm flight in. Drop his assistant’s name…Minerva
If he flies in Saturday evening, 20 Entrepreneurs in 20 minutes is that night at or near 4 Seasons
If he flies in Sunday March 9th 20 Entrepreneurs in 20 Minutes is 1pm at or near 4 Seasons
Find 4 Local Austin-ites to Work Lead Gen for us
Manpower Austin Temps
UT Students
Locals @ SXSW
Concordia University-Austin Students
$205/day + Ritz
Google “Larry Chiang Braun Power Cords” to find Arbitrage
https://whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/its-a-braun-power-cord-arbitrage-party-based-on-a-search-algorithm-hack-using-eutwmppm/
The War Room (the Mark McCormack Suite)
This is sacred. No one eats, drinks alcohol, sleeps, has unwarranted people there
5 Cases of Oasis Water
HP OfficeJet4630 Printer
Post it Notes
Contracts
UPS Labels
Lead Gen Sheets (Name, Cell, E-mail, Favorite Brand ‘Brand that pays’)
This room will be an orgasm of evidence on the walls of our work
WE DO NOT JOKE, WE DO NOT MESS AROUND, WETELL THE DISGUSTING TRUTH. THE ONLY LIE I TELL IS… LARRY CHIANG IS FUCKING UP MY CAP TABLE
WE ONLY TELL THIS LIE BECAUSE WE CANNOT HAVE TOO MUCH SWEET. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TOO MUCH SWEET. WE NEED SWEET, SWEET, SWEET,SOUR, BACK TO SWEET.
NEVER SWEET, sweet, SWEET.
Mandy at High Beam is not officially affiliated with SXSW, just a third party.
Consistent Language
I’m considering moving to Austin. It’s nice.
Considering moving to Silicon Valley.
Are we raising funds? Yes, we’re always raising funds. They’re called revenue.
ONE WAY LETTER OF INTENT!
INTERNAL ESCROW
Larry Chiang is Board of Director (OBSERVER). You are CEO of Duck9
100% Transparency
Chitter is just a sequel to Second Stage Premiums
Just a guy, group of guys, etc from Milwaukee. I don’t want to talk about us. What we do is boring. We’re not even an original concept; a one trick pony. I didn’t even come up with the idea, I Googled that shitake. We’re a sequel to Second Stage Premiums. Let’s talk about exciting important stuff like Ben Horowitz’s book release,wearables, 3D printing, etc
We love Mark Cuban
We love Ben Horowitz
We love the World!
We’re all about Entrepreneurs / African American Entrepreneurs
Never say you’re at the 4 Seasons. People will hate you for that. “I’m at a Downtown Hotel”
Never hog spotlight
Things to Google
Perpetual Promotion Machine
Larry Chiang Braun Power Cords
52 Cards. Two Jokers
Crossing the Chasm bit.ly/vc0310z
How to Do What Duck9 (getchitter.com) Does Without Hiring getchitter.com
Jeff Slutski “How to Get Leads”
How to Get Any Execs Cell Phone Number Using Google Maps
Larry Chiang’s Hollywood Algorithm
VentureBeat “How to Launch at SXSW on a Shoestring Budget
Unofficial Austin Marcus Nelson
Larry Chiang Reverse VC Panel
What We Need / To Do’s (Many of these have also been addressed via e-mail)
MVBP
Then Eventbrite
Then bit.ly
E-Mail to Publish Updates
Videos
Nike Dri-Fit Golf Polos (White, Nike Logo on left Sleeve)
50 Kermit Plush Animals
2 Suits
11 Ties
War Room Addressed in Separate Section
$808 on Eventbrite for Spa Slush Fund
Stack of Contracts to which no one will sign cuz we do ‘one-way letter of intents’ and “internal escrow”
500 bracelets each of 2 colors
Mastery of Anchor + Satellites
Give away one of our franchises @ SXSW to a startup
Give away party to a large studio/brand
25 Aluminum Balloons with logo
#GoGetChitter Ribbons / More #GoGetChitter Ribbons
Signage- 4 Sign A Caids, 3x2ft signs, table sign 7×11 with logo on Foam Core
Cupcakes/Pizza for Shark Tanks Parties. Not sure if this is possible with Health Codes
Land Whales!!!
$15,000 in internal escrow into Chase Account, for celebrity to MAKE a limited release of movie
$800 in $5bills
20 copies of Ben Horowitz’s “Hard Things….”
$22 for each 20 Entrepreneurs in 20 minutes
Carpet Bomb Mandy with 14 emails from now (our phone conversation) to Saturday March 8th. The first 12 are updates. Then Saturday morning #13 is “We have a celeb @ SXSW”, then immediately send #14 with same subject asking erroneous question to bury prior e-mail
https://whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com/blog/?s=Ny+times+bestseller
“What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School” comes out 11-11-14
https://www.fastcompany.com/embed/c0d4562ea2049