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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
First casualty in any and all successful startups: “dignity”
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By Larry Chiang
Have you ever sold cookies at a bake sale? Or bussed tables?

I have used cupcakes for lead gen purposes and I didn’t feel clean afterwards. Cupcakes. Are. Critical.
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
Add quote: “The first casualty of entrepreneurship is dignity”
— LARRY CHIANG, #ENGR145e145.stanford.edu/session20 |
Bing Bong is in my Twitter feed. I use him to knowledge activate:

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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
“The first casualty of war is innocence. The 1st casualty of entrepeneurship is your dignity.”
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
“I’d have more dignity if I were peddling $33.o7 HJ’s to sorority girls.” pic.twitter.com/hfmFeEbLMF
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Losing your dignity does solve the problem of ‘female founder imposter complex’ Google Larry Chiang women 2.0 imposter complex