Donuts Move the Needle for Stanford Engineers

By Larry Chiang

Here to expose a basic truth: Few care about your innovation that’s technological.

I place Elon Musk as a Top 200 tech founder under 200 yo. But, even being ranked number one we still need to get people to care.

	I Am Devloper (@iamdevloper)
2/1/18, 6:49 AM People not answering your email in the office? @here in the #general channel in Slack and announce there’s leftover doughnuts by your desk.

Got job hunting woes!?!

Problem: Few cared about innovation in marketing communication as it relates to delivery services for food like postmates.

Solution: Deliver donuts along with your resume. Video credit Channel 7, ABC NEWS San Francisco, California.

	Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
2/2/18, 9:26 AM @iamdevloper @here The dotted line – – – = email. The solid line = donut.Because I discovered dinosaurs and fossils care about timely delivery of Mon morning donuts. They cared little for my #chemEng297 or/and slew of engineering awards for heat transfer. Thus, #cs183donut like me and Elon Musk! pic.twitter.com/RiQXBGDu3x

Problem: Few cared about innovative water treatment chemical even when a chemE salesperson was mentoring them.

Solution: Deliver donuts.

	Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
2/2/18, 9:42 AM Elon Musk took this protocol to new heights (#sextupleEntendre, intended). He hands out donuts to people in our mall waiting to hand money in for a car Learn #cs183donut twitter.com/iamdevloper/st…

	Karen Moskowitz (@karenmoskowitz)
3/31/16, 7:52 AM Tesla passing out donuts at the #Model3 line in Seattle. Yum! pic.twitter.com/RyxXkrK79h

	Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
2/20/18, 9:20 AM Elon Musk is smart about his usage of donuts. [photo credit Karen Moskowitz] When you’re selling something INNOVATIVE, it’s helpful to utilize a donut via Elon Musk and #LarryChiang’s signature business recipe, #cs183donut pic.twitter.com/C2f6wavDYu

Tesla passing out donuts at the #Model3 line in Seattle. Yum!

[photo credit Karen Moskowitz]

[photo credit Larry Chiang]