
By Larry Chiang
I see the things VCs think but dare not speak of. Getting a team of CS majors to execute “distribution” has fewer than 10 blog posts on the a16z website. It is safe to say distribution is one of the largest VC secrets
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pain, pain and more uncomfortable pain=
“Do Things That Don’t Scale” paulgraham.com/ds.html Ask PG about Lec 3, #CS183B cc: #dttdsBHM |
Time and time again, “do things that don’t scale” is alluded to, teased and referred to…
… But never solved.
Never broken down. I want this post to reveal and extrapolate VC secrets as they pertain to sales traction, growth and hacking distribution.
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RT @hunterwalk: What does early stage VC @robgo look for in a startup? Distribution Advantage robgo.org/2013/07/11/dis…
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Do things that don’t scale (BUT HAVE MOMENTUM)” is sales skills dependent for CS kids #CS183S https://bit.ly/jlivingston710
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“capital efficient beginnings” robgo.org/2013/07/11/dis…
VCs wanna see how your 2 #csMajorCRO co-founders lever 750++ FICO scores #vcSecrets |
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When VCs pattern recognize DISTRIBUTION advantage, they’re too pretty to break down a subroutine. Broad, stroke me: robgo.org/2013/07/11/dis…
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Get to scale, “Doing things that don’t scale (BUT HAVE MOMENTUM)” #dttdsBHM #CS183S. Great article @joelgascoigne joel.is/achieving-scal…
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“Do things that don’t scale (BUT HAVE MOMENTUM)” is sales skills dependent for CS kids #CS183S …tteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com/blog/2013/07/1… pic.twitter.com/HgGMVApXdm
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CS majors that start up a startup via @StanfordEng‘s #CS183B class “How to start a startup” duck9.com/blog/credit-bu…
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Founders, will you sell or utter the marketing Hail Mary, “We are going viral” …tteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com/blog/2013/07/1…
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.@dylan20 maybe have a pre #growthBeat roundup of “most significant blog posts written by speakers” as pre conf ‘HomeWork’ cc @Scobleizer
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
Some forks to #SalesTraction
– #EUTWMPPM – #GuaGuaGuacamole recipe #4 – #HTDWD9DWOHTHD9 – bit.ly/jlinvingston710 – #dttdsBHM |
cutting verbal deals as an 9 year old will help you as a 20 year old CS major founder

Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired. Google, “I know why VCs fire us”