By Larry Chiang
So as a college student, your credit cherry got popped correctly – De-virginizing correctly matters. Well, as a collegiate founder, getting your first customer is a large milestone!
I argue, getting your first paying customer is wayyyy harder than getting into YC or STANFORD University. Seriously, serious.

Getting your first customer is like Christmas!
Let’s spec out the protocol of popping your “1st Customer Cherry”. Signature business protocol number one: #LCRRM. Take out pen and paper and list out the related hashtags in my legendary #LCRRM video.
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Unofficial Austin (@UnofficialATX) |
A $49.92 Shirt #LCRRM Activating #LHIOB‘s “Entourage of LINK MOMENTUM”: youtu.be/0wJiTPwbLkk?a via @YouTube
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Practice.
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
A duck9 “franchise” net cost is $0. You ‘buy’ a $699 course. Sell one eBook for 19.99-39.99. Get 699.09 back via #LCRRM. ITS #franchiseDuck9
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By “practice”, I mean there are 19 Easter eggs I buried inside of 42,000 tweets. These Easter eggs are cash-money. You keep 100%.
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
This 9 year old
youtube.com/watch?v=OFGY7v… He’s a Jedi |