By Larry Chiang
I am pretty much the sales expert in Silicon Valley.
When it comes to mentoring yc founders to promote in their virgin effort, I call upon the genius stuff YC mentors us founders from Stanford. Yup, I boil it down to simple steps.
You see I went to a public college but taught at Stanford University. I’m not smart. I just focus on the start.
Take this sales example.
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TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) |
LEGO’s new Rogue One Star Wars sets are almost here, and we go hands-on tcrn.ch/2dlB465 snpy.tv/2dwKRp5
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Assemble it. Glue it. Ship it to a VC who’s too lazy to assemble one. $500.
Sell it first. Then build it.
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
Wanna make more revenue that 1/3 of YC funded startup’s!? Sell these things assembled and glued #EXTERNALapi. #cs183yC #SalesCherry #Hymen twitter.com/techcrunch/sta…
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Watch the Lego movie. Will Farrell actually bought the Lego sets pre-assembled. Plot spoiler: Will Farrell is a buyer. Not a builder.
Will you sell to Will a LEGO’s new Rogue One Star Wars set for $500?!? It’d be your first sale.

CS 183b, #cs183c and they all help you sell. “S” is for sales #cs183s