Who Was Kobe Bryant a Mentee Under?

Larry Chiang’s 5th book, What They Don’t Teach You At Stanford Business School, launched after a Harvard Law School keynote on the New York Fashion Week runway 09-09-2009. He knows how to sniff out grand openings and crashed them with his dog Baxter. As CEO of Duck9, he spearheads to effort to get college consumers get a FICO over 750. Post H.L.S. keynote, Harvard Business wrote: “What They Don’t Teach You at Stanford Business School” (his latest post was done #shirtless as a yogi who “Sets an intention for SXSW“.

NY Fashion Week has supermodels getting a high FICO credit score because I supermodel on-the-side

By Larry Chiang

Mentorship.

Paramount in my ascent to “Silicon Valley institution” is how I pay attention to mentorship. So many mention the concept. Almost no one delves in as deep. Mentorship can seem counterintuitive and this column is meant to showcase

– how mentorship really works

– how it might develop

– what mentorship concepts to pay attention to

And

– what mentorship concepts I pay attention to:

	Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
2/16/15, 9:48 AM Kobe Bryant said, “There is power in understanding the journey of others to help create your own.” pic.twitter.com/XkMiWYoCHa

Following this tweet, I watched “Muse” on March 1. It’s Kobe Bryant’s documentary. In “Muse”, Kobe Bryant mentioned 11 mentors before the halfway point. Let me repeat, Bryant cited almost a dozen mentors by name.

	Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
2/21/15, 1:26 PM Kobe Bryant is the sequel and mentee to Michael Jordan – (III) #PRPRPI youtu.be/JnB9bvud6IU

Michael Jordan told me, “I can’t beat Kobe. He stole all my moves”. Here is a YouTube video of what Mr Mike was talking about:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=JnB9bvud6IU

Kobe Bryant was in NYC 2012 for a Knicks game…

	Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
2/10/12, 9:55 PM Now here. I’ll text if we leave. Please be an undergrad ENGR student. Bonus if you’ve been in my follower/alum/mentee #KobeBryant

	Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
2/10/12, 9:58 PM I’ll text if we leave. Please read all tweets. Text me @6502838008 Security is tight #asse9 #KobeBryant

February 12, 2012 an athlete had an inflection point. His name was Jeremy Lin and he mentioned over a dozen mentors

https://bit.ly/jlin710

Postgame…

	Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
2/14/12, 7:29 PM Kobe Bryant is a great competitor, gracious host and incredible sportsman. ImmaFan. And I’m officially in bizzaroWorld bc I’m 100% serious.

Later that summer, my Engineering 145 TA, Yusef Celik doled out some homework for me:

	Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
6/7/12, 9:34 PM YES. and I did Yusef’s HW. #engr145 P19: copy paste. p40: Kobe Bryant mimics the best as a student of the game

I aced that homework

I aced Engr 145 (and set the bell curve https://bit.ly/buster14512v)

	Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
8/9/13, 4:28 PM What if every athlete does what Kobe Bryant does. flip.it/OC0S7

	Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
12/24/14, 9:01 AM Winning last night was precisely because of Kobe Bryant, his work ethic, & his ability to mentor pro athletes. #MMPPI