{"id":1013,"date":"2012-12-01T16:06:34","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T20:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2012-12-01T16:06:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T20:06:51","slug":"acing-sxsw-is-like-getting-a-credit-rating-as-a-college-student-undegrad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/acing-sxsw-is-like-getting-a-credit-rating-as-a-college-student-undegrad\/","title":{"rendered":"Acing SXSW Is Like Getting A+ Credit Rating as a College Student Undegrad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<p>There is no such thing as a credit rating of &#8220;A+&#8221;. It&#8217;s an urban myth that FICO credit score ratings have grades. They&#8217;ve a one-dimension score with 650 details to worry about.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m great at dwelling in the details. For example, entrepreneurship has details and I wedged in to be EIR at Stanford University based on the details I unearthed. Behold&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>ENGR145&#8217;s Anchor Concept: Lemonade and Gua Gua Guacamole<\/p>\n<p>It moves you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve<\/p>\n<p><embed width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eudADPfTWiE&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These ENGR 145 details lead up to my &#8220;hacking sxsw&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>2013 will bring changes to sxsw<\/p>\n<p>I offer a three article series leading up to the March conference in Austin that will publish December 15 December 25 January X<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, enjoy best of 2013&#8217;s SXSW Entrepreneurship articles<\/p>\n<p>Launch Your Startup at SXSW for $880 | Tech News and Analysis <a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2011\/02\/19\/launch-your-startup-at-sxsw-for-880\/\" >https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2011\/02\/19\/launch-your-startup-at-sxsw-for-880\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/san-francisco\/2011\/01\/25\/how-to-launch-your-startup-at-sxsw-for-460\/\" >https:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/san-francisco\/2011\/01\/25\/how-to-launch-your-startup-at-sxsw-for-460\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2011\/02\/15\/how-to-launch-at-sxsw-on-a-shoestring-budget\/\" >https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2011\/02\/15\/how-to-launch-at-sxsw-on-a-shoestring-budget\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In theory, FICO maxes out at 850*<\/p>\n<p>*Real maximum is 841<\/p>\n<p> <embed width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n5jB310egEI&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><embed width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BMyLcDaWazU&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CEO of Duck9 Stanford University Entrepreneur in Residence, Emeritus<\/p>\n<p>Duck9 = &#8220;Deep Underground Credit Knowledge&#8221; 9 125 University Avenue\/ 100 Palo Alto CA 94301 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass\" >https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass<\/a> 650-566-9600 650-566-9696 (direct) 650-283-8008 (cell)<\/p>\n<p>**************** Editor of the BusinessWeek Channel &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach at Business School&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\" >https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog<\/a> CNN Video Channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang\" >https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read my last 10 tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/LarryChiang\" >https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/LarryChiang<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author, NY Times Bestseller <a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller\" >https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School&#8221; comes out 11-11-14<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049\" >https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049<\/a><\/p>\n<p>52 Cards. Two Jokers. What They DO Teach You at Stanford Engineering <embed width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vDBY0GkI3-g&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emergency swings and cutting deals as an 9 year old<\/p>\n<p><embed width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OFGY7v9C4G0&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>########## Duck9 is part of UCMS Inc. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucms.com\" >https:\/\/www.ucms.com<\/a> 630-705-5555<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang There is no such thing as a credit rating of &#8220;A+&#8221;. It&#8217;s an urban myth that FICO credit score ratings have grades. They&#8217;ve a one-dimension score with 650 details to worry about. I&#8217;m great at dwelling in the details. 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