{"id":10185,"date":"2017-04-29T14:17:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T18:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=10185"},"modified":"2017-04-29T23:55:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-30T03:55:15","slug":"i-crashed-a-founder-pounder-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/i-crashed-a-founder-pounder-party\/","title":{"rendered":"I Crashed a Pounder Founder Party"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n
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In Hollywood we oogle and stare at celebs. In #SiliconValley, you hob-nob with famous tech founders! The way I got to meet so many famous founders is by hosting and connecting them when their airplane lands at SFO\/OAK SJC. <\/div>\n
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Think of me as the welcome wagon for Silicon Valley!  Like the village bicycle, everyone’s shared an Uber to a party with me 🐳<\/div>\n
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Ya know how as founders, we visit SF (not to ever be called San Fran btw 🐼, we visit the Bay Area to up and increase our networking connections. Well I love connections and parties so I’ll crash an event because that’s what I do as part of my entrepreneurship practice<\/i>. <\/div>\n
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I stress the word PRACTICE because You see, I see a startup<\/i> as a young company trying to crash an existing industry to add value. I crash events to try to add value. Value comes from connecting a rising star with other stars. 🐥 Steve Blank defines a startup as a loose organization in search of a business model. <\/div>\n
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Well, I’m a mentee and I’m just brash enough to connect you-the-newbie with some VIP. Yes, I’m awesome.<\/u> If you’re from a ransacked nation that’s been pillaged and raped by your neighbors, your emo trust issue might lead you to ask: “Gosh Mr Chiang. You sound so awesome but I don’t get what you DO<\/b>?”<\/div>\n
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Set. Your. Asian. Baggage. Down. The japs won’t bomb your Pearl Harbor again. What’s my Personal Business Model (hat tip Lec 19; #ENGR145 taught by Professor Tom Kosnik’s Personal Business Plan) <\/i>… It’s to spend 10% of one day per month doing introductions. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Think @ashleyMayer… See Ashley Mayer “Intros 101” for the ideal set up of an introduction. <\/div>\n
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The party. <\/div>\n
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C100’s, Anastasia, is events manager @theC100<\/a> and Andi. Selfie no-self photo credit <\/b>LarryChiang<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n
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\n<\/span>Canada 100 is founders doing great work in America C100 (@theC100<\/a>)<\/b><\/div>\n

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4\/28\/17, 5:20 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Have you met the 48Hrs Summer 2017 Cohort? Check them out! ow.ly\/yXQ430bd2G8<\/a>  #C10048Hrs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/dwu8uZWFGj<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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the 48Hrs Summer 2017 Cohort. Yes, these are Canadian startups visiting SF in late June. <\/span><\/div>\n

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4\/26\/17, 4:59 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
#C10048Hrs<\/a> Congrats! @kluein<\/a> @Mejuri<\/a> @MosaicMfg<\/a> @NoviFlowInc<\/a> @palettegear<\/a> @PlootoInc<\/a> @streamsystems1<\/a> @Unata<\/a> @Zoomdotai<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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\nReach out to Laura Buhler, Executive Director <\/span>@theC100<\/a>. If I were a CS major from UBC, Waterloo or U of T and giving entrepreneurship a try, I’d guess Laura’s email to be first initial, last name <\/b>@theC100<\/a> dot org. I’d cc me <\/a>Lawrence.chiang+c100@gmail.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Full Disclosure: I’m American born in New York. My fianc\u00e9 is the U of T grad who learned GrowthHacking after Cal Optometry- Brady is our ABCD (American Born Chinese Dog) <\/b><\/div>\n

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4\/29\/17, 9:50 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
#c10048hrs<\/a> cc Stephen Harper. You should meet engineering founders like @matresstester<\/a> #22Jun2017<\/a> -23 in SF twitter.com\/socialmgal\/sta\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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Stephen Harper. You should meet engineering founders like @matresstester<\/a> [Anthony Tsui]- he started <\/span>@MyVoleo<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n

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Stephen Harper, PM Canada, get this gmail alert to your advance planner. Maybe work in an 8vc meeting? I’m the tech founder that left you a voicemail. If <\/span>Jun 22, 2017<\/a> -23 in SF is too soon, pencil it in for 2018 <\/span><\/font>approximately <\/span>22Jun2018<\/a> ~<\/span> June 23 in SF in 2018 is a wildly approximating guess<\/span><\/div>\n

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4\/26\/17, 5:06 PM<\/a><\/div>\n
Action packed day @Finovate<\/a>, sharing the story of @MyVoleo<\/a> that makes stock trading fun again and accessible to new traders, young & old twitter.com\/Finovate\/statu\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Sent from my iPhone 8 that Steve Jobs texted me at (two iPhone 4’s where @6502838008 texted back and forth \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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