{"id":1019,"date":"2012-12-02T16:51:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T20:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2012-12-02T16:56:06","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T20:56:06","slug":"larry-chiangs-law-on-getting-fired-and-doubling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/larry-chiangs-law-on-getting-fired-and-doubling\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Chiang&#8217;s Law on Getting Fired (and Doubling)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<p>Getting &#8220;FIRED&#8221; is one of the toughest lessons that school cannot prepare you for.<\/p>\n<p>I teach this under, &#8220;What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School&#8221;, in my chapter 11. The 11th chapter of my sequel&#8217;s sequel is on &#8216;Failing Forward&#8217;. It comes out 11-11-14.<\/p>\n<p>Read my mentors book, &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach You at Harvard Business School&#8221; because that&#8217;s where I get my best stuff from.<\/p>\n<p>The Larry Chiang&#8217;s law says:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every time you get fired executing something entrepreneurially (but a bureaucrat hates and fires you), you double.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an expanded concept I tweeted this summer with Brian Barela commenting, &#8220;like law of diminishing returns in reverse&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Larry Chiang \u2730 (@LarryChiang) tweeted at 1:32pm &#8211; 23 Jul 12:<\/p>\n<p>Every time I get fired as an engineering entrepreneur, I double. It&#8217;s like Metcalfe&#8217;s law or Moore&#8217;s law (https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/status\/227501460219392000)<\/p>\n<p>For example, Stanford students started SSE Labs and administrators tried to fire them from their effort.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I got fired from moderating my own panel at &#8220;Summit at Stanford&#8221;. I doubled because I did 35 things right IMMEDIATELY after I got fired. My brand doubled.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I got fired from speaking at Stanford University BASES eBootcamp 2012.  I did 35 things right IMMEDIATELY after I got fired. My brand doubled.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I got fired from the Pontiac Zone Office.  I did 35 things right IMMEDIATELY after I got fired. My street smarts doubled.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I got fired from Nalco Chemical Company for doubling my territory that included Naperville.  I did 35 things right IMMEDIATELY after I got fired. My salary doubled.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re reading this far down, you&#8217;re probably curious as to what steps I took to double because you yourself got fired.<\/p>\n<p>Text me<\/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><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. 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The 11th chapter of my sequel&#8217;s sequel is on &#8216;Failing Forward&#8217;. It comes out 11-11-14. 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