By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n
This was a talk I gave at Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES)<\/p>\n
Hi, I am Larry Chiang https:\/\/bases.stanford.edu\/events\/larrychiang<\/a><\/p>\n I leverage mentorship in a method, manner and magnitude that is unmatched.<\/p>\n What most people don’t know is that I gained early success because of a book I read, “What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School”. I used that book to network with and get access to mentors. Yes that included the author of the book!<\/p>\n Reading Mark McCormack’s book as an engineer helped me get street smart. In mentoring undergrads, I attempt to expose and help investigate specific granular tactical methods that get stuff done. People often ask me what one thing I did that helped me the most. I answer that the one thing I did is the 650 little things I did.<\/p>\n I focus on the first few steps out of the batters box on the way to first base. I don’t only admire the big home runs. I really like showing people how to hit singles and base-hits. I also love pre-preneurs and helping them reverse engineer the steps required to be a founder. For example, in working withBASES freshman at Stanford, I mentored them to execute a plan out that engineers their first three internships in a row. Here is what their experiences were like documented here and here.<\/p>\n There is a motto I try to live by… engineers don’t let engineers graduate without street smarts. I am very much looking forward to meeting you but here are three ways to reach out to me if my office hours are full: Email me at larry @duck9.com (be sure to include my cell (650) 283-8008 AND your cell in the subject line — it busts spam and facebook \/ twitter<\/p>\n ENGR145’s Anchor Concept: Lemonade and Gua Gua Guacamole<\/p>\n It moves you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CEO of Duck9 Stanford University Entrepreneur in Residence, Emeritus<\/p>\n Duck9 = “Deep Underground Credit Knowledge” 9 125 University Avenue\/ 100 Palo Alto CA 94301 https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass<\/a> 650-566-9600 650-566-9696 (direct) 650-283-8008 (cell)<\/p>\n **************** Editor of the BusinessWeek Channel “What They Don’t Teach at Business School” https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog<\/a> CNN Video Channel: https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang<\/a><\/p>\n Read my last 10 tweets at https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/LarryChiang<\/a><\/p>\n Author, NY Times Bestseller https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller<\/a><\/p>\n “What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School” comes out 11-11-14<\/p>\n