{"id":12215,"date":"2019-08-19T13:01:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T17:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=12215"},"modified":"2019-08-19T14:52:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T18:52:56","slug":"doing-vp-of-marketing-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/doing-vp-of-marketing-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing VP of Marketing Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">If there is no one driving the bus, you can just install yourself as VP of Marketing. The vice president of Marketing is like a #csMajorCMO. External APIs happen all the time.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">For example, if you tutored people to&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; get a higher SAT score, the Scholastic Board didn\u2019t grant you permission&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211; get a higher FICO score, you did not get permission from Fair Isaac<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Hold on to your Stanford engineering computer science butt, because it\u2019s about to get really bumpy&nbsp;because we are delving into Deep Undergrad Crypto Knowledge<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1-3.jpeg\" alt=\"image1.jpeg\" id=\"75C1A704-EC5B-464F-A4DA-526725086561\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\">You are Marketing and selling something that people&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\">&#8211; don\u2019t need<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\">&#8211; don\u2019t trust<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Larry Chiang @duck9 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/1072211666396311552?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">12\/10\/18, 11:29 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">I installed myself as the VP of Marketing for Bitcoin&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%2310Dec2019&#038;src=hash\">#10Dec2019<\/a>&nbsp;0.00029. This is my 3rd&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ShitcoinTurnaround&#038;src=hash\">#ShitcoinTurnaround<\/a>!! [Day job since sophomore yr: CEO&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u202a@duck9\u202c\u2069\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u2066\u202a@duck9\u202c\u2069\">\u2066\u202a@duck9\u202c\u2069<\/a>]&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"image2.jpeg\" id=\"8FDB7F36-526C-46A9-9D6F-1B55A44DBC14\"><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Larry Chiang @duck9 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/1086683878176292864?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">1\/19\/19, 9:56 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Bio. I installed myself as the VP of Marketing for Bitcoin&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%2310Dec2019&#038;src=hash\">#10Dec2019<\/a>&nbsp;0.00029. This is my 3rd&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ShitcoinTurnaround&#038;src=hash\">#ShitcoinTurnaround<\/a>!! [Day job since sophomore yr: CEO&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u202a@duck9\u202c\u2069\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u2066\u202a@duck9\u202c\u2069\">\u2066\u202a@duck9\u202c\u2069<\/a>]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/46NFJeGQZf\">pic.twitter.com\/46NFJeGQZf<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image3-1.jpeg\" alt=\"image3.jpeg\" id=\"678D620F-62AA-46DD-A5B0-02781E18EDAC\"><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Larry Chiang @duck9 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/1073987564338442240?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">12\/15\/18, 9:06 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">This VP of Marketing for Bitcoin sure does SUCK \/ $1 = BTC \u201c0.00032\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s a good thing he signed up for a 50 year gig with no ability to cancel now or posthumously fire him.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183easterEgg&#038;src=hash\">#cs183easterEgg<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7LI2dtql9L\">pic.twitter.com\/7LI2dtql9L<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image4.jpeg\" alt=\"image4.jpeg\" id=\"5E01D78F-AD86-40D1-9125-9A1818FA1785\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\">October 21, 2016<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Larry Chiang @duck9 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/789517743372562436?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">10\/21\/16, 10:24 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">*Do things that don&#8217;t scale* means vp marketing\/ vp sales type work as the 2-5 technical co-founders&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183yC&#038;src=hash\">#cs183yC<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CSmajorCMO&#038;src=hash\">#CSmajorCMO<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YvSJu0GxQd\">pic.twitter.com\/YvSJu0GxQd<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image5.jpeg\" alt=\"image5.jpeg\" id=\"1C0C6354-3567-4560-A6B8-C2A7D9B91D78\"><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang @duck9 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/1073978616487194625?s=11\">12\/15\/18, 8:30 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>There are 63,010 tweets that are cypherPunk prior to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%2326Feb2013&#038;src=hash\">#26Feb2013<\/a>. Establishing ability to do a prepayment by hacking your FICO score was critical prior to my work as VP of Marketing For Bitcoin<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Mining is equated with logging all the credits and debits to a ledger that is fully distributed. By distributed, this means every node has a copy. By node, I mean point at which that location has a copy of the ledger. A ledger is a set of accounting books<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image6.jpeg\" alt=\"image6.jpeg\" id=\"F70AB396-9D77-42DD-9D21-3E65043134B8\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Blogged from my personal iPhone number, 650-283-8008,&nbsp;<\/span>that Steve Jobs texted me on<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang If there is no one driving the bus, you can just install yourself as VP of Marketing. The vice president of Marketing is like a #csMajorCMO. 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