{"id":1260,"date":"2013-02-25T15:31:35","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T19:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2013-02-25T15:36:23","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T19:36:23","slug":"preparing-to-get-a-vc-to-pitch-you-is-like-prepping-your-fico-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/preparing-to-get-a-vc-to-pitch-you-is-like-prepping-your-fico-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing to Get a VC To Pitch You Is Like Prepping Your FICO Score"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;m not immersed in being CEO at Duck9, I spend 5-8 hours per month getting VCs to pitch the entrepreneurs I know.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want a VC to pitch you?!<\/p>\n<p>Well, it takes preparation. General population sometimes think, &#8220;I&#8217;ll just show up with no company, no business model, and no landing page&#8221;. The general population is on the &#8220;left side of the bell curve&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I want you on the right side of the bell curve.<\/p>\n<p>Watch these videos and text me the VCs you like. After you text me, I&#8217;ll text back an email address<\/p>\n<p>There are 33 videos of VCs pitching here<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL6ACC04B1E103CBB9\" >https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL6ACC04B1E103CBB9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It helps you to ask them for advice<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2011\/01\/03\/7-ways-to-get-a-vc-you-dont-know-to-mentor-you\/\" >https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2011\/01\/03\/7-ways-to-get-a-vc-you-dont-know-to-mentor-you\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a similar article but with massively new tactics in charming a VC to mentor you<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/12\/28\/how-to-charm-a-vc-into-mentoring-you\/\" >https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/12\/28\/how-to-charm-a-vc-into-mentoring-you\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What A Super Model Can Teach a Harvard MBA About Credit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/larrychiang\/what-a-super-model-can-teach-a-harvard-mba-about-credit\" >https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/larrychiang\/what-a-super-model-can-teach-a-harvard-mba-about-credit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>American Express&#8217; Under-Promoted Credit Truths at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week (MBFW)&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/inxTmZAj\" >https:\/\/t.co\/inxTmZAj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My Stanford Engineering video boils down 20,000 hours and 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>CEO of Duck9 MIT University EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence)<\/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<p>More on #ENGR145&#8217;s SHIFTING right on the entrepreneur bell curve <embed width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VZ45MliL-OM&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang When I&#8217;m not immersed in being CEO at Duck9, I spend 5-8 hours per month getting VCs to pitch the entrepreneurs I know. Do you want a VC to pitch you?! Well, it takes preparation. General population sometimes think, &#8220;I&#8217;ll just show up with no company, no business model, and no landing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-credit-secrets"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}