{"id":13240,"date":"2020-04-29T00:03:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T04:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=13240"},"modified":"2020-04-29T00:55:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T04:55:10","slug":"but-larry-chiang-i-heard-a-couple-of-stanford-engineers-who-just-raised-a-huge-round-of-venture-capital-without-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/but-larry-chiang-i-heard-a-couple-of-stanford-engineers-who-just-raised-a-huge-round-of-venture-capital-without-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"But Larry Chiang, I heard a couple of Stanford engineers who just raised a huge round of venture capital Without Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\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\/1240458410790969350\/Le7hkdJt_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 @6502838008 (<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\/1255329191345770497?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/28\/20, 9:52 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">The 7 Hashtags and 3 Stages of Wealth Everyone Has To Pass Through<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Everyone.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ETV0TGn4dg\">duck9.com\/blog\/entrepren\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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\/1240458410790969350\/Le7hkdJt_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 @6502838008 (<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\/1255324278926577664?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/28\/20, 9:33 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">But Larry Chiang, I heard a couple of &#x1f332;engineers who just raised a huge round of venture capital<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183b&#038;src=hash\">#cs183b<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ENGR145&#038;src=hash\">#ENGR145<\/a><\/p>\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 \/>\nThe Stanford engineers did some job while they were in high school. Then, they hid this experience.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s take yale grad Justin Kan. Him and his younger brother sold maps that their mom used in selling real estate.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><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\/2020\/04\/image2-18.jpeg\" alt=\"image2.jpeg\" id=\"A6150421-93DB-4B08-BF4A-2874E277552E\"><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/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\/1240458410790969350\/Le7hkdJt_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 @6502838008 (<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\/862676416462077952?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">5\/11\/17, 9:31 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Seriously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SillyKanValley&#038;src=hash\">#SillyKanValley<\/a>. Justin sold a company on Ebay $258,100.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183a&#038;src=hash\">#cs183a<\/a>&nbsp;-arbitrage.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183yC&#038;src=hash\">#cs183yC<\/a>&nbsp;-YCombinator&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SiliconValley&#038;src=hash\">#SiliconValley<\/a>&nbsp;24x7officeHrs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZKAPUZjO2r\">pic.twitter.com\/ZKAPUZjO2r<\/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\/2020\/04\/image1-30.jpeg\" alt=\"image1.jpeg\" id=\"4FA657E1-A0DC-496F-9EB6-3B039981A053\"><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\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\/1240458410790969350\/Le7hkdJt_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 @6502838008 (<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\/793133212344004608?s=11\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><font color=\"#000000\">10\/31\/16, 11:51 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">9\/ 11 This sounds like a joke. But I guess Justin will tell me after he sells it for $970mm to \u00c2\u00a3Amzn (again).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@TechCrunch\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@TechCrunch\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@TechCrunch\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@jordanrcrook\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@jordanrcrook\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9\">\u00e2\u0081\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00aa@jordanrcrook\u00e2\u20ac\u00ac\u00e2\u0081\u00a9<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VNYWyzT4rU\">pic.twitter.com\/VNYWyzT4rU<\/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\/2020\/04\/image3-11.jpeg\" alt=\"image3.jpeg\" id=\"5A32B3EB-7779-4273-B023-898D295E4AB0\"><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\nSales. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actually given zero attention at Stanford engineering&nbsp;<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\/1240458410790969350\/Le7hkdJt_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang @6502838008 (<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\/1148298151729590273?s=11\">7\/8\/19, 1:29 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Justin Kan used to sell maps for his mom. Those Kan brothers will likely not go bankrupt because of their prior \u00e2\u20ac\u0153body of work\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Duck bankruptcy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Lv9H2Jm8l\"><span>pic.twitter.com\/8Lv9H2Jm8l<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang @6502838008 (@LarryChiang) 4\/28\/20, 9:52 PM The 7 Hashtags and 3 Stages of Wealth Everyone Has To Pass Through Everyone.&nbsp;&nbsp;duck9.com\/blog\/entrepren\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Larry Chiang @6502838008 (@LarryChiang) 4\/28\/20, 9:33 PM But Larry Chiang, I heard a couple of &#x1f332;engineers who just raised a huge round of venture capital #cs183b #ENGR145 The Stanford engineers did some job while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-networking-with-venture-capitalists","category-stanford-engineering"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13240","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=13240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}