{"id":1787,"date":"2013-11-19T13:42:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T17:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=1787"},"modified":"2013-11-19T13:49:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T17:49:16","slug":"speaking-silicon-valley-to-the-new-vcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/speaking-silicon-valley-to-the-new-vcs\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking Silicon Valley to the New VCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I hacked venture capital.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Heard of the franchise concept, &#8220;Reverse VC&#8221;?! It&#8217;s where VCs pay you to pitch you. See pix on the Google of over 30 tier one VCs&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lolololololol hiLarryAss&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Oh, also see YouTube<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Well, the new VC is an engineer you gotta convince to join your &#8220;start up&#8221; aka startup. No engineers, no value!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Let me repeat that:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>No engineers. No value<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>With an engineer, the value spikes $1mm PER ENGINEER ON THE TEAM<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>With an engineer I mentored, the VALUE SPIKES TO $1,000,000.02. Just my two cents<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Hack&nbsp;<\/p>\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\/3411684931\/bd26194fa93733b624ec22966dbdb9d9_normal.jpeg\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;padding-right:8px;\"><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/402848136558682113\">11\/19\/13, 9:17 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Getting paid as employee #1 when, in reality, u r employee #35000, is what happens when you do a sequel to a biz&#8221;<br \/>&#8211; LARRY CHIANG <a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#DF13\">#DF13<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>ENGR145 teaches you to minimize your risk.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What they do teach at Stanford b-school (and the A-school) is that there is less risk when you&#8217;re employee number 35,000. As an engineer, I engineered a signature method my mentor taught me. Be employee #35,001<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Get paid as employee number ONE when you do a sequel business&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Do a sequel business to the business you work at (ENGR145 summer 2010).&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Do a sequel business to a business you did not work at<span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); \">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); \">(ENGR145 summer 2010).&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Anchor Concept precursor to a sequel: Lemonade and Gua Gua Guacamole&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It moves you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve being employee #35,001<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><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' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Traitorous 8 were employees number 5001-5,008<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Intel Founders were employees 10,001 &amp; 10,002<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We as women engineers need to stick together, not be bitchy to each other&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n5jB310egEI&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><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' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>&#8230;and jettison as a pre existing, pre-formed, pre-congealed engineering team.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is the key to hacking the new VC of being paid as employees one, two and three. But in a spin-out, sequel biz employee number<\/div>\n<div>35,001<\/div>\n<div>35,002<\/div>\n<div>35,003<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BMyLcDaWazU&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><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' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>THIS POST WAS UPLOADED FROM MY BRAIN OFF THE TOP OF MY BRAIN IN 14 morning minutes<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>You&#8217;re welcome<\/div>\n<div>Text me a thank you, you thankless bitchezzzzz<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>CEO of Duck9<\/div>\n<div>Stanford University Entrepreneur in Residence, Emeritus<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Duck9 = &#8220;Deep Underground Credit Knowledge&#8221; 9<\/div>\n<div>125 University Avenue\/ 100<\/div>\n<div>Palo Alto CA 94301<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass\" >https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div>650-566-9600<\/div>\n<div>650-566-9696 (direct)<\/div>\n<div>650-283-8008 (cell)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>****************<\/div>\n<div>Editor of the BusinessWeek Channel &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach at Business School&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\" >https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div>CNN Video Channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang\" >https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Read my last 10 tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/LarryChiang\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/LarryChiang\" >https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/LarryChiang<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Author, NY Times Bestseller<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller\" >https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School&#8221; comes out 11-11-14<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049\" >https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>52 Cards. 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It&#8217;s where VCs pay you to pitch you. 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