{"id":1920,"date":"2013-12-13T17:08:36","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T21:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2013-12-13T17:09:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T21:09:30","slug":"preventing-premature-startup-death-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/preventing-premature-startup-death-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventing Premature Startup Death Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang  On June 25th, 2011, Tom Kosnik said to our class&#8230;, &#8220;Engr 145 Technology Entrepreneurship is meant to prevent premature startup death&#8221;.   When I sat first chair entrepreneurship, I thought: &#8211; If these students are to be future CEOs and founders, aren&#8217;t they like lieutenants in West Point &#8211; what value could I add &#8211; how do I ebb and flow between alpha male and delta male &#8211; HOW DO I HELP TOM KOSNIK HELP &#8211; How do I help premature startup death &#8211; ENGR145&#8217;s Anchor Conceptual hashtags that all reduce or eliminate startup death   <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' \/>  Pay attention to  &#8211; PRPRPI  &#8211; RMRMRE  and Entrepreneur Drills are done via Gua Gua Guacamole play-practice-drill recipes   Malcolm Gladwell wrote of a sergeant that had no casualties while at the front lines in BLINK. Top Brass went and asked what his secret was. 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