{"id":2090,"date":"2014-02-27T09:31:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T13:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2017-05-17T16:28:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T20:28:24","slug":"email-introductions-the-non-parity-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/email-introductions-the-non-parity-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Email Introductions, the Non Parity Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Larry Chiang did not pay for an M.B.A.!! He made money getting a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/austinstartup.com\/2013\/03\/jba-is-a-jedi-in-business-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jedi in Business Administration&#8221;<\/a>. Neither he nor his mentor, Mark McCormack, went to Harvard Business School. But after Chiang&#8217;s Harvard Law School keynote, Harvard&#8217;s Harbus wrote: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harbus.org\/2009\/What-They-Dont-Teach-4531\/\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don\u2019t Teach You at Stanford Business School&#8221;<\/a>. Remember in a Y Combinator community of Ivy league educated tech founders, they do their real world learning at De Anza Community College. Yes, De Anza EFFEN community college.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cropped-head-shot-no-smile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-743\" title=\"Larry-Chiang\" src=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cropped-head-shot-no-smile.jpg\" alt=\"Larry Chiang\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong>by Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;\">In blackjack, you can double down for less. This is a pattern I recognize where you can email intro for less. And just like it is a &#8216;bad bet&#8217; to double down for less, networking asymmetrically is DEFINITELY a gamble.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;\">Specifically, one party (the introduction requester) stands to gain a lot and might be asking for a Premature Coffee. The &#8220;Larry Chiang Email Intro For Less&#8221; executes a non-level connection between &#8216;intro requester&#8217; and the &#8216;VIP&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;\">In short there is little parity between the parties.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;\">In this case, VIP is Lisa Falzone.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;\">I have just batch uploaded to the album &#8216;The SXSW Email Intro, For Less&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/on.fb.me\/1fWkQVK\">https:\/\/on.fb.me\/1fWkQVK<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"C92A8E13-900D-457A-8273-2C8620320BCF\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/image2.png\" alt=\"image.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div>In blackjack, you can double down for less. This is a case where you can email intro for less.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Specifically, one party (the intro requester) stands to gain a lot and might be asking for a premature Coffee. The &#8220;Larry Chiang Email Intro For Less&#8221; executes a non-level connection between &#8216;intro requester&#8217; and the &#8216;VIP&#8217;. In this case, VIP is Lisa Falzone.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>ENGR145&#8217;s Anchor Concept: Lemonade and Gua Gua Guacamole<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It moves you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eudADPfTWiE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n5jB310egEI&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n5jB310egEI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BMyLcDaWazU&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BMyLcDaWazU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/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\">https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass<\/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\">https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog<\/a><\/div>\n<div>CNN Video Channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang\">https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Read my last 10 tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/LarryChiang\">https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/LarryChiang<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Author, NY Times Bestseller<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller\">https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller<\/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\">https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>52 Cards. Two Jokers. What They DO Teach You at Stanford Engineering<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vDBY0GkI3-g&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vDBY0GkI3-g&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Emergency swings and cutting deals as an 9 year old<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OFGY7v9C4G0&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OFGY7v9C4G0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>##########<\/div>\n<div>Duck9 is part of UCMS Inc.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucms.com\">https:\/\/www.ucms.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div>630-705-5555<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">#2\/ 12; Embrace asymmetric communication that is unrequited. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ENGR145?src=hash\">#ENGR145<\/a>. 1:1 expectations for reciprocation = Loserville. Population, you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/status\/763039006619607040\">August 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang did not pay for an M.B.A.!! He made money getting a &#8220;Jedi in Business Administration&#8221;. Neither he nor his mentor, Mark McCormack, went to Harvard Business School. But after Chiang&#8217;s Harvard Law School keynote, Harvard&#8217;s Harbus wrote: \u201cWhat They Don\u2019t Teach You at Stanford Business School&#8221;. Remember in a Y Combinator community of [&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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-networking-with-venture-capitalists"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090","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=2090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}