{"id":2196,"date":"2014-05-03T12:38:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T16:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2014-05-03T12:46:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T16:46:46","slug":"a-critical-skill-they-dont-teach-you-at-berkeley-optometry-they-do-teach-you-at-eye-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/a-critical-skill-they-dont-teach-you-at-berkeley-optometry-they-do-teach-you-at-eye-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"A Critical Skill They Don’t Teach You at Berkeley Optometry, They DO Teach You at Eye Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n
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I wrote a book that led to my teaching at a competitive school. Who cares about my book. That’s not important. What is important is that I read and I motivationally listen. <\/span><\/div>\n

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Cal optometry school has been leaving you high and dry you second-years. All y’all are going to be employed at a practice. But I’ve listened and heard very little about the skill-building Re private practice <\/span><\/div>\n

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This bullet pointed post below will serve as appx 80% of your entire tuition value (it cost me 10k hours!)<\/span><\/div>\n

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\/1\/ hail mary to buy a private practice optometry <\/span>business<\/span><\/div>\n

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Zero prayer. Your hail Mary, shot-in-the-dark won’t work. In the business world, the LOL cautionary tale is the person who buys a subway franchise. In short, you’re paying Doctors’ Associates $200k for a job that pays 80k per year. <\/span><\/div>\n

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Kaiser is glorified Lens Crafters.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Private practice. If you don’t see patients,you make a dollar fifty an hour. True story! Re the double tree hotel event May 2<\/span><\/div>\n

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Or you can teach.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Or you can join my live-action optometry school ENTREPRENEURSHIP practice…<\/span><\/div>\n

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35 step recipe =<\/span><\/div>\n
\/1\/ be an ass’t to the <\/span>private practice optometry officer at school and organize an eleven minute party.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\/2\/ email Larry Chiang <\/span><\/div>\n
Larry at DUCK9 dot com<\/span><\/div>\n

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\/3\/ read and study videos<\/span><\/div>\n

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\/4\/ play and practice entrepreneurship<\/span><\/div>\n

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\/5\/ promote something small at an optometry conference<\/span><\/div>\n

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Perhaps at the next #aaopt14?!<\/span><\/div>\n

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\/6\/ ‘Sell’ by <\/span>promoting uber (the cab service https:\/\/www.uber.com\/invite\/p9tds<\/a><\/a><\/a>) <\/div>\n

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downloads at aaopt14 (#aaopt14<\/span><\/div>\n

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\/7\/ dont Google how to buy an optometry practice out of bankruptcy.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\/8\/ google #YingZhaoOptoOpto.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Remember. Great ideas are worthless even though they’re genius Larry Chiang idea(s). Its the execution.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\/9\/ text me to brainstorm <\/span><\/div>\n

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I wanna brainstorm, so text me.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\/10\/ no intimidation.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Listen. I know you’re intimidated. I know this sounds like it’s bad news and pain. <\/span><\/div>\n

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But, I can make your optometry entrepreneurship <\/span>practice super fun.<\/div>\n
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Ok. Let’s sell Airbnb housing. With an optometry twist. <\/div>\n

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Text me for 11-35<\/span><\/div>\n

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See me execute Gua Gua Guacamole at <\/a>https:\/\/www.optometrysmeeting.org\/<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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See how I actually get supermodels to do entrepreneurship too!! 
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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><\/a><\/a><\/div>\n
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<\/span>American Express’ Under-Promoted Credit Truths at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week (MBFW)” <\/p>\n

https:\/\/t.co\/inxTmZAj<\/a><\/a> <\/p>\n

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My Stanford Engineering video boils down 20,000 hours and moves you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve <\/div>\n
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CEO of Duck9<\/span><\/p>\n
MIT University EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence)<\/span>
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Duck9 = “Deep Underground Credit Knowledge” 9<\/div>\n
125 University Avenue\/ 100<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n
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Editor of the BusinessWeek Channel “What They Don’t Teach at Business School”<\/div>\n
https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n
CNN Video Channel: https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/div>\n
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Read my last 10 tweets at https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/LarryChiang<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/div>\n
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Author, NY Times Bestseller<\/div>\n

https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n

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“What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School” comes out 11-11-14<\/p><\/div>\n

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https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

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52 Cards. Two Jokers. What They DO Teach You at Stanford Engineering<\/div>\n
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Emergency swings and cutting deals as an 9 year old<\/div>\n
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More on #ENGR145’s SHIFTING right on the entrepreneur bell curve <\/div>\n

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