{"id":2240,"date":"2014-05-16T13:55:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T17:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2014-05-16T13:59:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T17:59:13","slug":"one-trick-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/one-trick-pony\/","title":{"rendered":"One Trick Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So now I&#8217;m accused of being a one-trick-pony?! Critics are calling me a credit expert able to competently execute one task.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Maybe they are right&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Something that I know that is counterintuitive = PO Boxes work. Massively counter to all normal common sense&#8230;, &#8220;PO box mail is handled with more care than a FedEx package with a tracking number&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Normally, any normal writer tells a long winded story. At this point I&#8217;ll skip the story and just point towards USA law. Remember, I&#8217;m ceo and I could be enjoying this VIP lounge versus banging out a wordpress blog post on my iPhone&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The FTC and congress police post office boxes (aka PO boxes)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\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\/467350586287874049\">5\/16\/14, 10:07 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>PO Boxes versus <a href=\"mailto:contactus@bp.com\"><a href=\"mailto:contactus@bp.com\">contactus@bp.com<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Congress and the FTC police PO boxes.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When you-the-consumer send mail to a PO Box 105281<\/div>\n<div>Atlanta GA&nbsp;30348, the FTC cares. The FTC would advocate criminal charges and federal penitentiary time (if bureaus throw your mail away). Congress wrote this into law circa the Pony Express.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Stealing the mail was tantamount to robbing the train or stealing horse. So, if you want results, lick a stamp and dispute, request, or refute via the credit industry&#8217;s Achilles heel: the PO Box<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Larry CHIANG, &#8220;One-trick-pony&#8221;, out.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here is proof that I&#8217;m technologically savvy:<\/div>\n<div>\/1\/ I drafted this on an iPhone and published it via a Matt Mullenweg wordpress compatible widget.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/image13.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" id=\"C96D6121-E87D-4ED9-8484-36EFCC4838E4\"><\/div>\n<div>\/2\/ I have other &#8220;tricks&#8221; documented via hashtags (hashtags are computer subroutines in the real world in this&nbsp;ENGR145 bell-curve-video<\/div>\n<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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/image14.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" id=\"9A8FB8BC-162D-4FA0-9CCE-6CC39A29DB16\"><\/div>\n<div>Larry Chiang, Austin Texas.<\/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><\/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>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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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 width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vDBY0GkI3-g&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/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 width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OFGY7v9C4G0&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucms.com\" >https:\/\/www.ucms.com<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div>630-705-5555<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang&nbsp; So now I&#8217;m accused of being a one-trick-pony?! Critics are calling me a credit expert able to competently execute one task. Maybe they are right&#8230; Something that I know that is counterintuitive = PO Boxes work. Massively counter to all normal common sense&#8230;, &#8220;PO box mail is handled with more care than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240","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=2240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}