{"id":2407,"date":"2014-07-17T14:47:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T18:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2014-07-17T14:57:22","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T18:57:22","slug":"one-schools-journey-from-rags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/one-schools-journey-from-rags\/","title":{"rendered":"One School&#8217;s Journey from Rags"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Cal sucks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/image11.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" id=\"AF74D28F-3324-4D11-AE6C-C6D26FEA7A5F\"><\/div>\n<div>#wrong. Epiphany Hotel at Grand Opening May 20, 2014<\/div>\n<div>Photo credit: LARRY CHIANG<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Cal does not have to suck!!<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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); \"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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); \"><span style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; \">Cal E Week isn&#8217;t about world class speakers speaking at a campus worth one million dollars&#8230; It&#8217;s about executing, winning, and succeeding against the odds. With no money and no resources. Just a handful of dyslexic blog posts, a Pinterest board about Guacamole and two YouTube videos is all we get<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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); \"><span style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; \"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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); \">\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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&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\/WVKHwYJzVVc&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/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; \">Heck, Cal wouldn&#8217;t even let you call it &#8220;Cal E week&#8221;. We had to get our weeks name from the Stanford University Mall recycling bin. &#8220;Stanford Mall&#8217;s PF Chang&#8217;s California Entrepreneur Week&#8221; aka #CalEweek&#8221;. San Diego, CALIF&#8230;., you&#8217;re welcome<\/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; \"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -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); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; \">California Entrepreneur Week (#CalEweek :-)&#8217; on Facebook. Don&#8217;t add me as a friend, tag yourself as the urinal like I have and we can get started<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -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); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; \"><a href=\"https:\/\/on.fb.me\/1yxCQ4v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/on.fb.me\/1yxCQ4v\" >https:\/\/on.fb.me\/1yxCQ4v<\/a><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -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); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; \"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/image12.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" id=\"82CA4414-43E9-4285-BC89-8180EE1E25F1\"><span style=\"font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 15px; -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); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; \"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Epiphany Hotel, mens bathroom. 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