{"id":2456,"date":"2014-07-30T12:31:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T16:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2014-07-30T12:38:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T16:38:12","slug":"guru-gyaan-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/guru-gyaan-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"Guru Gyaan Entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Larry Chiang<\/span><\/div>\n

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I was called a guru gyaan! <\/em><\/span><\/div>\n

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I googled it and it translates to “Guru’s advice”. While I’m honored, it’s not me who is the guru.<\/span><\/div>\n

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It’s you.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Ok, maybe not you yet. But if you listen to my mentor, Mark McCormack, you will be. Mark McCormack is a starting up a startup guru. His method involves realizing all startups are sequels to other things.<\/span><\/div>\n

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“Nothing starts in a vacuum”<\/span><\/div>\n
– me citing a mentor <\/span><\/div>\n

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“Nature abhors a vacuum”<\/span><\/div>\n
– my engineering prof<\/span><\/div>\n

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In the same way that my yoga guru, Giselle Mari, mentors: <\/span><\/div>\n

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“Entrepreneurship is a practice, not a perfection”<\/span><\/div>\n
– Giselle Mari, my Jivamukti teacher<\/span><\/div>\n

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Let us practice in an arena far from the Bay Area in a world that won’t hold failure against you: Athletics.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Specifically, baseball.<\/span><\/div>\n

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More specifically d-i-s-t-r-i-b-u-t-i-o-n.<\/span><\/div>\n
Even more specific: sales distribution.<\/span><\/div>\n
Tactically: selling.<\/span><\/div>\n

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PROBLEM DEFINED:<\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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7\/29\/14, 4:59 PM<\/a><\/div>\n
Can I get the Derek Jeter Nike baseball cleats. #Jumpman<\/a> (@ Niketown – @NikeSF<\/a>) 4sq.com\/1o0yaQV<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


Download.<\/span><\/div>\n


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<\/td>\nNike San Francisco (@NikeSF<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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7\/29\/14, 5:21 PM<\/a><\/div>\n
@LarryChiang<\/a> We do not have baseball cleats. Is there anything else we can help you with today?<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

PROBLEM DEFINED: Derek Jeter can’t sell his shoes. Derek Jeter can’t get distribution. Derek Jeter got Michael Jordan to advocate him in a video.<\/span><\/div>\n


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OPPORTUNITY.<\/span><\/div>\n

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You as future <\/span>guru gyaan<\/em> will sell more baseball cleats than Michael Jordan and Derek Jeter<\/span><\/div>\n

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Download the official Twitter app <\/span>here<\/a> and tweet “guru gyaan”<\/em><\/div>\n

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<\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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7\/29\/14, 2:42 PM<\/a><\/div>\n
help ePinions (competitor to Complaints.com<\/span><\/a>) baseballexpress.com\/catalog\/produc\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Steps inside the small steps.<\/span><\/div>\n

\/1\/ sell the shoes before you have to buy them from baseball express<\/span><\/div>\n
\/2\/ practice SEO-ing<\/span><\/div>\n
\/3\/ get a wordpress blog (5min sign up)<\/span><\/div>\n
\/4\/ get a PayPal account you use to invoice<\/span><\/div>\n
\/5\/ once you get paid PayPal, use baseball express to do your fulfillment. <\/span><\/div>\n
\/2a\/ learn how to #mvbp (minimum viable blog post)<\/span><\/div>\n
\/2b\/ learn EUTWMPPM {subroutine #EUTWMPPM}<\/span><\/div>\n
In short, it’s where you engineer up a tidal wave of momentum by<\/span><\/div>\n
– having WordPress <\/span><\/div>\n
– blog a post that links to…<\/span><\/div>\n
– Plancast account <\/span><\/div>\n
– Pinterest a handwritten page<\/span><\/div>\n
– order $110 in food (if you’re in India, USD $10 will do)<\/span><\/div>\n
– embed two YouTubes<\/span><\/div>\n
– host on Eventbrite with your own Eventbrite account a super small party with 3-10 people attending.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
– social media link with twitter \/fB<\/span><\/div>\n
– blog again another MVBP <\/span> <\/span>{subroutine #MVBP} with two tweets embedded<\/span><\/div>\n
– do a real world afterparty<\/span> <\/span>{subroutine “Minimum Viable Party” as per Xconomy article}<\/span><\/div>\n
– allocate $50-70 for movie tix giveaway*<\/span><\/div>\n

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guru gyaan up you bitchezz<\/em><\/div>\n
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Listen. If you wanna sleep with a girl, you gotta get to a quorum. If you wanna sell anything, get to a partial-quorum. My mentor’s genius lies with his ability to do “triangulation influence”<\/div>\n
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Omg, I’m going to say this and fear sound like a yogi, but “there is momentum all around us. We just need to channel existing energy”<\/div>\n
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Lets go back.<\/div>\n
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Stop scanning. Lets go back to the specific steps in selling those special baseball shoes called “cleats”. Execute these to build your entrepreneur muscles. Exercise your execution. <\/div>\n
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Practice en route to being a guru.<\/div>\n
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What’s your name? Tell me in the comments below<\/div>\n
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Let us AGAIN practice in an arena far from the Bay Area in a world that won’t hold failure against you: Yoga Journal conference, SF. JANUARY 15-18, 2015 you can promote whatever you want if you buy a few yoga classes at Yoga Journal conference.<\/span><\/div>\n

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THEN ACE SXSW<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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