{"id":24839,"date":"2024-03-28T16:25:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=24839"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T19:32:06","slug":"what-is-your-2222-hump-moment-can-you-get-over-a-hump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/what-is-your-2222-hump-moment-can-you-get-over-a-hump\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Your $2222 Hump Moment. Can You Get Over A Hump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">After Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larrychiang\/status\/1339284607036960770?s=43&amp;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\"><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid #ccd6dd; border-radius: 12px;\" width=\"500\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"464\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"48\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larrychiang?s=43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1388307931125460994\/KWn5HNMY_normal.jpg\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; padding: 0px;\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width:8px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/spacer.png\" width=\"8\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"388\" style=\"min-width: 388px;\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"388\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"388\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larrychiang?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #292c2f; text-decoration: none;\">Larry Chiang, tips 650-283-8008<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larrychiang?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #7e8c98;\">\u2066\u202a@LarryChiang\u202c\u2069<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/logo_twitter-1497383721365.png\" height=\"20\" width=\"24\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"9\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height:0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/self_serve\/media\/spacer_464x1-1582829598167.png\" width=\"464\" height=\"1\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;color: #292c2f; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/danheld\">\u2066\u202a@danheld\u202c\u2069<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/woonomic\">\u2066\u202a@woonomic\u202c\u2069<\/a> @michael_saylor Proof of X is just the activation energy for when monetary energy is released from the system. <\/p>\n<p>Catalyst in this case is BRANDED MONEY hitting 10 years in and after  $300b market cap. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%23PRPRPI&amp;src=hash\">#PRPRPI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%23Ch2&amp;src=hash\">#Ch2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PRkZA2XF12\"><span>pic.twitter.com\/PRkZA2XF12<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"3\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height:0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larrychiang\/status\/1339284607036960770?s=43&amp;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif;color: #667785; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration:none;\">12\/16\/20, 1:01 PM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Before Larry Chiang catalyzing your activation energy to lower&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image0.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image0-42.jpeg\">By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;Getting over the hump<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s take some thing that is colloquial, commonly uttered, and even joked about for Wednesday being hump day\u2026 Because today is 30 tips Thursday. Today is were 2\/3 the way to Saturday<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Because it\u2019s Thursday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">30 tips to get you over the hump in one diagram to save time. This is the energy effort curve.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">You see we just compressed 30 to 35 tips into one graph. This one graph explains why people get stuck at zero dollars revenue.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">This one graph explains why the majority of YCombinator startups end up with zero dollars in customer revenue. This doesn\u2019t make me proud to report that the effort expended to do, \u201cdo things that don\u2019t scale\u201d, don\u2019t get done<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Obviously, I mean distribution does not get done.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s recap how this diagram affects doing. Distribution work. It\u2019s so obvious right in front of us that distribution work is up front and loaded up all on the front end.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">After Tech founders, do this type of technical sales work, they deny that they ever had to, \u201cdo things that don\u2019t scale (but have momentum)\u201d #DTTDSBHM<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">WhyIsItAlwaysMessedUpAfterTheHashtag<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Hi<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In short, this diagram is also the reason why people don\u2019t net work very well. By networking, I mean, taking a email or a cell phone and replying<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Is this even a cold open?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">If somebody gives you their number and you text them you\u2019re now in the 80% of people that Are approaching the hump heck five more texts and you\u2019re probably over the hump<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Me?!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">I can take 9 thank you cards and get myself over $1 million because my hump, my hump, my hump is as clear as my bump.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Because you see I am to the right of the activation energy<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">What activation energy<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Activation energy is a concept that Stephen Zumdahl talked about<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Once you add energy to a system, then energy comes out of a system.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Yes, I graduated with the number one chemical engineering starting salary out of the University of Illinois<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image2.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image2-40.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image3.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image3-39.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image5.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image5-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image6.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image6-27.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image7.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image7-29.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image8.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image8-24.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image9.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image9-21.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image10.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image10-18.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larrychiang\/status\/673557219019911169?s=43&amp;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\"><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" style=\"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 214, 221); border-radius: 12px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"464\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"48\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larrychiang?s=43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/KWn5HNMY_normal-5.jpg\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"KWn5HNMY_normal.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 8px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/spacer-18.png\" width=\"8\" alt=\"spacer.png\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"388\" style=\"min-width: 388px;\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"388\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"388\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larrychiang?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(41, 44, 47); text-decoration: none;\">Larry Chiang, tips 650-283-8008<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larrychiang?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(126, 140, 152);\">\u2066\u202a@LarryChiang\u202c\u2069<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/logo_twitter-1497383721365-18.png\" height=\"20\" width=\"24\" alt=\"logo_twitter-1497383721365.png\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"9\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/spacer_464x1-1582829598167-18.png\" width=\"464\" height=\"1\" alt=\"spacer_464x1-1582829598167.png\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; color: rgb(41, 44, 47); font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%23PoweroftheMarginal&amp;src=hash\">#PoweroftheMarginal<\/a>&nbsp;&#8220;raises the activation energy for new ideas. You can&#8217;t just tinker. You have to justify.&#8221;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TqnyfNrOn4\">paulgraham.com\/marginal.html<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"3\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larrychiang\/status\/673557219019911169?s=43&amp;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; color: rgb(102, 119, 133); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;\">12\/6\/15, 11:38 AM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image11.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image11-16-rotated.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image12.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image12.png\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">So 9 thank you cards lowers the activation energy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In the same way that a catalyst reduces the energy required, so does being thankful.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Hear you\u2019re able to net work better because you\u2019re sending out 3 to 9 thank you cards. This is not me trash talking, this is me Pattern replicating what works<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image15.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image15-10.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">This is how to get yourself over the hump when you\u2019re networking to try to make slightly more money&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image14.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image14-13.jpeg\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">WordPress\u2019d<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">&nbsp;from my personal iPhone,&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:650-283-8008\" dir=\"ltr\" x-apple-data-detectors=\"true\" x-apple-data-detectors-type=\"telephone\" x-apple-data-detectors-result=\"1\">650-283-8008<\/a>, number that&nbsp;Steve Jobs texted me on<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">https:\/\/www.YouTube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Larry Chiang &nbsp; &nbsp; Larry Chiang, tips 650-283-8008 \u2066\u202a@LarryChiang\u202c\u2069 \u2066\u202a@danheld\u202c\u2069 \u2066\u202a@woonomic\u202c\u2069 @michael_saylor Proof of X is just the activation energy for when monetary energy is released from the system. Catalyst in this case is BRANDED MONEY hitting 10 years in and after $300b market cap. #PRPRPI #Ch2 pic.twitter.com\/PRkZA2XF12 &nbsp; 12\/16\/20, 1:01 PM &nbsp; &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24839","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\/24839","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=24839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}