{"id":2593,"date":"2014-09-20T12:36:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T16:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=2593"},"modified":"2014-09-20T12:36:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T16:36:53","slug":"asking-no-risk-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/asking-no-risk-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Asking No-Risk Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n
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Silicon Valley is no-joke. Because it is so super fast<\/div>\n
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Take this video lecture that is 9:59. <\/div>\n
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I bolt through 5 books and extrapolate 2-10 years into the future. 9 minutes. 59 seconds.<\/div>\n
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How can you the newbie Singaporean undergrad hope to catch up, take notes and ask intelligible questions!!?!<\/div>\n
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You start with asking no-risk questions.<\/div>\n
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Super majority of people will dismiss this video<\/div>\n
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Majority of interested people will simply bookmark. <\/span><\/div>\n

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A small minority of people will watch and re-watch this video. They will make a public proclamation of mastery and like it. <\/span><\/div>\n
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500 people watched it<\/span><\/div>\n
50 people re watched it (and took notes)<\/span><\/div>\n
4 people liked it<\/span><\/div>\n
8 people tweeted the #CTCFTR hashtag.
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<\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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9\/20\/14, 8:52 AM<\/a><\/div>\n
Singaporean <\/p>\n

Motivationally listen.*
Ask no-risk questions*
Get three legendary internships in a row*<\/p>\n

*all separate internship blog posts<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Here is an example “NO RISK QUESTION” you can ask anywhere with OR WITHOUT PERMISSION.<\/div>\n

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\/1\/ (raise hand, fingers spread)<\/div>\n
\/2\/ Yell: “CAN YOU REPEAT THAT!”<\/div>\n
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Try it.<\/div>\n
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Every time I’ve done it, the industry expert doing the ENGR 145 guest lecture says, “Thank you for the great question”.<\/div>\n
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You scream: “Repeat that?!”<\/div>\n
Hunter Walk, Michael Dearing, Chris Douvos, Chris Kelly #GuestLecturing say, “Omg, good question. I’m glad you asked”<\/div>\n
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Lol, this works every time, 99% of the time!!<\/div>\n
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ENGR145’s two anchor videos move you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve<\/div>\n
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MOTIVATIONALLY LISTEN. <\/div>\n
There are tips in my feed at Twitter dot com \/ larrychiang #MotivationalListening<\/div>\n
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You need to listen super well as an undergrad because you are trying to uncover a clear problem. This clear problem is what you get paid as an intern to do.<\/div>\n
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“But Larry Chiang, I’m willing to work for free. I just want the experience.”<\/div>\n
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LARRY CHIANG answer: Buddy, it’s easier to get a paid engineering internship, than a non-paid <\/div>\n
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HOW TO GET AN INTERNSHIP THE ENTREPRENEURIAL WAY <\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/Bases.htm<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n
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Get mentored as a female Singaporean undergrad<\/div>\n
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Founder of “What They Don’t Teach at Business School” for CNN iReport: https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n
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Author, NY Times Bestseller<\/div>\n
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“What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School about EUTWMPPM @SXSW” comes out 11-11-14<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049<\/a><\/a><\/div>\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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