{"id":27121,"date":"2024-06-11T09:46:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=27121"},"modified":"2024-06-12T23:08:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T03:08:16","slug":"when-you-beat-the-one-seed-youre-the-oneseed-when-youre-the-one-seed-beating-the-23rd-seed-youre-still-number-one-this-wordpress-blog-post-is-me-punching-down-down-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/when-you-beat-the-one-seed-youre-the-oneseed-when-youre-the-one-seed-beating-the-23rd-seed-youre-still-number-one-this-wordpress-blog-post-is-me-punching-down-down-from\/","title":{"rendered":"When you beat the one seed, you\u2019re the oneseed. When you\u2019re the one seed beating the 23rd seed you\u2019re still number one. This WordPress blog post is me punching down: down from Stanford to Vanderbilt."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image1-21.jpeg\" alt=\"image1.jpeg\">In 2013, I asked Augie Garrido to speak at \u201cStanford Entrepreneur Week\u201d February 2 &#8211; Feb 28, 2013. It was UT at Stanford men\u2019s baseball.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Feb 26, 2013, Stanford cancelled #StanfordEweek and a different department on campus sent me a C&amp;D letter<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The battles were so fierce because the steaks were so low &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">#PRPRPI&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Stakes<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\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\/06\/KWn5HNMY_normal-6.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\/06\/spacer-12.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, 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\/06\/logo_twitter-1497383721365-12.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\/06\/spacer_464x1-1582829598167-12.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\">In 2013, I asked Augie Garrido to speak at \u201cStanford Entrepreneur Week\u201d February 2 &#8211; Feb 28, 2013. It was UT at Stanford men\u2019s baseball.<\/p>\n<p>Feb 26, 2013, Stanford cancelled&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%23StanfordEweek&#038;src=hash\">#StanfordEweek<\/a>&nbsp;and a different department on campus sent me a C&amp;D letter<\/p>\n<p>The battles were so fierce because\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n2xemOI4KO\">pic.twitter.com\/n2xemOI4KO<\/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\/1800329013971611649?s=43&#038;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; color: rgb(102, 119, 133); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none\">6\/10\/24, 7:47\u202fPM<\/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<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Anchors Down or \u201canchors and satellite\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">This is my PhD in business in five pictures, three Vanderbilt finance classes and one Grousbeck textbook (that\u2019s been augmented by 2769 fortune cookies sized snippets that I tagged Stram GT 353 #StramGT353)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s a PhD. Don\u2019t get mad.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">thesis: \u201cyou don\u2019t need money to make money and you don\u2019t need a fund for the business school class at Vanderbilt to be called search fund \u201c<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In one word it\u2019s #CS183E&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Yes, Stanford engineering class that has as its \u201canchor\u201c textbook as Irv Grousbeck, textbook, business, ventures, and entrepreneur. Irv Grousbeck<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The anchor is Stram GT 353&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The satellite is the three classes at Vanderbilt, but in years in the future<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">WordPress\u2019d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\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, 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\">Anchors Down or \u201canchors and satellite\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is my PhD in business in five pictures, three Vanderbilt finance classes and one Grousbeck textbook (that\u2019s been augmented by 2769 fortune cookies sized snippets that I tagged Stram GT 353 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%23StramGT353&#038;src=hash\">#StramGT353<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a PhD. Don\u2019t get mad. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oiTQ7fkuJY\"><span>pic.twitter.com\/oiTQ7fkuJY<\/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\/1800520882013827260?s=43&#038;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; color: #667785; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none\">6\/11\/24, 8:30\u202fAM<\/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<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image0-26.jpeg\" alt=\"image0.jpeg\">\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">WordPress\u2019d from my personal iPhone,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><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><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">, number that&nbsp;Steve Jobs texted me on<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image2-18.jpeg\" alt=\"image2.jpeg\"><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image3-20.jpeg\" alt=\"image3.jpeg\"><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image4-17.jpeg\" alt=\"image4.jpeg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/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 \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2013, I asked Augie Garrido to speak at \u201cStanford Entrepreneur Week\u201d February 2 &#8211; Feb 28, 2013. It was UT at Stanford men\u2019s baseball. Feb 26, 2013, Stanford cancelled #StanfordEweek and a different department on campus sent me a C&amp;D letter The battles were so fierce because the steaks were so low &nbsp;&nbsp; #PRPRPI&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editing-a-startup-business","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27121","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=27121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27139,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27121\/revisions\/27139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}