{"id":2822,"date":"2014-10-11T21:12:51","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T01:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=2822"},"modified":"2014-10-13T02:14:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T06:14:20","slug":"y-combinators-startup-schools-under-promotes-success-via-side-projects-aka-moonlighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/y-combinators-startup-schools-under-promotes-success-via-side-projects-aka-moonlighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Y-combinator&#8217;s Startup School&#8217;s Under-Promotes Success via Side Projects aka Moonlighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>CEO Explains FICO 750 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dttdsBHM?src=hash\">#dttdsBHM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hqS4wl4nDh\">https:\/\/t.co\/hqS4wl4nDh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/status\/521480389479518208\">October 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"-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); \">By Larry Chiang&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"-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); \"><\/div>\n<div style=\"-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); \">I Motivationally Listen(no TM.) from the front sitting &#8220;First Chair Entrepreneurship&#8221;(no TM). CS 183B, Startup School and De Anza Community College do not stress &#8220;side projects&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"-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); \"><\/div>\n<div style=\"-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); \">Here is why you should do what I taught at MIT, &#8220;Engineering Entrepreneurship Education for Engineers who may never be founders (unless the situation is perfect)&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"-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); \"><\/div>\n<div style=\"-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); \">\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px; \">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/480495160\/sus6_normal.gif\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px; \"><\/td>\n<td><b>Startup School (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/startupschool\">@startupschool<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/startupschool\/status\/521085983790346241\">10\/11\/14, 4:52 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Groupon started as a side project while&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@andrewmason\">@andrewmason<\/a>&nbsp;was working on The Point &amp; became the fastest growing company in history&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#startupschool\">#startupschool<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Pay attention to&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"-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); \"><\/div>\n<table style=\"-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); border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px; \">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1555582597\/BessHo_Speaker_normal.JPG\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px; \"><\/td>\n<td><b>Bess Ho (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bess\">@Bess<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bess\/status\/389270104749268992\">10\/12\/13, 11:03 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>I met&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@jack\">@jack<\/a>&nbsp;when he was attending his first Startup School&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@Stanford\">@Stanford<\/a>&nbsp;Twitter was still side project. I get my first twitter acct after that<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><br style=\"-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); \"><span style=\"-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);\">My friend Poornima has a book.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-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);\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"-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); border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px; \">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3411684931\/bd26194fa93733b624ec22966dbdb9d9_normal.jpeg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px; \"><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/521089043925180417\">10\/11\/14, 5:04 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;side project&#8221; is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#Chap2\">#Chap2<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@femgineer\">@femgineer<\/a>&#8216;s book.<br \/>DJ ing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#StartUpSchool\">#StartUpSchool<\/a>&nbsp;w Duke U.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YwdT4Z6259\">pic.twitter.com\/YwdT4Z6259<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><br style=\"-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); \"><span style=\"-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);\">Mark Cuban loves it too!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-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);\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"-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); border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px; \">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/378800000770696232\/60407342cf838d4778eade6dfbea6e6f_normal.png\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px; \"><\/td>\n<td><b>The BBJ Newsroom (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bostonbiznews\">@BostonBizNews<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bostonbiznews\/status\/378122862047264768\">9\/12\/13, 4:48 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Mark Cuban backs Harvard Business School startup HourlyNerd&#8217;s MBA moonlighting service for small business&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oLhX5lgkxj\">bizjournals.com\/boston\/blog\/st\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><br style=\"-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=\"-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);\">The author of Purple Cow, Seth Godin was featured in this VERY pertinent tweet:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-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);\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border:1px solid black;padding:8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3376159746\/02dd32b05b70089d743f9513f29a5afa_normal.jpeg\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;padding-right:8px;\"><\/td>\n<td><b>AreWeCrazy,OrWhat? (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arewecrazyowhat\">@AreWeCrazyOWhat<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arewecrazyowhat\/status\/445348939756490752\">3\/16\/14, 5:00 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Entrepreneurship As A Prepper Skill <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sULRPYhe6d\"><span>buff.ly\/1gu9axr<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#moonlighting\">#moonlighting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#extraincome\">#extraincome<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n<div>Get curious about practicing entrepreneurship by seeing the hashtag #ENGR145&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The hashtag is free and&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 17px; -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); \">links to<\/span><\/div>\n<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); \"><\/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); \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed width='560' 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 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); \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed width='560' 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><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEO Explains FICO 750 #dttdsBHM https:\/\/t.co\/hqS4wl4nDh &mdash; Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) October 13, 2014 By Larry Chiang&nbsp; I Motivationally Listen(no TM.) from the front sitting &#8220;First Chair Entrepreneurship&#8221;(no TM). 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