{"id":2944,"date":"2014-10-21T13:32:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T17:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=2944"},"modified":"2016-10-15T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T15:43:11","slug":"do-asians-do-things-that-dont-scale-but-have-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/do-asians-do-things-that-dont-scale-but-have-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Asian Founders Do Things That Don&#8217;t Scale? (but have momentum!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s five pop up internships are a sequel to &#8220;How to Get Three Legendary Internships in a Row&#8221;. As CEO of Duck9, he encourages college student <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101secrets.com\/general-population-credit-knowledge.htm\" target=\"_blank\">founders at Stanford to get a FICO<\/a> over 740 so we can all self-fund. After a Harvard Law School keynote, Harvard Business wrote: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harbus.org\/2009\/What-They-Dont-Teach-4531\/\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don\u2019t Teach You at Stanford Business School<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 155px;\" width=\"156\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLF8p6dOYbVkwnyIOreOUGkPivgl0ldTJh?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"260\" height=\"183\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\nPaid internships sometimes pay millions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the old days, we Asians could pick if we wanted to be good at math or chem. Now, we gotta play a sport and learn how to sell. It&#8217;s tough being an Asian founder at a Top 1B college like Stanford University, because we have to:<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Ace the SATs<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; pledge a house like Kappa Sig<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; play a varsity, revenue sport. Get recruited.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; study engineering<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Study CS in Noyes that&#8217;s taught by a TA that doesn&#8217;t speak English<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; sell advertising for the Daily Illini or Stanford Daily. (Or both, like #LarryChiang)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In short, you Asian friends of my friend &#8220;Chris&#8221; (who btw is SMART!)<\/div>\n<div><span 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);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OFGY7v9C4G0&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OFGY7v9C4G0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span 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);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span 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);\">You Asian kids born in 2000 and 2001, do a sequel Lemonade Stand Business&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><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);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eudADPfTWiE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><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);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><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);\">&#8230;by selling power cords after 600 jumpers at Paly or 600 grounders w Kody #TeamKody<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"A9C77269-095D-400E-8E4E-6A787E4D8CB3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/image11.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><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);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Basically, I am preparing you to be funded by Sequoia and the Y-combinator by teaching you the CS signature business subroutine: #dttdsBHM<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/361307546\/larry-chiang9-duck9-business-card_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>CEO of Duck9, Larry (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6502838008\">@6502838008<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6502838008\/status\/524426808742395904\">10\/20\/14, 10:07 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>&#8216;do things that don&#8217;t scale (but have momentum)&#8217; is NOW A FACEBOOK PHOTO ALBUM <a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#dttdsBHM\">#dttdsBHM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#CS183B\">#CS183B<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>KNOW WHO RAY DALIO IS? <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/rdalio710\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/rdalio710<\/a> was inspired by this<\/p>\n<\/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=WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I am seriously Asian<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"9BE420D0-A56B-49E8-8179-E56112451D0A\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/image12.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Larry Chiang sits behind &#8220;Steve Strausberger&#8221; and peeks around him standing.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s five pop up internships are a sequel to &#8220;How to Get Three Legendary Internships in a Row&#8221;. 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