{"id":3115,"date":"2014-11-19T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3115"},"modified":"2014-11-19T17:48:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T21:48:59","slug":"best-cs-springboard-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/best-cs-springboard-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Best CS Major Springboard Skill is Hosting Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s encourages college student <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101secrets.com\/general-population-credit-knowledge.htm\" target=\"_blank\">entrepreneurs to get a FICO<\/a> up over 755, so we can all self-fund. Self-funding is when you keep 100% of the equity. Later, we can get VC but venture capitalists want to see how we manage our FICO before we get their money. 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\/QXIaNZi3mHQ?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 \/>\nAt NY Fashion Week, models brushed up against me all-the-time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<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);\">By Larry Chiang\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);\">\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);\">Hosting helps CS majors.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is what they don&#8217;t teach you at the Larry Chiang school of Computer Science at the University of Illinois (jk). Seriously, they teach hosting tech parties @Stanford ( and even tech conferences at Stanford Arrillaga Alumni Center!!! It was the undergrad org SSE Labs)<\/div>\n<div><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);\" \/><\/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\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3411684931\/bd26194fa93733b624ec22966dbdb9d9_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/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\/535105553391816705\">11\/19\/14, 8:21 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>One of the best springboards for your CS career to get past that pesky 155k\/$160 mark&#8230;, is to host.<\/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, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">Do you think hosting is weird or super hard or wayyyy too time consuming??<\/span><\/p>\n<\/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);\">\u00a0<\/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);\">Well I used to be an undergrad. Lol, I wasn&#8217;t always a 32 man-child. Anyway, I used to be an engineering undergrad that thought\u00a0<\/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);\">\u00a0<\/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);\">&#8211; hosting might lead to social embarrassment.\u00a0<\/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);\">&#8211; having a party might be stressful<\/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);\">&#8211; VIPs would never want to come<\/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);\">&#8211; whatevs you&#8217;re thinking bc I&#8217;m too &#8220;over my fears&#8221; to remember my old fears.<\/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);\">\u00a0<\/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);\">Who am I?!<\/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);\">\u00a0<\/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);\">I&#8217;m the guy who taught engineers how to sell using five &#8220;pop up internship&#8221;, internships and teach sales distribution so your startup gets traction. Google: pop up internship<\/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 \/>\n<\/span><\/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\/3411684931\/bd26194fa93733b624ec22966dbdb9d9_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/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\/535105512111493120\">11\/19\/14, 8:21 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>One of the best = HOST. Cuz u hate networking. They hate networking. All y&#8217;all hate networking<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>-1- Google &#8220;less than minimum viable party&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I boiled it down as a subroutine. A signature BUSINESS subroutine called &#8220;LTMVP&#8221;. It isn&#8217;t on StackOverflow GitHub, hackerNews, but it&#8217;s on the YC email. The subroutine is on twitter as a hashtag #LTMVP. And subsequently WORDPRESS.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\/2\/ I mean you copy-paste code. Y not copy paste THIS<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>An #LTMVP is 11 minutes. You attach\u00e9 it to a legit party. No alcohol. Just tap water. Maybe a gallon of Peets coffee. Maybe pizza slices.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>3\/ what if only 10 people come?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On the Internet for archive purposes, your 11 minute 10 person party that took you 9 minutes to copy paste has more remnant career value than a google 3 hour open bar party<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It&#8217;s another related subroutine #EUTWMPPM<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-4- The Unintended Positive Consequences.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Old people can&#8217;t #EUTWMPPM<\/div>\n<div>Old people can&#8217;t code Jave<\/div>\n<div>Heck, seasoned business execs can&#8217;t HTML 1, 5 or HTML5.5<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Result= Your party gets taken over<\/div>\n<div>Congrats on your first M&amp;A.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-5- All. Together. Now.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Good job google-ing #LTMVP and #EUTWMPPM. Lets apply it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For example, pick any tech conference. Lol, everyone says &#8220;TECHCRUNCH DISRUPT&#8221;. Ok, obnoxious. Lets 11, 10, 9 #TCdisrupt. Before TC disrupt is another satellite event techcrunch also hosts called Crunchies. I&#8217;d do the afterparty. Since they sold the afterparty. I would do the after, afterparty.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Location of LTMVP is always across the street. But since techcrunch is huge, you&#8217;re gonna need to put the after, afterparty at a Starwood property. Cost = zero bc Imma supermodel there. Text me<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(If you&#8217;re doing some normal show or conference like National Indoor Lighting Convention or Fine Foods festival, it&#8217;s at the Westin or Sheraton across the street from the Convention Center)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Then EUTWMPPM and pattern replicate what I do annually at SXSW<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>CRAVE MORE hashtags that will help you copy paste business subroutines?! I taught these at MIT as EIR<\/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 src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eudADPfTWiE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/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);\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"C69AF328-4CDE-42BB-9090-158E8A309463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/image21.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/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>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kara-swisher-twitter-pic.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kara-swisher-twitter-pic.jpeg\" alt=\"Kara Swisher Twitter profile pic\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kara-swisher-twitter-pic.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kara-swisher-twitter-pic-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kara-swisher-twitter-pic-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s encourages college student entrepreneurs to get a FICO up over 755, so we can all self-fund. 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