{"id":3204,"date":"2014-11-30T14:02:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T18:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2014-12-07T05:44:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T09:44:24","slug":"hustling-practicing-and-working-your-founder-muscles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/hustling-practicing-and-working-your-founder-muscles\/","title":{"rendered":"Hustling, Practicing and Working Your Founder Muscles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s session at Rookie Camp was called &#8220;How to Graduate the NFL with a FICO Over 805&#8221;. As CEO of Duck9, he encourages college student athletes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/entrepreneurship\/beat-the-fico\/\" target=\"_blank\">at Stanford and the NFL to get a FICO<\/a> over 810. 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;. Chiang&#8217;s mentor started IMG. Do they rep you?!<\/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><\/div>\n<div>Was floored by the United Airlines airing of the Nic Harcourt&#8217;s, One Republic interview of Ryan Tedder!!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The interview was amazing and airs next week on Dish Network. Anyway, the development of Ryan Tedder was incredibly insightful.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Insight #1: building a base of support<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ryan Tedder said, &#8220;Ideally, you get to a point where you get a few hits where you don&#8217;t care if new songs are a hit. Your fan base supports you&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This advice DJ&#8217;s (pun intended) with George Clooney&#8217;s advice on fame from his Aunt Rosemary. You start to do well because you don&#8217;t care.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I equate this concept that we young people can apply called &#8220;treasure management&#8221;. It&#8217;s where you have enough that you do not stress about future work. Therefore, your future work improves.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-2- The concept of 10,000 hours is insightful.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\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\/539095272383447040\">11\/30\/14, 8:35 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>For songwriting, as in entrepreneurship, you&#8217;re gonna need 10k hours.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#Oklahoma\">#Oklahoma<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#Incubator\">#Incubator<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZexnmnTRgm\">youtube.com\/watch?v=I_vKqg\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, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">Here\u00a0<\/span><a 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);\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZexnmnTRgm\">youtube.com\/watch?v=I_vKqg\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-3- insightful was Ryan Tedder&#8217;s concept of low risk, no risk PRACTICE<br \/>\n<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\/539099762461380608\">11\/30\/14, 8:52 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Ryan Tedder&#8217;s inflection point as per Nic Harvourt interview (and first public performance)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xhm0zUFHlV\">youtube.com\/watch?v=KFCFZz\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);\">Larry CHIANG says practice entrepreneurship via 5 pop up internships. Google it if you&#8217;re a cs major.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/iPhone-Aug-2007-to-Sept-2009-2231.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/iPhone-Aug-2007-to-Sept-2009-2231-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"R2D2 and Larry Chiang\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/iPhone-Aug-2007-to-Sept-2009-2231-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/iPhone-Aug-2007-to-Sept-2009-2231-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/iPhone-Aug-2007-to-Sept-2009-2231.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a> R2D2 and Larry Chiang\n<p><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 \/>\nLarry Chiang&#8217;s hero is R2D2 because R2D2 regurgitates and executes<br \/>\n<\/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);\">-4- Ryan Tedder was an unconscious competent in the signature promotion recipe called #EUTWMPPM.\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);\">Mr Harcourt unearthed the secret of how OneRepublic&#8217;s Ryan Tedder self promoted. It wasn&#8217;t just loading up &#8220;Apologize&#8221; on MySpace. It wasn&#8217;t just doing showcases. It was pre-rolling and pre promoting live events. It was Gua Gua Guacamole recipe #11. It was EUTWMPPM\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);\">It was and is about DISTRIBUTION. Which leads to my next point&#8230;<\/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);\">-5- Being dropped from Columbia and teased by two others before.\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);\">Labels are just like VCs\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);\">They pass on hits and future stars all the time. Ryan Tedder spoke of losing heart when he faced rejection. And then &#8220;failing forward&#8221;. Failing forward is a chapter in my mentor&#8217;s, Mark McCormack&#8217;s &#8220;What They Dont Teach You at Harvard Business School&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Like a musician who isn&#8217;t getting recognition, I uploaded my brand of entrepreneurship knowledge here<\/p>\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);\">And here<\/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>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"B2F57FB9-423B-487B-B660-817604951989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/image30.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s session at Rookie Camp was called &#8220;How to Graduate the NFL with a FICO Over 805&#8221;. 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