{"id":3280,"date":"2014-12-17T14:08:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T18:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3280"},"modified":"2015-01-08T20:01:30","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T00:01:30","slug":"excavating-the-reasons-why-the-139-96-braun-power-cord-sells-at-exorbitant-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/excavating-the-reasons-why-the-139-96-braun-power-cord-sells-at-exorbitant-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Excavating the Reasons Why the 139.96 Braun Power Cord Sells at Exorbitant Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang helps sorority girls <a href=\"https:\/\/duck9.com\/ass\" target=\"_blank\">to get a FICO<\/a> up over 750. Duck9 was birthed as an undergrad. He started Duck9 as a sequel business with his co-founder. It&#8217;s Deep Underground Credit Knowledge 9. 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;. He self studied an MBA and self funded his college startup<\/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 \/>\nNY Fashion Week is Feb 8 -15!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>By LARRY CHIANG<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I curated my way to be the &#8220;third institution of Silicon Valley&#8221;. This blog posts gets you into entrepreneur insights late and will leave you with more questions than answers.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This. Is. The. Way. To. Blog. At. The. Highest. Levels.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you&#8217;d like a post written at the 8th grade level, see my VentureBeat, GigaOm, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Business Week, CNN pieces. THIS post is meant to be uploaded into the cerebral cortex of a SOPH or junior in CS. If you&#8217;re to old or too dumb, you will hate this.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And hate me :-))<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This counterintuitive, difficult-to-swallow truth: &#8220;Alpha males pay for THE entertaining and THE useful&#8221;. If you have studied &#8220;PUA&#8221; or NLP, this is PUA (but to charm older male CEO executives)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Truth: Most startups fail because they&#8217;re crossing the chasm from the left. Geoffrey Moore wrote of this four books ago: &#8220;Chasm&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The exercise of selling (err Arbitraging) Braun power cords is a pop up internship. Self study. Self executing. It takes seven hours (total). Self study pop up internship 1: Braun power cord arbitrage. Self execute as per<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e4y9Nj2HXG\" 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); \">bit.ly\/mcuban710a<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/mcuban710b\">bit.ly\/mcuban710b<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>[Yup, this is a sequel blog post to https:\/\/<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:\/\/bit.ly\/mcuban710\">bit.ly\/mcuban710<\/a> where Mr Mark Cuban recommends the practice of selling shoelaces. Selling power cords goes right before. You won&#8217;t have to talk. You can practice selling without talking. You as CS majors can practice without talking]<\/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><\/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);\">Then sell via talking (I engineered 6 internships where you practice SELLING without having to talk:-)<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\/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\/545265765771784192\">12\/17\/14, 9:14 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Why do people pay $139.96 for an old <a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#Braun\">#Braun<\/a> power cord!?! <a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#EUBM\">#EUBM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e4y9Nj2HXG\"><span>bit.ly\/mcuban710a<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rohY2lhN0B\"><span>pic.twitter.com\/rohY2lhN0B<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>LESSON: Engineer Up a Business Model. The idea is to build confidence. The idea is to make real $$$ selling the 7030458 for 109.oo &#8211; $139.95 (thus therefore, you undercut me in the market).&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>LESSON: This pop up internship #1, activates the ENGR 145\/ Engr 245 textbook &#8220;BUSINESS MODEL GENERATION&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here is what was texted to me when I, LARRY CHIANG, asked &#8220;Why did you pay me $139.96 via PayPal!?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No, I have had that braun shaver for a few years. The metal piece on the end of the power cord broke off, after super gluing it many times it eventually didn&#8217;t send a charge to the shaver. I was reluctant to pay the price you were asking for the charger and ended up buying a new panasonic shaver for about $230. I have been using it for about 4 months, but it doesn&#8217;t shave as well as the old braun. So, I bit the bullet and forked over the money you were asking for the charger, reluctantly.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>LARRY CHIANG: You and many many others.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Another customer that I sold to said this RIGHT IN THEIR PAYPAL RECEIPT<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image9.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" id=\"265B9D8F-2DD8-4F22-9E88-5AF218E8E618\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The edits are mine. This is the original<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image3.png\" alt=\"image.png\" id=\"65004534-2A9A-46FF-B58D-7CFE5AF5D3DF\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>ENGR 145 is technology entrepreneurship. As a Stanford class, it explored the cutting edge of startup education. My curation of the #ENGR145 hashtag activates the knowledge inside that curriculum.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I mean why take an entrepreneurship class if you can&#8217;t apply what you learned to make real cash money??&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>&#8212; Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Oh, I also curate the #CS183b feed. It is also a class on entrepreneurship inside the engineering school called &#8220;How to Start a Startup&#8221;. Yup&#8230;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The best of the best in Entrepreneurship education is at the engineering school at Stanford University&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>&#8212; Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My two anchor videos move&nbsp;you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve&nbsp;<\/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='425' 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); \">These are as self-evident as Euclidean geometry you aced as a Freshman in high school. They call it &#8220;Crossing the Chasm from the RIGHT&#8221;. HBS called it the &#8220;Fifth Epiphany&#8221;*<\/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='425' 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 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); \">*i wrote it at &#8220;The Harbus&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n5jB310egEI&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n5jB310egEI&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div 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:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512v\" >https:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512v<\/a><\/a>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div 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); \">Is a bit ly I memorized that links to<\/div>\n<div 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); \"><\/div>\n<div 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 width='425' 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>\n<div 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); \"><\/div>\n<div 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); \">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512w\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512w\" >https:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512w<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Is a bit ly I memorized that links TO<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div 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); \">\n<div style=\"font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n5jB310egEI&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n5jB310egEI&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang helps sorority girls to get a FICO up over 750. Duck9 was birthed as an undergrad. He started Duck9 as a sequel business with his co-founder. It&#8217;s Deep Underground Credit Knowledge 9. After a Harvard Law School keynote, Harvard Business wrote: \u201cWhat They Don\u2019t Teach You at Stanford Business School&#8220;. 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