{"id":3337,"date":"2015-01-01T13:37:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T17:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3337"},"modified":"2015-01-15T02:55:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T06:55:52","slug":"photo-blog-recap-and-summary-of-a-list-nye-party-and-entrepreneurship-themes-of-silicon-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/photo-blog-recap-and-summary-of-a-list-nye-party-and-entrepreneurship-themes-of-silicon-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Blog Recap and Summary of A-list NYE Party and Entrepreneurship Themes of Silicon Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s 5th book, WTDTYASBS, launched at a Harvard Law School keynote, so he knows about grand openings (He even attends and promotes the ones he isn&#8217;t invited to also). As CEO of Duck9, he leads an army to help college student <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101secrets.com\/general-population-credit-knowledge.htm\" target=\"_blank\">consumers get a FICO<\/a> over 770. Post H.L.S. 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>&#8221; (his latest post: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/entrepreneurship\/setting-an-intention-for-your-sxsw-practice-at-yoga-journal-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\">Setting an intention for SXSWi<\/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 \/>\nI go where the hawt girls text me to go. Here, I am sitting front row at NY Fashion Week. Tory Burch&#8217;s launch is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Silicon Valley loves two things: Entrepreneurship and parties.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This blog is meant to expose you to understand how stuff really works, how it&#8217;s going to turn out and what to pay attention to if you&#8217;d like to be rich as an engineering student executing entrepreneurship (with a high FICO \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Both partying and entrepreneurship were in force at Steve Chen&#8217;s Alist extravaganza. The party took place on 45,000 square feet of space with 7,000+ party goers.<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"2E8D753A-9C92-47F0-8E94-D0973F4EDD47\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>12th floor of the main building opposite of the Westin St Francis towers. Pictured is Liz, Alison Fishman and me<\/div>\n<div>(Photo credit Larry Chiang \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/986423068\/image_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Unofficial Austin (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unofficialatx\">@UnofficialATX<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unofficialatx\/status\/550603907387240448\">1\/1\/15, 2:46 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Happy New Years!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#WestinNYE\">#WestinNYE<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@WestinStFr\">@WestinStFr<\/a>\u00a0&#8216;Westin NYE&#8217; just so fun!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VLCYEbfabh\">facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\" 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\/550694307007459328\">1\/1\/15, 8:45 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The Alist party at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#WestinNYE\">#WestinNYE<\/a>\u00a0was a great opportunity for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#SelfieNoSelf\">#SelfieNoSelf<\/a>\u00a0pics\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qeCnLEU5ih\">pic.twitter.com\/qeCnLEU5ih<\/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);\">Selfie no-self parallels a deep entrepreneur concept called &#8216;non employee co-founder&#8217;. Just like how I took this selfie&#8230;,<\/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><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"CD182468-CABC-4BD5-8993-AC922F081C6B\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/image1.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><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><\/div>\n<div>I cropped myself but my residual energy, genius and positive energy pores in. The siddle helps the photo subject matter climax and crescendo in energy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The application to entrepreneurship is direct. My super large brain filled with my mentors recipes. Signature business recipes and maneuvers help founders build equity and self fund. Thus, I act as the non employee co-founder. You literally crop me out<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But you get wood like this tree because my mentor&#8217;s business recipes just work so darn well<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"443EFB54-1CC0-46A8-8543-BB69D4C1BB79\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/image.png\" alt=\"image.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Selfie no self with my community college&#8217;s mascot. It&#8217;s a Christmas tree because I rain the gift of my mentors recipes daily like St Nick.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you&#8217;re foreign and your parents families&#8217; ancestors were raped and killed by neighboring countries, factions, and exiled warlords, St Nick is Santa Claus. He loves American kids. He uses my Duck9 (credit risk and credit policy) algorithm to tell if college students are naughty or nice. Santa = cool. Think of me as your santa. While I cannot un-rape the asian people Japan plundered, I can dole out some great advice on startups SO YOU CAN BUY GIFTS FOR YOUR SELF<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"2595E1E4-2717-45BA-BDF1-3782502186B5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/image2.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/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><\/div>\n<\/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\" 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\/550559718402306048\">12\/31\/14, 11:50 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#WestinNYE\">#WestinNYE<\/a>!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AKgT5CjTXK\">facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid\u2026<\/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);\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"3E3FDF84-0D95-4443-A10E-C91B87AC878F\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/image3.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<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\" 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\/550549539577270274\">12\/31\/14, 11:10 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>9 new photos to the album &#8216;Westin NYE&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#westinNYE\">#westinNYE<\/a>!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c7Ahs5ZvUj\">facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid\u2026<\/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);\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"548A4E92-3DFB-4E21-B44D-A56C494B11DB\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/image4.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Some thanksgiving 2015 advice!<\/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\/550330507943108608\">12\/31\/14, 8:39 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#westinNYE\">#westinNYE<\/a><br \/>\n888-625-4990<br \/>\nBook a Westin room<br \/>\nAlmost sold out !<\/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);\">Who are welcome!?<\/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);\">All.\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);\">My community&#8217;s college plays a football game in a large bowl. Literally a $1,000,000,000 building in the shape of a bowl. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Levi&#8217;s Stadium&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"546741EE-0EE9-46F6-8053-FABF4DAC4B1D\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/image5.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>I welcomed the school that visited: &#8220;University of Maryland&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>\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\/550330338036043778\">12\/31\/14, 8:39 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Good game kids.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#StanfordVsMaryland\">#StanfordVsMaryland<\/a><br \/>\nTonight, I&#8217;m at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@WestinStFr\">@WestinStFr<\/a> 2-2:14 for autographs Jk, come say hi <a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#westinNYE\">#westinNYE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just me that helped University of Maryland, Steve Blank did too <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank710b\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank710b<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>And<\/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:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank710c\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank710c<\/a><\/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>Download Steve Blanks seminal blog post on failing to use &#8220;self funding&#8221;, failing to use &#8216;non employee co-founder&#8217; \u00a0 It&#8217;s on avoiding failure<\/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:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank710\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank710<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>move\u00a0yourself to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve by meeting me at a party. Talk to me using a hive mind so you&#8217;re prepared. How to hive mind my big entrepreneur brain!?<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/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);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512v's\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512v&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0s a bit ly I memorized that links to<\/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);\">Similar system to<\/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);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank710\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank710<\/a><\/span><\/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);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank711\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank711<\/a><\/span><\/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);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank712\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank712<\/a><\/span><\/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);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank713\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/sblank713<\/a><\/span><\/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);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/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);\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);\">All Steven Blank posts on not going BK<\/span><\/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>If you can&#8217;t wait to meet me, email me<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>First name at<\/div>\n<div>Startup:\u00a0<span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); 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