{"id":3365,"date":"2015-01-04T10:40:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T14:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3365"},"modified":"2015-07-08T23:26:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T03:26:17","slug":"the-real-hero-of-silicon-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/the-real-hero-of-silicon-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Hero of Silicon Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Larry Chiang’s Jedi business tricks, side doored him to the very top of the “New York Times Best Seller” list. The ‘tricks’ included “reverse shoplifting” into Whole Foods’ Columbus Circle location, premiering a year and a half before<\/a>, grand opening at NY fashion week runway on “09-09-09” and finally launching, “What They Don’t Teach You At Stanford Business School”<\/a>. By debuting the book at Sundance<\/a> and SXSW film festivals nine months and six months before 09-09-09, respectively, Hollywood optioning “WTDTYASBS”<\/a> seems almost normal. People forgive the audacity because boastfulness is coupled with “Mentor mentions per press interview” (#MMPPI) His mentors, Gerri Detweiler and Mark McCormack (yes, Gerri Detweiler of “Ultimate Credit Handbook<\/a>” fame and Mark McCormack of, \u201cWhat They Don\u2019t Teach You at Harvard Business School<\/a>” fame) are promoted at nearly every media interview. Play and practice entrepreneurship with Larry’s ideas about leveraging the energy of an RSS feed. Yes, a long forgotten technology tool like a hashtag, #CS178<\/a> or\/and a light sabre.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n