{"id":3368,"date":"2015-01-05T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3368"},"modified":"2015-01-05T13:06:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T17:06:45","slug":"federal-trade-commission-has-vc-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/federal-trade-commission-has-vc-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Trade Commission Has VC Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<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&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Venture Capital has secrets<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Before VCs invest their LPs money, they wanna see how you &#8216;bootstrap&#8217;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>VCs want to see how you self-fund. Like all investors, we want to invest in a company that parks our $10mm at WellsFargo\/ SVB \/ 1st Repub. And never touches it<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Bootstrapping is addressed in my #ENGR145 twitter feed.&nbsp;<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); \">Download the official Twitter app<\/span><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); \">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/download?ref_src=MailTweet-iOS\" 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); \">here<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The foundation of self funding&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Bringing in revenue<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Using OPM using your high FICO.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; leveraging the hashtag &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#POBox105281\" 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); \">#POBox105281<\/a>&#8220;<\/div>\n<div>[ I promote at zip code 94305 {(mecca = Stanford University&#8217;s athletics)}]<\/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\" 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\/540193261600534530\">12\/3\/14, 9:18 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The sum total of consumer knowledge about a detrimental FICO = &#8220;There&#8217;s &#8216;something&#8217;, but I don&#8217;t open or send US postal mail&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#POBox105281\">#POBox105281<\/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); \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/image15.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" id=\"15AAA81C-2E8D-41FA-9D02-10FDB01CAB18\"><\/div>\n<div><\/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\/986423068\/image_normal.jpg\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;padding-right:8px;\"><\/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\/497261562952839168\">8\/6\/14, 11:02 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>It&#8217;s this FTC form<br \/>U mail it!! <a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#PObox105281\">#PObox105281<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xMl7INt2eH\"><span>duck9.com\/Duck9-free-cre\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>If you&#8217;re an NFL alum, come to SXSW for my launch party <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/vc0313a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/vc0313a\" >https:\/\/bit.ly\/vc0313a<\/a><\/a><\/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><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); \">or to Scottsdale for my SuperBowl party Jan 29 @Westin Kierland<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang&nbsp; Venture Capital has secrets Before VCs invest their LPs money, they wanna see how you &#8216;bootstrap&#8217; VCs want to see how you self-fund. Like all investors, we want to invest in a company that parks our $10mm at WellsFargo\/ SVB \/ 1st Repub. 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