{"id":3377,"date":"2015-01-06T13:58:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T17:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2015-01-06T14:06:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T18:06:53","slug":"urban-legends-should-not-be-your-mentor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/urban-legends-should-not-be-your-mentor\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Legends Should Not Be Your Mentor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"image.jpeg\"By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n
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Mentorship is fascinating. I get to go to pro games just because I count mentor mentions per press interview! It’s curated under #MMPPI. <\/div>\n
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MMPPI is Mentor Mentions Per Press Interview. <\/div>\n
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The underbelly of mentorship is a concept of “default mentorship”. It’s when we casually hear of something and then accidentally remember it. We don’t necessarily trust the source. Heck, often we do not even remember who whispered the gossip. <\/div>\n
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This is an example of “default mentorship”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1\/5\/15, 7:37 AM<\/a><\/div>\n
Get default mentored by “urban legends” quora.com\/What-are-the-s\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

“Default mentors in the credit industry have little or no awareness of FCRA.”<\/span><\/div>\n


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–Larry Chiang <\/span><\/div>\n
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Knowledge activating “Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)” has benefits in entrepreneurship

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<\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1\/6\/15, 9:02 AM<\/a><\/div>\n
Controlling credit is controlling 200x the M1 money supply #PRPRPI<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LdppgrK5De<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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<\/td>\nCEO of Duck9, Larry (@6502838008<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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12\/30\/14, 2:52 PM<\/a><\/div>\n
In America, you give alpha males and beta males your #, they say thank you<\/p>\n

In Europe and Asia they think my neighboring country is evil<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


Entrepreneurship curation is my hobby. <\/span><\/div>\n

FICO score preparation is my job. <\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/td>\nCEO of Duck9, Larry (@6502838008<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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12\/17\/14, 3:11 PM<\/a><\/div>\n
I will never escalate my “hobby” (I was mentored to never join the circus)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


Hobby:<\/span><\/div>\n


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<\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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12\/9\/14, 9:13 AM<\/a><\/div>\n
CS majors can advocate and promote Uber, Amex and Guardsmen in a way they cannot
#djAPI<\/a> 
#EUTWMPPM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


Distribute the <\/span>knowledge of “Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)” has benefits for your entrepreneurship PRACTICE<\/span><\/div>\n


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THE idea is to find an advantage, get a mentor (me) and take a small, small amount of action<\/span><\/div>\n

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\/1\/ get a stamp and tag me on fB <\/span>#POBox105281<\/a> <\/span>pic.twitter.com\/cnfeJkPYQM<\/a><\/div>\n
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\/2\/<\/div>\n

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<\/td>\nCEO of Duck9, Larry (@6502838008<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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12\/11\/14, 8:35 AM<\/a><\/div>\n
Yup, @LarryChiang<\/a> got his CS majors doing FICO preparation.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


SERIOUSLY, get a stamp and tag me on fB  (<\/span>#POBox105281<\/a> isnt on Instagram) <\/span>pic.twitter.com\/cnfeJkPYQM<\/a><\/div>\n

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\/3\/ default mentorship of FICO occurs at YC too. <\/div>\n

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<\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1\/5\/15, 8:14 AM<\/a><\/div>\n
It’ll take 29 days to 10 years for the PDF “#POBox105281<\/a>” to take root and get knowledge propagated within YC pic.twitter.com\/73HsBrlzvk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\/4\/ Default mentorship is in contrast with three other categories of mentorship. <\/div>\n

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– Superstar mentor<\/div>\n
– Cohort mentor<\/div>\n
– Junior mentor<\/div>\n
My credit mentor is Gerri Detweiler is a superstar. <\/span><\/div>\n

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