{"id":3425,"date":"2015-01-14T13:46:21","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T17:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2015-03-10T18:52:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T22:52:22","slug":"why-do-you-not-do-things-that-dont-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/why-do-you-not-do-things-that-dont-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do You Not &#8220;Do Things That Dont Scale&#8221;?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s 5th book, What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School, launched after a Harvard Law School keynote on the New York Fashion Week runway 09-09-2009. He knows how to sniff out grand openings and crashed them with his dog Baxter. As CEO of Duck9, he spearheads to effort to get college <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101secrets.com\/general-population-credit-knowledge.htm\" target=\"_blank\">consumers get a FICO<\/a> over 750. 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 was done #shirtless as a yogi who &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/entrepreneurship\/setting-an-intention-for-your-sxsw-practice-at-yoga-journal-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sets an intention for SXSW<\/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 \/>\nNY Fashion Week has supermodels getting a high FICO credit score because I supermodel on-the-side<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\" 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); font-size: medium;\">\n<div>\n<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\/554153410656628738\">1\/10\/15, 9:50 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>How are you with &#8216;uncertainty&#8217;?<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I examine with morbid curiosity WHY FOUNDERS DON&#8217;T EXECUTE. I don&#8217;t rubberneck accidents on the 88, 80 or 280. Fender benders bore me. Startup postmortems fascinate me&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At the heart of why founders do not execute is &#8220;uncertainty&#8221;. Entrepreneurs sidestep what their VC mentors tell them.<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"DAB86B60-537B-42C6-8DA3-AF57074EE8B8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/image6.png\" alt=\"image.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Paul Graham, investor, implores &#8220;do things that don&#8217;t scale (BUT HAVE MOMENTUM\u00a0<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);\">d.t.t.d.s.B.H.M.<\/span>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/pgraham711\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/pgraham711<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Meme proportions will not be reached for the coolest of hash<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div 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);\">Have you ever practiced how to execute in circumstances that weren&#8217;t 100% certain?<\/div>\n<div 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);\"><\/div>\n<div 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);\">Uncertainty is made less uncertain if you as a CS major execute 6 &#8220;pop up internships&#8221;. They&#8217;re self-guided. Self-study. Each Pop Up Internship is 7 hours from beginning to end.<\/div>\n<div 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);\"><\/div>\n<div 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\" id=\"F0D65F03-0074-42CF-9B51-3DF792C813A9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/image40.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div 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);\">Me and my Olivia who works at CNN too!<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at the Tory Burch American Express party. iPhone of Larry Chiang (no rights reserved, No attribution required)<\/p><\/div>\n<div 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);\"><\/div>\n<div 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);\">I hope you&#8217;re good at googling Pop Up Internship #2 &#8212; It&#8217;s fun!! It&#8217;s &#8220;work an industry trade show&#8221;<\/div>\n<div 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);\"><\/div>\n<div 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);\">This pic is me and Olivia at an industry trade show called &#8220;New York Fashion Week&#8221;. Steve Blank mentors is to &#8220;attend trade shows like they matter&#8221;. Professor blank recommended &#8220;Moscone&#8221;. I recommend Lincoln Center.<\/div>\n<div 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);\"><\/div>\n<div 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);\">I also recommend &#8220;Yoga Journal Live&#8221;<\/div>\n<div 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);\"><\/div>\n<div 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);\">Question: Im afraid.<\/div>\n<div 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);\">Larry Chiang answer: just tweet: #dttdsBHM<\/div>\n<div 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);\"><\/div>\n<div 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);\">Q: I don&#8217;t have a twitter and don&#8217;t know how to start. Eek, I&#8217;m 20 years old<\/div>\n<div 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);\">Larry Chiang answer: networking with old people is important. If its important to you, then google &#8220;#LTMVTA&#8221;<\/div>\n<div 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);\"><\/div>\n<div 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);\">Q: Is the SuperBowl a good place to launch your startup?<\/div>\n<div 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);\">Larry Chiang answer: Yes! Thank you for reading my blog<\/div>\n<div 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);\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"87F359D8-69DE-4892-9F42-CC48E33CBBA8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/image41.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The SuperBowl of fashion is &#8220;New York Fashion Week&#8221; is Feb 12-19, 2015. Come!!!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s 5th book, What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School, launched after a Harvard Law School keynote on the New York Fashion Week runway 09-09-2009. He knows how to sniff out grand openings and crashed them with his dog Baxter. 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