{"id":3736,"date":"2015-02-27T12:58:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T16:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3736"},"modified":"2015-02-27T15:09:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T19:09:28","slug":"best-entrepreneurship-question-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/best-entrepreneurship-question-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Entrepreneurship Question of the Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s book, What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School, has an entire chapter devoted to &#8220;Character Compassing&#8221;. As CEO of Duck9, he helps institutions make credit receivables less risky and plays the other side to by getting college <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101secrets.com\/general-population-credit-knowledge.htm\" target=\"_blank\">consumers get a FICO<\/a> over 750. Post Harvard Law School 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>&#8220;. This post is about, &#8220;How to tell if the startup you&#8217;re joining is going to make you salary and stock rich&#8221;.<\/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>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ian from Palo Alto&#8217;s community&#8217;s college asked a question so good, I tweeted it:<\/div>\n<div><\/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\/571002035400626176\">2\/26\/15, 9:41 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>How do I pick a startup to join that be the next X??<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>We were networking with a VC that was employee #250-500, so it was pretty special. Google employee #250-500 said: &#8220;Find smart people&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Period.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>News flash, Palo Alto +\/- 50 miles is packed with uber smart people. Lol, finding people with sub 150 IQs are actually &#8220;the anomaly&#8221;. Anyway, let&#8217;s break down &#8220;HOW TO JOIN A STARTUP THAT WILL BE THE NEXT UBER?&#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\/571005623699001344\">2\/26\/15, 9:55 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>As an engineer, you&#8217;re like a VC bc you&#8217;re &#8216;funding&#8217; a startup with code. Often, way more valuable than capital<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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\/571003383621877760\">2\/26\/15, 9:46 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>23 Things to Look For.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Get all 23 magical tips via the official Twitter app <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/download?ref_src=MailTweet-iOS\">here<\/a>. It&#8217;s on the\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\">LarryChiang<\/a>\u00a0timeline BEGINNING\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/571003383621877760\">2\/26\/15, 9:46 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"5BA42532-7BC4-4FB6-9CB4-A72CF1489DC5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/image46.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>I dispense wisdom like it&#8217;s an Easter egg hunt at Evvia on Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Note: Ryan Graves found Travis and Garrett, co-founders of Uber, by networking. Networking is &#8220;deal flow&#8221; for CS majors. By deals, I mean &#8216;potential unicorns&#8217;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"7D2AFC10-D7CC-4775-9DCA-C01C6092E927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/image47.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Lisa Falzone, unicorn. (that is me on the left, taking notes of what ceo of Revel Systems, Lisa Falzone said at the GSB, Stanford, Feb 5, 2015.)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>23 team characteristics in finding the next Uber Unicorn is what I call &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/r2d2vc\" target=\"_blank\">#R2D2 VC<\/a>&#8221; on the\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\">LarryChiang<\/a>\u00a0timeline BEGINNING\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/571003383621877760\">2\/26\/15, 9:46 AM<\/a>. Look for the word &#8220;Team.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s book, What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School, has an entire chapter devoted to &#8220;Character Compassing&#8221;. 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