{"id":3775,"date":"2015-03-03T23:46:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T03:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2015-03-10T17:01:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T21:01:00","slug":"iq-vs-execution-and-flow-of-sequential-inflection-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/iq-vs-execution-and-flow-of-sequential-inflection-points\/","title":{"rendered":"IQ vs Execution and Flow of Sequential Inflection Points"},"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;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Teams of academically smart engineers attempting entrepreneurship enthrall me. It&#8217;s a hobby of mine to sit First Chair Entrepreneurship. Yes, front row of a class on starting up a startup. I pattern recognize it to be a room full of first round draft picks. All 1st round picks must compete against ferocious UDFAs (Undrafted Free Agents )<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>True story. There are more UDFAs in the Hall of Fame than there are first round picks.<\/p>\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\/569213240376295424\">2\/21\/15, 11:13 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>My low IQ is an asset bc I remember how difficult every step to multi-millionaire was<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#ENGR145\">#ENGR145<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>My pain is your gain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So because I internalized each greasy rung, I am in perfect position to see which academically smart teams of engineers will &#8220;get out of their own brain&#8221; and execute in the real world. Execution can be felt by your team&#8217;s competition via &#8220;inflection points&#8221;. If you&#8217;re a newbie to &#8220;Speak My Language&#8221;, an inflection point is a major external deliverable that your team accomplished.<\/p>\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\/572959348030234624\">3\/3\/15, 7:18 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#ENGR145\">#ENGR145<\/a>\u00a0vs ENGR 145. Similar to YC vs YC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qmn7ryf96h\">duck9.com\/blog\/uncategor\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>This article I wrote to help Stanford engineers identify and join a &#8220;unicorn&#8221; startup. Aileen Lee coined the phrase. Unicorn means a Billion dollar startup. Here is how to<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Be a Unicorn<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Join a unicorn<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Sniff out a unicorn<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; later startup a Unicorn<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/uncategorized\/23-very-specific-things-to-look-for-as-a-stanford-engineering-joining-the-next-uber-palantir-facebook-paypal-revel-systems-or-uber\/\">https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/uncategorized\/23-very-specific-things-to-look-for-as-a-stanford-engineering-joining-the-next-uber-palantir-facebook-paypal-revel-systems-or-uber\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div>My low IQ got to the right on the entrepreneur Bell Curve with the below two videos. If you go to Stanford, a bell curve is like a school that hands out grades below an &#8220;A-&#8220;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For example an &#8220;F&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512v\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512v<\/a> is a bit ly I memorized that links to<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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=\"font-size: 17px; -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);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eudADPfTWiE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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=\"font-size: 17px; -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=\"D0D4097F-2D43-45B9-B562-F590EE591038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image3.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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);\">These sushi rolls of California &#8220;krab&#8221; are huge and set the bell curve on size (not quality \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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=\"font-size: 17px; -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);\">CTCRTR is kinda my dovetailing five books (Harvard called it &#8220;The Fifth Epiphany&#8221; bc I wrote a blog post that&#8217;s the sequel to five books<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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=\"font-size: 17px; -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);\">&#8211; Crossing the Chasm [G Moore]<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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);\">&#8211; Four Steps to the Epiphany [S Blank]<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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);\">&#8211; Lean Startup [E Ries]<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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);\">&#8211; Business Model Generation<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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);\">&#8211; WTDTYAHBS [Mark McCormack]<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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=\"font-size: 17px; -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);\">End &#8220;The Fifth Epiphany&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -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=\"font-size: 17px; -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);\">Cross the Chasm From the Right = CTCFTR = #CTCFTR<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); 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