{"id":38793,"date":"2026-06-25T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=38793"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:57:34","slug":"cold-approaches-the-cs183d-street-smart-skill-they-dont-teach-you-in-business-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/cold-approaches-the-cs183d-street-smart-skill-they-dont-teach-you-in-business-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Approaches The #cs183d Street-Smart Skill They Don\u2019t Teach You in Business School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cold Approaches: The #cs183d Street-Smart Skill They Don\u2019t Teach You in Business School<\/span><\/p>\n

By Larry Chiang<\/span><\/p>\n

They teach you theory at Stanford. They give you cases, frameworks, and PowerPoints. What they don\u2019t teach you is #cs183d ~ the street-smart execution track. The protocol where you actually pick up the girls, use the phone function on your smartphone, walk across the room at a networking function, or open your mouth to say good morning. <\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s the real class. <\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s the one that separates the people who talk about startups from the ones who actually build, sell, and close.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cold approach is the purest form of #cs183d.<\/span><\/p>\n

No entourage. No social proofs. No \u201cmy friend knows her\u201d crutches. Just you and the moment. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Just the balls to cold open. <\/span><\/p>\n

In sales we call this a cold call. <\/span><\/p>\n

In life we call it a cold open. Same muscle. Same game. Same rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

You eat the rejection. <\/span><\/p>\n

You let that temporary failure roil right off your back. Every \u201cno\u201d is non personal data. <\/span><\/p>\n

Every awkward pause is feedback. <\/span><\/p>\n

Every time she keeps walking or she says \u201cI\u2019m gonna politely say NO!,\u201d you log it, adjust your cold open, or don\u2019t adjust your cold approach and get more adamant and maybe sharper. <\/span><\/p>\n


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That\u2019s not failure<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s #cs183d in action. <\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s how you turn carbon into diamond. I call some of these interactions COAL because you start as raw carbon and, through skill, you compress it into something valuable.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coal Opens, hiLarryAss <\/span><\/p>\n

Close for the calendar. Don\u2019t just vibe. Don\u2019t just \u201csee where it goes.\u201d Get the appointment. Get the number. Get the next step locked in. Aim high<\/span><\/p>\n


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#SextupleEntendre Appt energy when the situation calls for it. Then seal it with a KISS. Keep It Simple, Stupid. Or seal it with consent wielded like a light saber: precise, respectful, powerful. You don\u2019t swing wildly. You know exactly when and how to move forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

Main frame like you\u2019re mog mog. Own the energy. You\u2019re not hoping she likes you. You\u2019re creating a moment worth her time. Same way you\u2019d walk into a tough customer meeting or a VC office without a warm intro. You bring the value. You bring the frame.<\/span><\/p>\n

In under six minutes you can double someone\u2019s \u201csalary\u201d in life terms ~ make their day better, their options bigger, their energy higher. <\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s the #cs183d close. <\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s distribution in real time. That\u2019s what customer support and high-ticket sales actually look like when the script goes out the window.<\/span><\/p>\n

#cs183d isn\u2019t just for business.. coal approach\u2019s for life.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the gender-reversal exercises that show you the game from every angle. It\u2019s the sales techniques that work when the other person has zero reason to talk to you. It\u2019s the distribution hacks that turn a random interaction into momentum. It\u2019s what Mark McCormack was really teaching in <\/span>What They Don\u2019t Teach You at Harvard Business School<\/span> \u2014 updated for today\u2019s streets, today\u2019s Silicon Valley, today\u2019s cold opens. WTDTYAHBS <\/span><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t outsource this. <\/span><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t delegate to a dating app<\/span><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t hire a vp of getting your dick kissed<\/span><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t fake it with followers or friends in the background. You have to do the reps. Solo. Raw. Street-smart.<\/span><\/p>\n

Allysa Lu. Eileen Gu. High-frame examples. But the principle is universal. The skill is the same whether you\u2019re opening a prospect, a customer, or someone who catches your eye on the street.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cold approach is the skill.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t cold open, go home and do whatever. But if you want real results \u2014 real connections, real deals, real life \u2014 get out there and run the #cs183d plays.<\/span><\/p>\n

#cantStopWontStopChiangStop<\/span><\/p>\n

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What they will never teach you at Stanford Business School.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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