{"id":3903,"date":"2015-03-19T11:57:26","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T15:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3903"},"modified":"2015-03-19T16:54:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T20:54:40","slug":"counterintuitive-things-that-make-a-lot-of-yc-partners-say-actually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/counterintuitive-things-that-make-a-lot-of-yc-partners-say-actually\/","title":{"rendered":"Counterintuitive Things That Make A Lot of YC Partners Say &#8220;ACTUALLY&#8221;"},"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>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>YC partners who guest lectured said &#8220;actually&#8221; a lot. I sat and sit First Chair Entrepreneurship so I motivationally listen (no TM).&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So here is my tip that my mentor taught me. Be smarter and dumber. Being dumber and smarter helps is YC potentials do what Paul Graham wishes for BUT DOES NOT STRESS which is &#8220;do things that don&#8217;t scale (BUT HAVE MOMENTUM)&#8221; #dttdsBHM.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Actually, you want to be smarter and dumber as a founder&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>&#8212; Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Smart:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3344158378\/c2d273e83a9f7eff27fc1e1fa4bf4b6a_normal.jpeg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/td>\n<td><b>Jeremiah Owyang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jowyang\">@jowyang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jowyang\/status\/578380637645631488\">3\/18\/15, 7:21 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Powerful: Uber launches a hackathon so you can integrate on demand rides into your business apps&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gk67lxe5Ef\">devblog.uber.com\/take-your-user\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>DUMB:<\/div>\n<div>Dumb butt genius!!<\/p>\n<table style=\"border:1px solid black;padding:8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/3411684931\/bd26194fa93733b624ec22966dbdb9d9_normal.jpeg\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;padding-right:8px;\"><\/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\/578578359560507392\">3\/19\/15, 8:26 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>I help people find Uber in the App Store by texting from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@6502838008\">@6502838008<\/a> + field newbie Qs<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vyo1CzMhns\"><span>uber.com\/invite\/p9tds<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TtvFNPmvQO\"><span>pic.twitter.com\/TtvFNPmvQO<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Watch lec3, CS 183b. Paul Graham doesn&#8217;t focus on his pre lecture blog post he required people to pre-study #dttdsBHM&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image5.png\" alt=\"image.png\" id=\"21CA2D2F-D10D-41F6-849F-801344C490D8\"><\/div>\n<div>PG, please come to Austin and redo lecture #3.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Remember, I&#8217;m guy who turned Silicon Valley cocktail parties into pop up quizzes for pre founders. That legendary shitake is called &#8220;#ENGR145&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image50.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" id=\"208E76FE-BB26-4FE7-8B16-9E28BEB5D691\"><\/div>\n<div>Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vyo1CzMhns\">uber.com\/invite\/p9tds<\/a><\/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;. As CEO of Duck9, he helps institutions make credit receivables less risky and plays the other side to by getting college consumers get a FICO over 750. 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