{"id":3943,"date":"2015-04-01T12:55:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T16:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=3943"},"modified":"2015-04-01T15:37:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T19:37:31","slug":"2015-internpalooza-in-silicon-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/2015-internpalooza-in-silicon-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Internpalooza in Silicon Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OVhg-fFd4eQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>Larry Chiang&#8217;s book, What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School, has an entire chapter devoted to &#8220;Mentorship&#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 get an internship at a startup that 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 \/>\nWhen supermodels get paid internships, they use the pics to build their portfolio. We as supermodels get paid to build up a body of work. Video courtesy Larry Chiang YouTube channel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Stanford, CALIF.<br \/>\nzip code 94305, +\/- 150 miles = Silicon Valley<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What&#8217;s Internpalooza!? It is the parade of internship people from ivy schools. A paid internship at a high profile tech company is surprisingly accessible. Even for crap colleges like the U of I \ud83d\ude09 Getting an internship takes focusing on a subroutine of details. While they&#8217;re easy to do. They&#8217;re easier not to execute. Easy business subroutines are easier to ignore, discount, lament and analyze than they are to execute.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Me and winners do not know why losers don&#8217;t execute&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>&#8212; Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div>Third Institution of Silicon Valley*<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qbrr2IC5dK4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>That&#8217;s the counterintuitive news.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The problem:<\/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\/583283490973622273\">4\/1\/15, 8:03 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z7G3bC0C8p\">m.facebook.com\/#~!\/groups\/794\u2026<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#Internpalooza\">#Internpalooza<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Housing is a problem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Solving your housing problem will entail seeing this blog post as a business subroutine you copy-paste like how you copy paste from<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; StackOverFlow<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; GitHub<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Duck9 for your FICO score prep**<\/div>\n<div>(I rescinded all IP. It&#8217;s yours free. Even my book was copyright free:-)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here is my signature business subroutine for undergrads to pattern replicate being a CS major, and program a summer 2015 internship with housing:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\/1\/ Realize What Drives Silicon Valley<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Interns that become founders.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Every future founder, VCs hypothesize, comes to Silicon Valley as an intern of some sort. Future founders all are paid apprentices under<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Uber (Travis Kalanik),<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Julia Hartz (Eventbrite),<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Lisa Falzone (Revel Systems)<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Cory Levy (One)<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Jeff Bezos (Amazon)<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Zuck (@Facebook dot com)<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Jeremy (@Yelp dot com)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>You like that I just gave you email addresses!? Cold emailing as a CS major works really well. You can just guess at the email like the Dan Shipper blog post (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/dshipper710\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/dshipper710<\/a>)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Interns that have a high probability in being founders is incredibly sought after! This leads me to my next point&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\/2\/ Make It. Take it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The general population used to think &#8220;fake it until you make it&#8221;. Nope. You, the street smart CS majors are self-starters. Heck, you are reading this and sharing this and studying this. Self-start. Make it. Take it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;It&#8221;, of course, is what&#8230;?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>E-n-t-r-e-p-r-e-n-e-u-r-s-h-i-p.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The key to solving housing is to<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Make Entrepreneurship<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Take Entrepreneurship<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>How you specify specifically make it and take it leads to my next point<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\/3\/ Solve housing with a &#8220;Minimum Viable Entrepreneurship Execution for Naperville Interns in Silicon Valley&#8221; (M.V.E.E.N.I.S.V. #MVEENISV)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The gen pop thinks acronyms are too inside baseball. Street smart interns see acronyms as signature business subroutines that work all the time 95% of the time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The gen pop is out there begging on Facebook for housing. The gen pop is trolling Craig @Craiglist dot com for low cost housing (May 20- August 13). Plot spoiler: What works in College Station, Urbana, Columbus and W Lafayette won&#8217;t work here.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here in Silicon Valley, you&#8217;re gonna need to hustle. Here is how to hustle:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-4a- #MVEENISV<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tweet #MVEENISV. If you don&#8217;t tweet, start. Twitter is what powerful people in Silicon Valley care about. Still. If you do not feel popular bc you&#8217;ll only have me as your follower, start up. Start a twitter with the best signature business recipe #LTMTVA<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(Remember, CS majors google to get code. So google LTMVTA. It&#8217;ll help you #MVEENISV)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Counterintuitive truth. A tweet about<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>#MVEENISV @LarryChiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>lands in my email inbox as high priority. While I am not important&#8230; These people care<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>&#8211; Uber (@TravisK),<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; @JuliaHartz (Eventbrite),<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; @LisaFalzone (Revel Systems)<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; @Cory Levy (One)<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Jeff @Bezos (Amazon)<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; @JeremyS (@Yelp dot com)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>You like that I just gave you twitter addresses!? Cold tweeting as a CS major works really well. You can just google the twitter. Remember, Ryan Graves was kinda like an intern when he cold tweeted Travis. It helped Ryan be an employee at #UberCab and while a billion isn&#8217;t all the money on the world, it&#8217;s a good start <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/rgraves710\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/rgraves710<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I dunno where Ryan slept that first month.<\/div>\n<div>I do know Mike Maples crashed on Evan Williams couch<\/div>\n<div>I do know Jeremy Lin slept on Landry Fields sofa.<\/div>\n<div>I do know that George Clooney slept on sofas too.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-4b- #MVEENISV up<\/div>\n<div>Remember #MVEENISV stands for\u00a0Minimum Viable Entrepreneurship Execution for Naperville (Illinois!) Interns in Silicon Valley<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The gen pop sees entrepreneurship as a perfect idea no one has thought of before you. Silicon Valley sees ideas as cheap. Execution is everything.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Execute &#8220;Minimum Viable Entrepreneurship Execution for Naperville Interns in Silicon Valley&#8221; by doing three kinda simple things<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; tweet &#8220;#MVEENISV @LarryChiang&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; set up LTMVTA<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; load up an event on Eventbrite where you host something in Silicon Valley<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Wha??????<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I know you&#8217;re a kid. I know I am mentoring you to host something. It is street smart to host something. If you&#8217;re scared to execute, pattern replicate a &#8220;signature business recipe&#8221;(see a pattern here?!). The signature business recipe for hosting an event in a city you do not live in (yet) is LTMVP (less than minimum viable party #LTMVP)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;At the core of #MVEENISV is hosting a 11 min party on @eventbrite. Invite @LarryChiang #LTMVP<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I wanted to call this article<\/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\/583282619195904000\">4\/1\/15, 7:59 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#Internpalooza\">#Internpalooza<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;What Id Do As a 20 year old Intern named Larry or Lauren CHIANG&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Cory Levy hosted a conference as a high school junior at Stanford University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;When an intern moves, Silicon Valley moves faster than Providence&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>&#8212; Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>See my tweets&#8230;<\/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\/583280780220047360\">4\/1\/15, 7:52 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Silicon Valley interns. The 2015 edition\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#PRPRPI\">#PRPRPI<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);\"><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=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);\">PRPRPI explained<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);\"><\/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\/583284815757111296\">4\/1\/15, 8:08 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#Internpalooza\">#Internpalooza<\/a>\u00a0w Kara Swisher July 22, 2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ePrubqt4F5\">m.youtube.com\/watch?v=xs0LfI\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OFGY7v9C4G0&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OFGY7v9C4G0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/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\/986423068\/image_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Unofficial Austin (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unofficialatx\">@UnofficialATX<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unofficialatx\/status\/579711489675657216\">3\/22\/15, 11:29 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@ColumbiaEship\">@ColumbiaEship<\/a><br \/>\nThx for liking my vid &amp; tweet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@733am\">@733am<\/a>Do u know about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@LarryChiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=#ENGR145\">#ENGR145<\/a>, E145 is &#8220;tech entrepreneurship&#8221; class<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n5jB310egEI&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n5jB310egEI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"CB0E5B66-883E-43B4-9E95-9BCA8C90C06F\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Old people like thank you notes. Thank you emails suck<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BMyLcDaWazU&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BMyLcDaWazU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>CEO of Duck9<\/div>\n<div>Stanford University&#8217;s Founding EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"D6B11E75-F778-4E78-80CF-475702FFA4A6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image1.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>The general population (gen pop) saw and sees my friend Megan like a stripper. I knew she was a L3 (third year law school).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>-4c- #MVEENISV<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Heck. Call me and I&#8217;ll walk you through #MVEENISV<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Duck9 = Deep Underground Credit Knowledge 9<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\">https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog<\/a><\/div>\n<div>650-566-9600<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"94E24ED9-9EBB-4F02-88AA-015A3F2F22BC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image2.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>As the Third Institution of Silicon Valley, I&#8217;m the co-founder of UTeWeek. But I&#8217;m a civilian so you do not salute me. My 650-283-8008 (cell) is real. If it sounds like a joke, it&#8217;s hilariously real and #hiLarryAss<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>****************<\/div>\n<div>Founder of &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach at Business School&#8221;\u00a0for CNN iReport: <a href=\"https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang\">https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QXIaNZi3mHQ\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QXIaNZi3mHQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Cutting deals as a 10 year old is funny too!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OFGY7v9C4G0&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OFGY7v9C4G0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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;Mentorship&#8221;. 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