{"id":4049,"date":"2015-04-25T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T17:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=4049"},"modified":"2015-04-25T14:22:28","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T18:22:28","slug":"cropping-out-a-founder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/cropping-out-a-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Cropping Out A Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s book, &#8220;<strong><em>What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, has an entire chapter devoted to &#8220;Entrepreneurship&#8221; #Ch9. Getting undergrad founders to self fund is easier after all college <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101secrets.com\/general-population-credit-knowledge.htm\" target=\"_blank\">students get a &#8220;FICO&#8221; credit score<\/a> over 740. After a 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>&#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>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pictures drive how stories get told.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Entrepreneurship is no different. I blog here at Duck9 to help<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Show you entrepreneurship issues to pay attention to<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Showcase what startup insight underlie the headlines<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; How to DJ and organize entrepreneurship concepts so that YOU can benefit.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Helping you pattern replicate startup practices that will work for the next 1-3 months of your enrolling in Engineering 145 (#ENGR145)<\/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\/986423068\/image_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Unofficial Austin (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unofficialatx?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@UnofficialATX<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unofficialatx\/status\/542451659075354624?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">12\/9\/14, 2:52 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>In contrast to the WSJ pic&#8230;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XG2sThrwE4\">pic.twitter.com\/XG2sThrwE4<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"0225B586-14F6-4AC5-93C3-CB4A1B4167E1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image31.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unofficialatx\/status\/542451659075354624\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/unofficialatx\/status\/542451659075354624<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"FC9473DD-7972-4709-AF3E-63929E614D39\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image32.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Obvi that&#8217;s my killer smile and supermodel comped tuxedo ON THE LEFT. Like Russell Wilson, I bring my own tux everywhere.<\/p>\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\/986423068\/image_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Unofficial Austin (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unofficialatx?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@UnofficialATX<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unofficialatx\/status\/542449009827135489?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">12\/9\/14, 2:41 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/edlDdXZ6Ua\">pic.twitter.com\/edlDdXZ6Ua<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Very counterintuitive: Rich dudes will help you and crop themselves out.<\/div>\n<div><\/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\/591173687727955969\/3A-V7pKZ_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Zaw Thet (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zawthet?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@zawthet<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zawthet\/status\/163925575373824001?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">1\/30\/12, 2:04 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Interview help: looking for other veteran entrepreneurs that are starting companies as non-employee co-founder\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kWnC9tgx\">qr.ae\/7LBAe<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Quora\">@Quora<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Zaw Thet is rich.<\/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\/544669606275977216\/zwDSaNXq_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Dan Martell (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danmartell?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@danmartell<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danmartell\/status\/2602755630?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">7\/12\/09, 1:00 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Non-Employee Co-Founder&#8221; what does that mean exactly? [No Pay \/ Idea Guy]<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/646546474\/larry-chiang-asse9-gravatar_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Asse9 Austin Secret (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asse9?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@asse9<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asse9\/status\/551854982241079296?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">1\/4\/15, 1:37 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SelfieNoSelf&amp;src=hash\">#SelfieNoSelf<\/a><br \/>\n(It knowledge activates the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CS183X&amp;src=hash\">#CS183X<\/a>\u00a0concept &#8216;non employee co-founder&#8217;)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IOnDuLpzMw\">pic.twitter.com\/IOnDuLpzMw<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>To augment the counterintuitive truth: &#8216;non employee co-founder&#8217;, I came up with a visual.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SelfieNoSelf&amp;src=hash\">#SelfieNoSelf<\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"B19F47FE-5788-446F-90BA-12AC1AFD0BFA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image33.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/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?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/577660695304536064?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">3\/16\/15, 7:40 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>I gave my non employee co-founder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Duck9&amp;src=hash\">#Duck9<\/a>\u00a0a load of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spg\">@spg<\/a>\u00a0miles to say Thank you. He picked up the phone to thank me.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Clues&amp;src=hash\">#Clues<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SXSW&amp;src=hash\">#SXSW<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matt_t_Smith\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/matt_t_Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"AEF484FE-EBF9-472C-B362-365F88E20317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image34.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"723A0A31-38D1-4A89-A653-28858ED80225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image35.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/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\/646546474\/larry-chiang-asse9-gravatar_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Asse9 Austin Secret (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asse9?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@asse9<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asse9\/status\/589101146070876160?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">4\/17\/15, 9:20 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Founder Fund m.p.&#8217;s (aka GPs) all have about a dozen companies they&#8217;ve &#8220;non-employee&#8221; co-founded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23vcSecrets&amp;src=hash\">#vcSecrets<\/a>Super rich. Super helpful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Peter Thiel~&gt; Palantir<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Luke Nosek ~&gt; PowerSet<\/div>\n<div>Auren ~&gt; too many to list<\/div>\n<div>Me ~&gt; w Auren Hoffman&#8217;s RapLeaf<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I have this conspiracy theory that Travis and Garrett are secret Founders Fund VCs. I mean they non employee co-founded Uber. Ryan Graves got co-founder pay in an inverted non-employee, cofounder. So, Ryan as Ubers first ceo was employee, non-co-founder (SOURCE my brain, Twttr and this Business Insider article: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/rgraves710\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/rgraves710<\/a>)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Counterintuitive truth: a VCs less likely to screw us if they gave us the idea. And then the VCs that gave us the idea help us. In short, they&#8217;re making the stock more expensive to buy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I dunno if Mike Maples was the non employee co founder of twitter, but he&#8217;s in on Twttr.VCs that invest in us later used to have the tendency to wanna fire us.<\/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?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/563441295742361600?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">2\/5\/15, 12:57 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Majority of us white founders would get fired by VCs. Until I did something about it<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SeanParker&amp;src=hash\">#SeanParker<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SandyLerner&amp;src=hash\">#SandyLerner<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23LarryChiangSky&amp;src=hash\">#LarryChiangSky<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>As the curator of all-things\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SelfieNoSelf&amp;src=hash\">#vcSecrets<\/a>, I haven&#8217;t heard of founders who get screwed by VCs who are their non employee co-founder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s book, &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School&#8220;, has an entire chapter devoted to &#8220;Entrepreneurship&#8221; #Ch9. Getting undergrad founders to self fund is easier after all college students get a &#8220;FICO&#8221; credit score over 740. After a Harvard Law School keynote, Harvard Business wrote: \u201cWhat They Don\u2019t Teach You at Stanford [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stanford-entrepreneurship"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}