{"id":4122,"date":"2015-04-30T08:34:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T12:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=4122"},"modified":"2015-05-11T13:09:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:09:44","slug":"self-fund-sell-fun-selffundsellfun-tellapart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/self-fund-sell-fun-selffundsellfun-tellapart\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Fund, Sell Fun #SelfFundSellFun (TellApart)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s 5th book, &#8220;<strong><em>What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, is a sequel to his mentor&#8217;s, Mark McCormack&#8217;s book, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Harvard-Business-School\/dp\/0553345834\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Harvard Business School<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School quotes Mark McCormack&#8217;s book in every chapter and even launched at Mark McCormack&#8217;s, IMG&#8217;s, &#8220;New York Fashion Week&#8221;. What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School went from runway release on 09-09-09 right on to the NY Times bestseller list in under an hour! Initially, Chiang used his mentor&#8217;s book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Harvard-Business-School\/dp\/0553345834\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Harvard Business School<\/a>, to start a company as an engineering major. Duck9, at Illini Tower, helps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101secrets.com\/general-population-credit-knowledge.htm\" target=\"_blank\">students get a FICO<\/a> credit card credit score over 750. Prior to the NY Fashion week book launch party, Chiang did an H.L.S. keynote causing <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/vc0311a\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard Business School<\/a> to write: \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;. Confused?? Well, his latest post in Harbus was done #shirtless as a yogi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bit.ly\/vc0311a\" target=\"_blank\">Setting an intention to win SXSW, THIS 2016 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 \/>\n&#8220;Fashion Week (Sept 10-20) is like #LeadGen in Las Vegas. Cuz they&#8217;re cool places to launch new deals.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; Larry Chiang<\/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>Two technical co-founders*. Both sell. The result? Mark and Josh got bought by twitter<\/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\/555122953478623232\/lVX_u6gy_normal.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Halle Tecco (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/halletecco?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@halletecco<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/halletecco\/status\/593140849107542017?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">4\/28\/15, 2:52 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Woohoo congrats\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crazyfoo\">@crazyfoo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tellapart\">@tellapart<\/a>\u00a0team!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jCyBnpgVrb\">blog.twitter.com\/2015\/accelerat\u2026<\/a><\/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\/571462811113381888\/i7biOU30_normal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Jessica Verrilli (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jess?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@jess<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jess\/status\/593139161470644225?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">4\/28\/15, 2:46 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Welcome to Twitter,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crazyfoo\">@crazyfoo<\/a>! Excited for you and the full\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tellapart\">@tellapart<\/a>\u00a0team to join the flock.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><br style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: none;\" \/><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">josh would say with a smile as EIR, \u201cWe actually did raise money this quarter. It\u2019s called cash flow generated by operations!&#8221;<\/span><\/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\/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\/593749520791437312?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">4\/30\/15, 7:11 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23HiLarryAss&amp;src=hash\">#HiLarryAss<\/a> photo exchange <a href=\"mailto:btwn@christianism\">btwn@christianism<\/a> Josh <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crazyfoo\">@crazyfoo<\/a> (hat tip <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatieS\">@KatieS<\/a>!) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FhbDDvDiSm\">pic.twitter.com\/FhbDDvDiSm<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>I became fascinated at entrepreneurs that do two things:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Set the founder bell curve<\/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:\/\/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);\">\/1\/ Move to the right on the bell curve<\/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 innovation Chasm FROM THE RIGHT<\/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=WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>tellApart was innovative. But they had two co-founders that sold their ad tech innovation as something fundamental (aka old)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>*in my conversations with Mark and Josh, I could not distinguish between who was more technical and who was more sales-ie. This was at LeadsCon in Las Vegas<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also, it&#8217;s fascinating that there are dozens of Facebook wall interactions between me and Josh that document the genius things I was seeing. They were doing smart sales-ie things and I curated them on my wall.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Yes, I&#8217;m aware GreyLock funded them. VCs can augment founders who self fund<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s 5th book, &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School&#8220;, is a sequel to his mentor&#8217;s, Mark McCormack&#8217;s book, What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Harvard Business School. 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