{"id":4518,"date":"2015-05-25T13:23:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T17:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=4518"},"modified":"2015-07-06T17:09:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T21:09:36","slug":"larry-chiang-curates-on-twitter-vcsecrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/larry-chiang-curates-on-twitter-vcsecrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Chiang Curates on Twitter #vcSecrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Larry Chiang <a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2008\/01\/17\/9-things-stanford-b-school-wont-teach-you\/\" target=\"_blank\">premiered a book via a blog post a year and a half before<\/a> 09\/09\/09 The sequel to his mentor&#8217;s tome, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Harvard-Business-School\/dp\/0553345834\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Stanford-Business-School\/dp\/0615301487\/\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School<\/a>&#8221; grand opened on the New York Times best seller the same day the book was released on a NY Fashion Week runway. By prerolling and pre-promoting excerpts from the book at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/movie\" target=\"_blank\">Sundance<\/a> and SXSW film festivals, nine months and six months, respectively, Hollywood optioning &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Stanford-Business-School\/dp\/0615301487\/\" target=\"_blank\">WTDTYASBS&#8221;<\/a> seemed as <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/vc0311b\" target=\"_blank\">inevitable as gravity<\/a>. People forgive the audacity because boastfulness is coupled with &#8220;Mentor mentions per press interview&#8221; (#MMPPI) His mentors, Gerri Detweiler and Mark McCormack (yes, Gerri Detweiler of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ultimate-Credit-Handbook-Lifetime-Great\/dp\/0452283922\" target=\"_blank\">Ultimate Credit Handbook<\/a>&#8221; fame and Mark McCormack of, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Harvard-Business-School\/dp\/0553345834\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don\u2019t Teach You at Harvard Business School<\/a>&#8221; fame) are promoted at nearly every media interview. Play using a long forgotten technology tool: The hashtag,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PObox105281&amp;src=hash\">#PObox105281<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CS178\" target=\"_blank\">#CS178<\/a> like a Jedi welds her light sabre.<\/strong><\/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;New York Fashion Week (#NYFW) is packed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/what-a-supermodel-at-mbfw-can-teach-models-about-arbitrage-and-being-a-female-co-founder-tickets-10535521027\" target=\"_blank\">underage female supermodels with uber high FICO scores because I networked with them at Westin hotel<\/a>.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; Larry Chiang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Silicon Valley, California<\/p>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Good news kids. My great brain is open sourced.<br \/>\nOr is it, &#8220;great news kids, my good brain is open-sourced&#8221;?!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Since you LOVE\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ENGR145&amp;src=hash\">#ENGR145<\/a>,&#8230;<\/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\/602870518484631552?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">5\/25\/15, 9:15 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Gateway to VC <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ENGR145&amp;src=hash\">#ENGR145<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IYqDwgFjM9\">duck9.com\/free-credit-re\u2026<\/a><br \/>\n(How capital efficient are you with your 3 fico scores over 750?)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Maybe explode your brain with money.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Money has a component that is 1000x larger than cash-on-hand. It&#8217;s called credit. If you do not believe, look at how much us currency you have in your wallet.<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"DD261767-FF4B-4D71-A94F-94F4DD0E0872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image98.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Money. This is a $75,000 dollar bill. It&#8217;s the equivalent power of 15,000 Abraham Lincoln, $5 bills<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"DB64A302-3644-4E99-B75B-0730F151849C\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image99.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Credit paid for the W Hotel<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Money. Lots of money is out there.<\/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\/602661979556171776?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">5\/24\/15, 7:26 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>You&#8217;re stupid, dumb, asinine,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asse9\">@asse9<\/a>\u00a0if you don&#8217;t lever\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PObox105281&amp;src=hash\">#PObox105281<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IYqDwgFjM9\">duck9.com\/free-credit-re\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Huh?!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here is what I mean.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Asse9.&#8221; You&#8217;re asinine if you don&#8217;t self-start. You&#8217;re an idiot if you wait for outside money to validate you as a future founder. You are going to need to start up yourself before any VCs will drop a $900k term sheet<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Money is available via high fico.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Money.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PObox105281&amp;src=hash\">#PObox105281<\/a>\u00a0means money.<\/div>\n<div>Use a box de la Post Office to stackoverflow positive credit data on your social security number. Money is a horrible boss but a wonderful employee<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Scary. Words.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Money is a horrible boss, but a great employee.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Scary words. Yes, but money is usually the master. Not the slave.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Scary concept:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PObox105281&amp;src=hash\">#PObox105281<\/a>\u00a0gets the starting up of a high fico, going. FICO is a credit score.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PObox105281&amp;src=hash\">#PObox105281<\/a>\u00a0is like an API for interfacing with Trans Union, Equifax or Experian. API is really just understood by CS majors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PObox105281&amp;src=hash\">#PObox105281<\/a>\u00a0works super well&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div>Co-founder of the hashtag,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ENGR145&amp;src=hash\">#ENGR145<\/a><\/div>\n<div>(Yup it was why I was recruited by SharkTank to apply by Scott Salyers <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/vc0303a\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/vc0303a<\/a>)<\/div>\n<div>Like Shark Tank and wanna be a founder pitching?<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SSalyersCasting\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SSalyersCasting<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"5CBFFE15-6ADB-4575-A8F1-61A5756B2F92\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image100.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;ll be at the &#8220;12th Annual Guardsmen Bachelor Auction&#8221;. Saturday. June 20, 2015. Yup, I&#8217;ve been sold as a bachelor:<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.sfgate.com\/culture\/2011\/06\/27\/tourist-trapped-bachelor-auction-at-ruby-skye\">https:\/\/blog.sfgate.com\/culture\/2011\/06\/27\/tourist-trapped-bachelor-auction-at-ruby-skye<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang premiered a book via a blog post a year and a half before 09\/09\/09 The sequel to his mentor&#8217;s tome, &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School&#8221; grand opened on the New York Times best seller the same day the book was released on a NY Fashion Week runway. 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