{"id":4585,"date":"2015-05-29T13:15:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T17:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=4585"},"modified":"2015-05-30T23:01:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T03:01:46","slug":"what-an-externalapi-and-how-does-it-help-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/what-an-externalapi-and-how-does-it-help-business\/","title":{"rendered":"What an ExternalAPI and How Does It Help Business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Larry Chiang spoke at Harvard Law School and 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&#8221;<\/a>. Be a <a href=\"https:\/\/austinstartup.com\/2013\/03\/jba-is-a-jedi-in-business-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jedi in Business Administration<\/a> by reading his mentor&#8217;s sequel&#8217;s, sequel book, \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&#8221;.<\/a> Lever the &#8220;technology&#8221; of the Application Protocol Interface, <em>innovatively<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cropped-head-shot-no-smile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-743\" title=\"Larry-Chiang\" src=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cropped-head-shot-no-smile.jpg\" alt=\"Larry Chiang\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong>by Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>An external API might sound innovative. But the concept is street smart and old that both Jay Z (rapper) and Mark McCormack (sports agent) know and did it. But they were unconsciously competent about &#8220;External API&#8217;s&#8221;. See my curation of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ExternalAPI&amp;src=hash\">#ExternalAPI<\/a>\u00a0on twitter.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here is an introduction that&#8217;s at the highest levels of CS and most advanced startup sales strategies (combined). Together it is #CS183X and #ENGR145:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/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\/526778763573338112?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">10\/27\/14, 9:53 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Jay Z did an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ExternalAPI&amp;src=hash\">#ExternalAPI<\/a>\u00a0for &#8220;Iceberg Apparel&#8221; It&#8217;s tip #7 of 17 startup tips\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HLyiuzGfHP\">incomediary.com\/decoded-17-sec\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Jay Z sold it <i>without their permission<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/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\/573558128039481344?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">3\/5\/15, 10:58 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ENGR145&amp;src=hash\">#ENGR145<\/a><br \/>\nRyan&#8217;s an example of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ExternalAPI&amp;src=hash\">#ExternalAPI<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N4X4T6wmlf\">bit.ly\/rgraves710<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Ryan Graves promoted FourSquare\u00a0<i>without their permission<\/i><\/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\/546378164411170816?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">12\/20\/14, 10:54 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sxsw&amp;src=hash\">#sxsw<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%2313Mar2015&amp;src=hash\">#13Mar2015<\/a><br \/>\nRT\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>: Recruiting Advice No One Tells You\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23LegendaryInternships&amp;src=hash\">#LegendaryInternships<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ExternalAPI&amp;src=hash\">#ExternalAPI<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ITjvD7NEMF\">bit.ly\/twalker710<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Tristan Walker promoted\u00a0<i>without their permission.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>See the pattern here??<\/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\/604304250395480064?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">5\/29\/15, 8:12 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>G crawling fB is like an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23externalAPI&amp;src=hash\">#externalAPI<\/a> (an outside App making Protocol calls, in your face <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23io15&amp;src=hash\">#io15<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IWhd1rp3xs\">bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Do you need the NHTSA data on car recalls but they tell you they need an act of congress!? Do an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23externalAPI&amp;src=hash\">#externalAPI<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Code up a spider that crawls every PDF the NHTSA issues<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BE5A9B6D-9978-4061-8D0E-2050FF0CF7D0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image17.png\" alt=\"image.png\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/download?ref_src=MailTweet-iOS\">Download<\/a> the Twitter app and deep-dive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23externalAPI&amp;src=hash\">#externalAPI<\/a>\u00a0(the gen pop casually follows. I want you to scour Twitter like you&#8217;re searching for $600k Easter Eggs)<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>ENGR145&#8217;s two anchor videos move\u00a0you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve<\/div>\n<div><\/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:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512v\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/buster14512v<\/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);\">Is a bit ly I memorized that links to<\/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; 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comes out 11-11-14<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049\">https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;\">mHVJF9VaWfo<\/span>&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;\">\n<\/div>\n<div>Emergency swings and cutting deals as an 9 year old<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang spoke at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business wrote: \u201cWhat They Don\u2019t Teach You at Stanford Business School&#8221;. Be a Jedi in Business Administration by reading his mentor&#8217;s sequel&#8217;s, sequel book, \u201cWhat They Don\u2019t Teach You at Stanford Business School&#8221;. Lever the &#8220;technology&#8221; of the Application Protocol Interface, innovatively by Larry Chiang An [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cs-major-cro-chief-revenue-officer"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585","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=4585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}