{"id":4745,"date":"2015-06-09T16:22:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T20:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=4745"},"modified":"2015-06-09T16:26:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T20:26:35","slug":"the-heimlich-wont-resuscitate-your-yc-startup-but-cha-chiang-ing-will-engr145s-up-bitches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/the-heimlich-wont-resuscitate-your-yc-startup-but-cha-chiang-ing-will-engr145s-up-bitches\/","title":{"rendered":"The Heimlich Won&#8217;t Resuscitate Your YC Startup But &#8220;Cha-Chiang-ing&#8221;, Will. #ENGR145s Up, Bitches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Before me, YC startups just went BELLY up 50% of the time<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Not, LOL<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/photo.jpg\" id=\"3D83821C-D427-413D-82E3-A929080B1493\"><\/div>\n<div>Check the startup for any signs of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23GuaGuaGuacamole&amp;src=hash\">#GuaGuaGuacamole<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Let&#8217;s avoid death.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So, I know 2 co-founders have left you for grad school. Lets perform the Cha-Chiang Maneuver. Previously known as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23GuaGuaGuacamole&amp;src=hash\">#GuaGuaGuacamole<\/a>. Previous to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23GuaGuaGuacamole&amp;src=hash\">#GuaGuaGuacamole<\/a>, it was known as the 13 Signature Business Recipes from 1983 inside my mentor&#8217;s, Mark McCormack&#8217;s book&nbsp;&#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach YOU at Harvard Business School&#8221;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image54.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" id=\"10A50139-31F9-4DFB-B9F1-AEEB2990E57F\"><br \/>Pick 2 of 13&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23GuaGuaGuacamole&amp;src=hash\">#GuaGuaGuacamole<\/a>&nbsp;signature business recipes and lets effen get your startup off of the &#8220;PG dead pool watch&#8221; list.<\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<div>ENGR145&#8217;s about avoiding premature startup death, avoiding BK, ducking Assignment Benefit of Creditors &nbsp;by &#8220;Crossing The Chasm From The Right&#8221;<\/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); \"><\/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 width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eudADPfTWiE&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/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); \">Professor Tom Kosnik would know. He was a marine before he became an HBS professor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tjKosnik\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tjKosnik\" >https:\/\/twitter.com\/tjKosnik<\/a><\/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); \"><\/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 width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WVKHwYJzVVc&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/a><\/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); \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image55.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" id=\"1C370510-2467-4FFF-84BC-BC026031F914\"><\/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); \">I took this selfie, no-self<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n5jB310egEI&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n5jB310egEI&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This selfie, I did not take<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image56.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" id=\"93107D3F-55E4-4D8A-B40F-173F452101B6\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BMyLcDaWazU&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BMyLcDaWazU&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image57.jpeg\" alt=\"image.jpeg\" id=\"A493B682-222C-424A-9596-E9E32FC636FC\"><\/div>\n<div>LARRY Chiang<\/div>\n<div>CEO of Duck9<\/div>\n<div>Stanford University&#8217;s Founding EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Duck9 = Deep Underground Credit Knowledge 9<\/div>\n<div>c\/o UCMS Inc<\/div>\n<div>2021 Midwest Road \/ 3rd FL<\/div>\n<div>Oak Brook IL<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass\" >https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div>630-705-5555<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Founder of &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach at Business School&#8221;&nbsp;for CNN iReport: <a href=\"https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang\" >https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QXIaNZi3mHQ\"><embed width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QXIaNZi3mHQ&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Author, NY Times Bestseller<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller\" >https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School about EUTWMPPM @SXSW&#8221; comes out 11-11-14<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049\" >https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=\" >https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=<\/a><\/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;\"><\/p>\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 width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OFGY7v9C4G0&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang Before me, YC startups just went BELLY up 50% of the time Not, LOL Check the startup for any signs of&nbsp;#GuaGuaGuacamole Let&#8217;s avoid death.&nbsp; So, I know 2 co-founders have left you for grad school. Lets perform the Cha-Chiang Maneuver. Previously known as&nbsp;#GuaGuaGuacamole. Previous to&nbsp;#GuaGuaGuacamole, it was known as the 13 Signature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4745","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=4745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}