{"id":5087,"date":"2015-06-30T15:28:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T19:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=5087"},"modified":"2015-07-03T12:15:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T16:15:53","slug":"your-revenue-cherry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/your-revenue-cherry\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Revenue &#8220;Cherry&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Larry Chiang landed on the New York Times Best Selling list 09-09-09 by writing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Stanford-Business-School\/dp\/0615301487\/\" target=\"_blank\">WTDTYASBS<\/a>. Hollywood optioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Stanford-Business-School\/dp\/0615301487\/\" target=\"_blank\">WTDTYASBS&#8217;s<\/a> scene treatments because as CEO of Duck9, he hosted film festival parties at Sundance and SXSW. He&#8217;s testified before Congress and during TV interviews he tracks his own &#8220;mentor mentions per press interview&#8221; (#MMPPI) His mentors are 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. Play and practice entrepreneurship with Larry&#8217;s, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CS183B\" target=\"_blank\">#CS183<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/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;September 10-17 is New York Fashion Week. Cum with me.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; Larry Chiang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A lot of founders still have their hymen. You do not want to be a revenue virgin. You do not want to be a cliche Silicon Valley founder who raises a round of VC, institutional money, only to then never get one paying customer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pop your revenue cherry.Do not be a loser and sell VCs on investing but never selling a real world customer. It is the academic equivalent of getting Colgate, Dartmouth or Duke to admit you to college, but then never getting a job in-the-real-world because you cannot &#8216;sell&#8217; and employer to hire you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>In the same way I make sure book smart people are not street dumb&#8230;,<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">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 style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/615948734011043840?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/30\/15, 11:23 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">As an engineer, I&#8217;m mentoring you to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PopYourYcherry&amp;src=hash\">#PopYourYcherry<\/a>. Don&#8217;t let Y= 0, the way it was zero for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23NickTesla&amp;src=hash\">#NickTesla<\/a>\u00a0{<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23GEfounder&amp;src=hash\">#GEfounder<\/a>}\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/chIEvE2qwZ\">pic.twitter.com\/chIEvE2qwZ<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Do not let your company produce &#8220;X&#8221; amount of value, only to find that your &#8220;Y&#8221; equals zero.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/chIEvE2qwZ\">pic.twitter.com\/chIEvE2qwZ<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image6-200x300.png\" alt=\"Free Credit Report form with less friction than using the internet 650-283-8008\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image6-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image6.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/361307546\/larry-chiang9-duck9-business-card_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">CEO of Duck9, Larry (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6502838008?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@6502838008<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6502838008\/status\/615949609286832128?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/30\/15, 11:26 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Did you write some Python to address to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>!?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fW0YSoO98K\">pic.twitter.com\/fW0YSoO98K<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PopYourYcherry&amp;src=hash\">#PopYourYcherry<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0eDBZIQs3x\">pic.twitter.com\/0eDBZIQs3x<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/download?ref_src=MailTweet-iOS\">Download<\/a>\u00a0the Twitter app<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;sns=em\"><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><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;sns=em\"><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><\/span><\/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\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" 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\/615954608733556736?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">6\/30\/15, 11:46 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23belfie&amp;src=hash\">#belfie<\/a> 9:15-11:11 &#8220;appt&#8221; w my mentor Giselle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FunkyJiva\">@FunkyJiva<\/a> |credit Nikolai&#8217;s Y=0<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude41<br \/>\nPlease <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PopYourYcherry&amp;src=hash\">#PopYourYcherry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WwaqzT3vAs\">pic.twitter.com\/WwaqzT3vAs<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/download?ref_src=MailTweet-iOS\">Download<\/a> the Twitter app<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;sns=em\"><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><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;sns=em\"><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><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang landed on the New York Times Best Selling list 09-09-09 by writing WTDTYASBS. Hollywood optioned WTDTYASBS&#8217;s scene treatments because as CEO of Duck9, he hosted film festival parties at Sundance and SXSW. He&#8217;s testified before Congress and during TV interviews he tracks his own &#8220;mentor mentions per press interview&#8221; (#MMPPI) His mentors are [&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-5087","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\/5087","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=5087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}