{"id":5552,"date":"2015-07-29T21:34:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T01:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=5552"},"modified":"2015-08-01T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T19:21:00","slug":"great-blogging-advice-from-student-athlete-alum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/great-blogging-advice-from-student-athlete-alum\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Blogging Advice From Student Athlete Alum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>update: I added Lisa Falzone content from #26Feb2013 (Stanford Entrepreneur Week)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">student athlete alum who blogged her intention <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LisaFalzone?src=hash\">#LisaFalzone<\/a> (video inc) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SiTuEGAYG0\">https:\/\/t.co\/SiTuEGAYG0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/status\/627505986970857473\">August 1, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Meet Jason Shen&#8230;<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/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\/626564268977029120?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">7\/29\/15, 6:25 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Great resource <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L5N4IDsSWH\">jasonshen.com\/2015\/my-bloggi\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&#8230;quoting his blog post<\/p>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n<li class=\"p1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px;\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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