{"id":5682,"date":"2015-08-12T13:16:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T17:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=5682"},"modified":"2015-08-20T18:10:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T22:10:12","slug":"naming-a-movie-is-just-ass-problematic-as-naming-a-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/naming-a-movie-is-just-ass-problematic-as-naming-a-startup\/","title":{"rendered":"Naming a Movie is Just Ass Problematic as Naming a Startup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Larry Chiang landed on the New York Times Best Selling list by pre-rolling and <a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2008\/01\/17\/9-things-stanford-b-school-wont-teach-you\/\" target=\"_blank\">pre-promoting months-and-months<\/a> before the &#8220;09-09-09&#8221; launch of <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>. 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. Gain an entrepreneurship advantage by staying in the Westin Hotel across from the convention center.<br \/> <\/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 \/> New York Fashion Week is Sept 10-17, 2015. I will be there with Nike dry-fit, on<br \/> &#8212; Larry Chiang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>&#8220;Good Dinosaur!&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5028\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image125.jpg\" alt=\"See this Pixar movie Thanksgiving even though Arlo does not own his movie's URL\" width=\"285\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image125.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image125-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a> See this Pixar movie Thanksgiving even though Arlo does not own his movie&#8217;s URL<\/div>\n<div>The Pixar movie does not have the url or the Twitter handle @goodDinosaur.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>This is Disney we are talking about. It is a multimillion dollar company ;-). Now, let us address your startup.<\/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\/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\/631510343504654336?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">8\/12\/15, 9:59 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Nomenclature<br \/>En masse, YC apps led to&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5cB27b2bE8\">paulgraham.com\/name.html<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Let us go down three different rabbit holes. Flippantly the opposite of a shallow dive. The deep dive #1:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Just use a hashtag.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>SharkTank applicants face the same issue. No dot com. So. So, I used #ENGR145.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Rabbit hole #2:<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Use your name. Andressen Horowitz. Is a16z. As a startup, I love the concept of using your name because it gives seasoned executives, &#8220;One throat to choke&#8221;. Meaning, I can find you.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Rabbit hole #3, is awesome. You&#8217;re going to have to email me&#8230;\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"4AA4715B-301B-4C73-BEF4-499AF02CB6E9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image113.png\" alt=\"image1.PNG\" \/><\/div>\n<div>&#8230;or stalk ambush me at 98 San Jacinto.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/download?ref_src=MailTweet-iOS\">Download<\/a> the Twitter app to DM me<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">This site is targeted at college grads and young professionals, contains user contributed content, and material that may be confusing to a lay audience.<\/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=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);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Phew! this URL was available!! !! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sQiO0u92ZQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/sQiO0u92ZQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/status\/631968771301732352\">August 13, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang landed on the New York Times Best Selling list by pre-rolling and pre-promoting months-and-months before the &#8220;09-09-09&#8221; launch of What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School. Hollywood optioned WTDTYASBS&#8217;s scene treatments because as CEO of Duck9, he hosted film festival parties at Sundance and SXSW. 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