{"id":5836,"date":"2015-09-08T12:36:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T16:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=5836"},"modified":"2015-09-08T12:47:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T16:47:05","slug":"what-a-supermodel-looks-for-when-5-cs-majors-form-a-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/what-a-supermodel-looks-for-when-5-cs-majors-form-a-startup\/","title":{"rendered":"What a Supermodel Looks for When 5 CS Majors Form a Startup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m a supermodel with a super model.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>2-5 CS majors. We all sell. We all code. We all DJ API&#8217;s. We all risk zero and sell based on some fossils&#8217; problem. A fossil is a seasoned executive that is old. Like 35 or older.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is what the super model looks like&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image15.jpg\" alt=\"image1.JPG\" id=\"D632B5BC-27D1-4093-854D-2D0A260F6568\"><\/div>\n<div>It&#8217;s 5 members all going towards one goal.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is your startup<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image5.jpg\" alt=\"image5.JPG\" id=\"5D3D7C15-B59B-4642-BC78-5EA172FF67AA\"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">You&#8217;re a dog. And that&#8217;s a good thing for your startup.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border:1px solid black;padding:8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;padding-right:8px;\"><\/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\/641284698036015104?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">9\/8\/15, 9:19 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The congruency pattern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23InsideOut&amp;src=hash\">#InsideOut<\/a>. It applies to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23csMajorCRO&amp;src=hash\">#csMajorCRO<\/a> co-founder teams synchronized, cohesive and congruent <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MOHJuZIo0Z\"><span>pic.twitter.com\/MOHJuZIo0Z<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image22.jpg\" alt=\"image2.JPG\" id=\"B5BB409F-12DB-4A44-9CE4-A7B42FB4821B\"><br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/download?ref_src=MailTweet-iOS\">Download<\/a> the Twitter app to install the money subroutine&nbsp;<font color=\"#000000\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23csMajorCRO&amp;src=hash\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">#csMajorCRO<\/a>&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image31.jpg\" alt=\"image3.JPG\" id=\"69E145EB-6F49-45AB-B018-5D47B2CD0C00\"><font color=\"#000000\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div>If you&#8217;re on a team where everyone has a 150+ IQ, dumb down to 88. You don&#8217;t want to be THAT cliche team of 150-288 IQ co-founders going in a half-dozen different directions.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is a co-founder team doing it wrong:<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image4.png\" alt=\"image4.PNG\" id=\"0C3BA1BD-4F90-4726-9AA2-C05853D7E9BF\"><br \/>Herding cats is tough to do as ceo.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is where you as 2-5 CS major co-founders solve the problem of a powerful, but technically dumb, executive&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image6.png\" alt=\"image6.PNG\" id=\"D4623B9B-F499-4A0B-9405-69FBD605BCF7\"><\/div>\n<div><\/p>\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);\"><br \/><\/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 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><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/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 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><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang I&#8217;m a supermodel with a super model.&nbsp; 2-5 CS majors. 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