{"id":5843,"date":"2015-09-08T13:15:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T17:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=5843"},"modified":"2015-09-08T13:26:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T17:26:38","slug":"small-balls-and-winning-with-a-risk-adverse-mind-set-playing-small-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/small-balls-and-winning-with-a-risk-adverse-mind-set-playing-small-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Balls, and Winning with a Risk Adverse Mind-set Playing “Small Ball”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n
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Me and my baseball mentor both weather criticism for playing small ball. The metaphor translates to entrepreneurship because I pal small ball<\/div>\n
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9\/8\/15, 9:46 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
I care about “funding” you with a $300 credit line you don’t use\/don’t touch, to get you your 1st $1,000 in revenue #CherryPop<\/a> #ch2<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


$300 pales in comparison to getting a $5,000,000 infusion of sexy venture capital. A $5mm first round capital seems like a homerun. A HR seems to be the opposite of small ball. But home runs often come after small ball is played. <\/span><\/div>\n


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Small ball gets you on the right side of the Entrepreneurship Bell Curve <\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
(Much of your risk is mitigated)<\/p>\n

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You can play small ball right now (or wait for VC funding): <\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/span><\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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9\/8\/15, 9:49 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
The appx cost of building a website is negative 30 dollars #CherryPop<\/a> bit.ly\/abellay711<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/HzQ8UAGYtM<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


I’m an expert at popping cherries. <\/span><\/div>\n

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9\/8\/15, 9:57 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Load up a wordpress site. Charge via a PayPal button. Go zero to $600k. First $3o is hard #ZeroPt6<\/a>. #CherryPop<\/a>‘d pic.twitter.com\/f8uoXwsXaJ<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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9\/8\/15, 9:52 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Load up a wordpress website. Embed one line of PayPal code. Link to me. Tweet it at me. I’ll pay u $30. Limit first $488mm #CherryPop<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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8\/25\/15, 7:12 PM<\/a><\/div>\n
Smiled in the face of adversity and now adversity wont stop calling.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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