{"id":6123,"date":"2015-10-19T13:04:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T17:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=6123"},"modified":"2015-10-19T13:27:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T17:27:18","slug":"why-a-high-american-fico-score-matters-to-your-startup-teams-co-founders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/why-a-high-american-fico-score-matters-to-your-startup-teams-co-founders\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a High American FICO Score Matters to Your Startup Team&#8217;s Co-founders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I can think of $600,000 reasons&#8230;<\/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\/656143965981270017?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">10\/19\/15, 9:24 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;600,000 reasons a high FICO matters to your startup team, in a 200 word blog post.&#8221;<br \/>&#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image217.jpg\" alt=\"image2.JPG\" id=\"BBC6D89E-1BEB-4BC3-98F2-F2A7F7E9664F\"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Larry Chiang, millionaire.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><br \/><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/download?ref_src=MailTweet-iOS\">Download<\/a> the Twitter app and read&nbsp;<font color=\"#000000\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ZeroPt6&amp;src=hash\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">#ZeroPt6<\/a>. It walks you through your first 600,000 US dollars.&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<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\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/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 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/642484434847924224?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">9\/11\/15, 4:46 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">$0.6mm is Zero point 6 million dollars. While otter millionaires remember their 1st mill, I care about your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ZeroPt6&amp;src=hash\">#ZeroPt6<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oH6M0A9wCY\">pic.twitter.com\/oH6M0A9wCY<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/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\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/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 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/616277707878305792?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">7\/1\/15, 9:10 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The road to $600,000&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ENGR145&amp;src=hash\">#ENGR145<\/a>&nbsp;stops by $300. Going $0-600k goes by 300!&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ZeroPt6&amp;src=hash\">#ZeroPt6<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Theorem&amp;src=hash\">#Theorem<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Of&amp;src=hash\">#Of<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SumThings&amp;src=hash\">#SumThings<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/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\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/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 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/623559497391321088?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">7\/21\/15, 11:25 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23zeroPt6&amp;src=hash\">#zeroPt6<\/a><br \/>Every millionaire since history began, was once at $600k (or 0.6mm&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JONZNQuIoL\">pic.twitter.com\/JONZNQuIoL<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image137.jpg\" alt=\"image1.JPG\" id=\"F2240E64-65E3-4DD2-A537-AE48683F5E63\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Every millionaire since history began, was once at $600k (or 0.6mm US dollars.)<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">This site is targeted at college grad 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 can think of $600,000 reasons&#8230; Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) 10\/19\/15, 9:24 AM &#8220;600,000 reasons a high FICO matters to your startup team, in a 200 word blog post.&#8221;&#8212; @LarryChiang Larry Chiang, millionaire.&nbsp; Download the Twitter app and read&nbsp;#ZeroPt6. 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