{"id":621,"date":"2012-04-30T11:29:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T15:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=621"},"modified":"2012-04-30T11:29:21","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T15:29:21","slug":"what-seth-sternberg-can-teach-a-stanford-engineer-about-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/what-seth-sternberg-can-teach-a-stanford-engineer-about-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"What Seth Sternberg Can Teach a Stanford Engineer About Entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang investigates and experiences entrepreneurship and pre-entrepreneurship. He covers the front-lines via Bloomberg BusinessWeek&#8217;s channel \u201cWhat They Don\u2019t Teach You at Business School\u201d. He has a JBA not an MBA. Its a Jedi in Business Administration. After Chiang\u2019s Harvard Law keynote, Harvard Business wrote: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/media.www.harbus.org\/media\/storage\/paper343\/news\/2009\/04\/06\/Features\/What-They.Dont.Teach.You.At.Stanford.Business.School-3697062.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don\u2019t Teach You at Stanford Business School<\/a>\u201c (the same title as his NY Times bestseller). If you read his scandalously awesome &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2009\/03\/31\/guest-post-hack-an-afterparty-an-exercise-in-entrepreneurship\/\">How to Hack at AfterParty<\/a>&#8220;, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/11\/what-a-supermodel-can-teach-a-stanford-mba\/\" target=\"_blank\">What a Supermodel Can Teach a Stanford MBA<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2008\/02\/21\/howtoworktheroom\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Get Man-Charm<\/a>\u201d, you will like his latest post:<\/p>\n<p>What Seth Sternberg Can Teach a Stanford Engineer About Entrepreneurship<\/p>\n<table width=\"100\" cellpadding=\"20\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-117\" title=\"cropped-head-shot1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/cropped-head-shot1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Stanford-Business-School\/dp\/0615301487\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Chiang<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Stanford University. It&#8217;s a first for an engineering school to have an EIR that lives on campus.<\/p>\n<p>As EIR, I am required to motivationally speak. But what makes me different from better and more qualified entrepreneurs is that I motivationally listen. <\/p>\n<p>I listen and take lotsa of notes. Sometimes I crash conferences like the Princeton University one held in Palo Alto over the weekend. Here is &#8220;What Seth Sternberg Can Teach a Stanford Engineer About Entrepreneurship&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-1- Raise VC Money After Product Gets Traction<\/p>\n<p>Seth said, &#8220;Getting VC money is easy after your product gets adoption&#8221;. Hustling up those intros and turning them into term sheets is hard BT (before traction)<\/p>\n<p>-2- Only take seed investment from seed funds<\/p>\n<p>Series A investors have been doing seed rounds but that doesn&#8217;t mean you should take that money.<\/p>\n<p>-3- Add value as non tech founder<\/p>\n<p>As ceo, Seth buffers so that his tech co founders COULD work.<\/p>\n<p>He went for supplies, got them food. Was a beta.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ejeIz4EhoJ0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"__ss_6780450\" style=\"width: 425px;\">\n<p><strong style=\"display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;\"><a title=\"What a Supermodel Can Teach a Bank President About Credit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/larrychiang\/american-bankersassociationlarrychiangfebruary282011\">What a Supermodel Can Teach a Bank President About Credit<\/a><\/strong> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/6780450\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 5px 0 12px;\">View more presentations from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/larrychiang\">Stanford University, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, GigaOm, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and 13 Syndicated Outlets<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>*** BONUS ***<br \/>\na party invite for you&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 195px; text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/calendar-widget?eid=1462308805\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"220\" height=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 10px; padding: 5px 0 5px; margin: 2px; width: 195px; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #ddd; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/features?ref=ecal\" target=\"_blank\">Online event registration<\/a><span style=\"color: #ddd;\"> powered by <\/span><a style=\"color: #ddd; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com?ref=ecal\" target=\"_blank\">Eventbrite<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table width=\"271\" cellpadding=\"20\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"382\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>If you liked this\u2026<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Harvard-Business-School\/dp\/0553345834\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"default\" src=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/mark-mccormack.jpg\" alt=\"default\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><strong>Larry\u2019s mentor Mark McCormack wrote this in 1983.<\/strong><strong> His own book came out 09-09-09. It is called \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Stanford-Business-School\/dp\/0615301487\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don\u2019t Teach You At Stanford Business School<\/a>\u2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>This post was drafted in an hour and needs your edits\u2026 email me if you see a spelling or grammatical error(s)\u2026 larry@larrychiang com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Larry Chiang started his first company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">UCMS<\/a> in college. He mimicked his mentor, Mark McCormack, founder of IMG who wrote the book, \u201cWhat They Don\u2019t Teach You at Harvard Business School\u201d. <strong><strong>Chiang is a keynote speaker and bestselling author and spoke at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creditcard.org\/testimony.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Congress<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucms.com\/Larry-Chiang-World-Bank-Beijing-Presentation.htm\" target=\"_blank\">World Bank<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Text or call him during office hours 11:11am or 11:11pm PST +\/-11 minutes at <a href=\"tel:650-283-8008\" target=\"_blank\">650-283-8008<\/a>. Due to the volume of calls, he may place you on hold like a Scottsdale Arizona customer service rep. If you email him, be sure to include your cell number in the subject line. If you want him to email you his new articles\u2026, ask him in an email <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":-)\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>You can read more equally funny, but non-founder-focused-lessons on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/-\/e\/B002E4CZXA\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Larry\u2019s Amazon blog <\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang investigates and experiences entrepreneurship and pre-entrepreneurship. He covers the front-lines via Bloomberg BusinessWeek&#8217;s channel \u201cWhat They Don\u2019t Teach You at Business School\u201d. He has a JBA not an MBA. Its a Jedi in Business Administration. 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