{"id":6319,"date":"2015-10-31T19:36:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T23:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=6319"},"modified":"2015-11-01T00:05:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T04:05:59","slug":"there-is-a-unique-connection-between-founders-and-vcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/there-is-a-unique-connection-between-founders-and-vcs\/","title":{"rendered":"There is a Unique Connection Between Founders and VCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Stanford-Business-School\/dp\/0615301487\/\" target=\"_blank\">WTDTYASBS<\/a>, is a sequel to his mentor&#8217;s, Mark McCormack&#8217;s, book, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Harvard-Business-School\/dp\/0553345834\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don&#8217;t Teach You at Harvard Business School<\/a>&#8220;. Chiang had a book launch party at IMG&#8217;s, International Management Group&#8217;s New York Fashion Week. As an undergrad entrepreneur, Larry Chiang mentored college students at public<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101secrets.com\/general-population-credit-knowledge.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> schools to get a FICO<\/a> over 765 as an undergrad. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harbus.org\/2009\/What-They-Dont-Teach-4531\/\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don\u2019t Teach You at Stanford Business School<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/18\/networking-before-sxsw-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">So Lets Network for SXSW using WordPress Trackbacks<\/a>&#8221; are at Harbus, Harvard B-school&#8217;s blog.<\/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 \/>\n&#8220;NY Fashion Week looks great from the front row.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Larry Chiang, CEO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>VCs and founders swap information. They&#8217;re connected.<\/p>\n<\/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\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/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 style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/660490442765524993?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/31\/15, 9:16 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SharkTank&amp;src=hash\">#SharkTank<\/a>\u00a0viewers. Know that the entrepreneur, VC pitch is a 10 lane superhighway. Obvi going both directions w\/Chris\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sacca\">@sacca<\/a>\u00a0Mark\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcuban\">@mcuban<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"2A974F26-502C-489D-BAEF-227EAA396436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image230.jpg\" alt=\"image2.JPG\" \/><br \/>\n<\/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\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/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 style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/660490783884095488?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/31\/15, 9:17 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Think of me as Waze (literal and figurative) turn-by-turn directions. For money, VC &amp; credit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SharkTank&amp;src=hash\">#SharkTank<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\nThis blog.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"4EDF3D88-08E6-4976-87FC-14C0B60DC331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/image160.jpg\" alt=\"image1.JPG\" \/><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/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\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/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 style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/660491142975217664?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/31\/15, 9:18 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">SEC vs startups, The gov&#8217;t adds friction, roadblocks and inc difficulty. Drag feet w\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23HR3606&amp;src=hash\">#HR3606<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sharkTANK&amp;src=hash\">#sharkTANK<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3tLEWpWuuR\">twitter.com\/AnthonyGadgetX\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/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 style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/660492162405036033?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/31\/15, 9:22 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">waze<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2hwSSYI5Xw\">unofficialaustin.com\/uncategorized\/\u2026<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yT0UXV8Jki\">duck9.com\/blog\/cs-major-\u2026<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sharkTank&amp;src=hash\">#sharkTank<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sxsw&amp;src=hash\">#sxsw<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7d3dcVadRC\">pic.twitter.com\/7d3dcVadRC<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\/660493164734582784?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">10\/31\/15, 9:26 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Investors want to &#8220;collect data points&#8221; on us founders. So, let them. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%2310LaneSuperhighway&amp;src=hash\">#10LaneSuperhighway<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Remember, it doesn&#8217;t take money to make money. It takes working smart in the way that engineering 145 teaches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<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);\">Stanford Engineering helps you &#8220;Cross the Chasm From the Right&#8221;<\/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);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang&#8217;s book, WTDTYASBS, is a sequel to his mentor&#8217;s, Mark McCormack&#8217;s, book, &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach You at Harvard Business School&#8220;. Chiang had a book launch party at IMG&#8217;s, International Management Group&#8217;s New York Fashion Week. As an undergrad entrepreneur, Larry Chiang mentored college students at public schools to get a FICO over 765 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-networking-with-venture-capitalists"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}