{"id":6374,"date":"2015-11-09T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T17:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=6374"},"modified":"2015-11-09T13:09:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T17:09:53","slug":"maybe-being-a-cs-major-cro-this-summer-would-cross-train-you-for-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/maybe-being-a-cs-major-cro-this-summer-would-cross-train-you-for-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe Being a CS Major CRO This Summer Would Cross Train You for Entrepreneurship"},"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 Let Us Network for SXSW using WordPress Trackbacks<\/a>&#8221; are at Harbus, Harvard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harbus.org\/2014\/what-mr-peabody-can-teach-harvard-business-school-about-the-fifth-epiphany\/\" target=\"_blank\">B-school&#8217;s blog<\/a>.<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Summer after my sophomore year in engineering, I did sales.<\/div>\n<p>Best. Career. Move. Ever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Chief Revenue Officer, because money matters.<br \/>\nCS major CRO because revenue matters.<br \/>\n#csMajorCRO because computer science hacks revenue.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sell more Omega watches than James Bond <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CS183b?src=hash\">#CS183b<\/a> Lec2 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CalEweek?src=hash\">#CalEweek<\/a> forked to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cs183s?src=hash\">#cs183s<\/a>. Yup, be a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/csMajorCRO?src=hash\">#csMajorCRO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XyOHI1s9zR\">https:\/\/t.co\/XyOHI1s9zR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/status\/660170690784399360\">October 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Summer after your freshman year is the perfect time to get a sales internship at a tech startup near zip code 94305. You&#8217;re not technical enough to do a strait CS internship and too sophisticated to do a grunt internship. Thus, you can do technical, business development. Aka tech sales. Aka tech biz dev.<\/p>\n<p>You will be a whore.<\/p>\n<p>By using the slang, &#8220;whore&#8221;&#8230;, I am emphasizing that you will be trading services your startup provides, for money. By whoring, you will be trading tech conference booth space for favors.<br \/>\nBy whoring, you will be trading favorable tweets for access.<br \/>\nBy whoring, you will be trading favorable wordpress blog posts for distribution.<br \/>\nBy whoring, you will be a needed person even though you&#8217;re a newbie<br \/>\nBy whoring, you will be temporarily setting aside your CS degree track and doing things that econ and art majors do after they graduate: Whore for money.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Sell more shoes than Derek Jeter as a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/csMajorCRO?src=hash\">#csMajorCRO<\/a>!! Its <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CS183a?src=hash\">#CS183a<\/a> Lec. 0&#10;&#10;&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/status\/663760812842942464\">November 9, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\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. 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