{"id":7366,"date":"2016-04-09T00:26:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T04:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=7366"},"modified":"2016-04-09T00:27:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T04:27:23","slug":"sell-what-exists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/sell-what-exists\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;sell what exists&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>You&#8217;re sitting there in Engineering 145 and as part of the class, you must cofound a startup.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So you do and later you find out there is a company that does what you created. This multiple site discovery is very common.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image114.jpg\" alt=\"image1.JPG\" id=\"BC3C761D-26E7-486E-AD9C-ECA1C0A552F0\"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ENGR145s&amp;src=hash\">#ENGR145s<\/a>&nbsp;is about selling something that already exists<\/span><\/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\/594896414783590400?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">5\/3\/15, 9:08 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Sales. Customer development cycle to gin up sales. And sell what exists <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ENGR145s&amp;src=hash\">#ENGR145s<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CTCFTR&amp;src=hash\">#CTCFTR<\/a>] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cQOh9vyTBg\"><span>pic.twitter.com\/cQOh9vyTBg<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image24.jpg\" alt=\"image2.JPG\" id=\"49B014A2-CDF1-4B9F-9C41-7E494635EBC9\"><\/div>\n<div>This person is selling Uber and making $750 per driver that signs up.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image32.jpg\" alt=\"image3.JPG\" id=\"F058640E-6BEF-4C6D-8159-1BEE7169E99D\"><\/div>\n<div>Focus on the dotted region and the cigar shaped graph above the dotted region.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<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);\">Success in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ENGR145s&amp;src=hash\">#ENGR145s<\/a>&nbsp;is predicated on Crossing the Chasm FROM THE RIGHT<br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang You&#8217;re sitting there in Engineering 145 and as part of the class, you must cofound a startup.&nbsp; So you do and later you find out there is a company that does what you created. 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