{"id":7506,"date":"2016-04-19T11:56:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T15:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=7506"},"modified":"2016-04-19T14:16:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T18:16:51","slug":"self-funding-a-flight-to-silicon-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/self-funding-a-flight-to-silicon-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Funding a Flight To Silicon Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n
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Who plans Christmas in April?!<\/div>\n
Winners.<\/div>\n
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Winners plan<\/b>.<\/div>\n
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Winners self fund their company before a VC forces $15mm down our throat by sleeping on our sofa*. Do you want to meet VCs? <\/u>Step number one in self funding a company is to come to SF. Step 1 in coming to SF is self funding a flight. Step number one to self funding a flight is to prepare to sell Santa costumes via PayPal (WordPress, eventbrite and YouTube)<\/div>\n
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Get it?? You’re going to take step one that’s the first step for so many awesome things.<\/div>\n
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I did not co-found\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0#santaCon<\/a>, but I sure do sell well<\/span><\/div>\n
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Plot spoiler: By Dec 9, this town will be horny and all sold out of Santa costumes.\u00a0\u00a0#santaCon<\/a>\u00a0is December 10<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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4\/16\/16, 5:21 PM<\/a><\/div>\n
In #SiliconValley<\/a>, this guy helps you make $600.oo – 3k by selling #santaCon<\/a> suits in Union Square at a 1200% markup pic.twitter.com\/chYzTo71Pv<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Invest $4.oo by getting a free WordPress website. In that wordpress, blog<\/i> your intention to come to SF. And link to this wordpress article about self funding a flight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3\/16\/16, 7:20 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
#sxsw<\/a>
\nWant to make money visiting SF, aka\u00a0#siliconValley<\/a>?! Arbitrage\u00a0#SantaCon<\/a>\u00a0costumes at\u00a0#757Market<\/a>\u00a0#cs183a<\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/nwFV3jU1Im<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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We only sell the male Santa Claus costume. Women plan better and they do not pay $120 last minute. Men, do.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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3\/16\/16, 7:25 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
maybe u missed the\u00a0@peterthiel<\/a>\u00a0#SXSW<\/a>\u00a0party. But u can execute Peter’s Lec 9;\u00a0#CS183<\/a>\u00a0and ‘#CS183s<\/a>‘a\u00a0#santaCon<\/a>\u00a0Dec10\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/sPJJdznm2h<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\nIn December of this year, Christmas falls on the 25th of 2016.\u00a0SantaCon<\/a>\u00a0is December 10. Second SATURDAY.\u00a0<\/span>Peter Thiel<\/a>\u00a0mentored us engineers inside\u00a0<\/span>Lec 9;\u00a0#CS183<\/a>\u00a0to get distribution<\/i>. Selling costumes and self funding a flight to SF builds your distribution skill set.\u00a0‘#CS183s<\/a>‘ is an offshoot of Lecture 9,\u00a0CS 183<\/a>.\u00a0#CS183s<\/a>\u00a0is about SALES
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