{"id":8019,"date":"2016-06-13T02:55:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T06:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=8019"},"modified":"2016-06-13T03:29:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T07:29:20","slug":"hack-america-theeuropas-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/hack-america-theeuropas-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Hack America #theEuropas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Larry Chiang<\/span><\/div>\n

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Here we were making fun of the crazy business practices of Silicon Valley VCs and startups… When we should have been benefitting from all that infrastructure<\/i>. <\/span><\/div>\n

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This is my last in a series, “What a They Won’t Teach You While Networking and Note-taking at <\/span>#TheEuropas<\/a>” but did teach you at Stanford Engineering’s entrepreneurship school. Yes the number one school for entrepreneurship is the engineering school. <\/font> <\/span><\/div>\n

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Your fulfillment is done already in America via Amazon.<\/span><\/div>\n
Your second stage sales premiums are already fulfilled by Amazon in America. Shouldn’t your facade be made 360?! 🎯 <\/span><\/div>\n

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Let’s intensify our American sales effort by being more America than America. Be more Silicon Valley than Silicon Valley RIGHT HERE FROM LONDON<\/span><\/div>\n

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You’re a Silicon Valley startup right here in the basement of LSE or Silicon Roundabout… Let us complete the details and check all the boxes. <\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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6\/12\/16, 6:55 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Hack America! Gamificate your European startup’s FICO \/D&B credit score. #TheEuropas<\/a>‘. #5 pic.twitter.com\/gXDCeRvVy7<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Establishing a $300 USA credit line attached to your British identity. AMERICAN credit authorities make no distinction between a 24 year old UK graduate student studying at HBS \/GSB and an 18 yo American. Take advantage. <\/div>\n
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Establishing a legit landline telephone number. Not google voice. And then porting that legit landline to T-mobile. For extra credit, forward unanswered calls over to Kall-8 for a phone tree complete with virtual PBX options. <\/div>\n
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The leads me to my next point. <\/div>\n
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HAVING A COMPLETELY AMERICAN BUSINESS CARD. <\/div>\n
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America is a huge market that is very easy to sell in. Plus, majority of USA buyers are a sucker for anything with an English accent. Thus, take your American business card and sell at trade shows<\/div>\n
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SalesForce’s Dream Force<\/b> is a great trade show for CRM. Pictured is Brady and Astro. <\/div>\n
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SxSW is a great trade show in Texas. <\/div>\n
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HPE Discover is Hewlett Packard Enterprises trade show in Las Vegas. <\/div>\n
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More ‘Hack America’ tips are in here<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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6\/12\/16, 8:30 PM<\/a><\/div>\n
What They Don\u2019t Teach You at #theEuropas<\/a> About Hacking Silicon Valley \u2026tteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/1\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Stanford Engineering. My notes and commentary. <\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&sns=em<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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Stanford engineering 145, #ENGR145 is free on YouTube and has a bell curve. <\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&sns=em<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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