{"id":8318,"date":"2016-08-01T12:32:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T16:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=8318"},"modified":"2016-08-03T16:11:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T20:11:21","slug":"did-you-know-nike-and-trans-union-are-sequel-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/did-you-know-nike-and-trans-union-are-sequel-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you know Nike and Trans Union are Sequel Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What you think to be 100% original, in reality, is a sequel. It&#8217;s so counterintuitive as a beginner because when you&#8217;re young, you think that large established brands had a clean and beautiful birth.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Truth = starting up a business is incredibly messy.<\/div>\n<div><\/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\" \/><\/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\/760137594596274176?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8\/1\/16, 8:38 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=%23engr145s&amp;src=hash\">#engr145s<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183sequel&amp;src=hash\">#cs183sequel<\/a>\u00a0take you behind the incoherent musings of lucky founders. No stories, just protocol recipes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cmryQhLGkL\">pic.twitter.com\/cmryQhLGkL<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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\" \/><\/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\/675025264691183616?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">12\/10\/15, 10:52 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Trans Union self funded. They spun out of a railroad car system. Sounds like a train bc *its a sequel*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183sequel&amp;src=hash\">#cs183sequel<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/air-jordan-nike-tiger-shoes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/air-jordan-nike-tiger-shoes.jpg\" alt=\"Nike. Nike is a sequel to Tiger\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/air-jordan-nike-tiger-shoes.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/air-jordan-nike-tiger-shoes-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/air-jordan-nike-tiger-shoes-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a> Nike. Nike is a sequel to Tiger\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\/615392662233808896\/EtxjSSKk_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">TechCrunch (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/techcrunch?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@TechCrunch<\/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\/techcrunch\/status\/674939996135104513?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">12\/10\/15, 5:13 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">TransUnion Buys Trustev In $44M Deal To Beef Up In E-Commerce Fraud Protection\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BxaSgu5IIA\">tcrn.ch\/1XYPV6N<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ingridlunden\">@ingridlunden<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Crossing the Chasm From The Right (CTCFTR) via Larry Chiang&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ENGR145?src=hash\">#ENGR145<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p5BdArfm7m\">https:\/\/t.co\/p5BdArfm7m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/status\/760929136571392000\">August 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nLemonade Stands and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GuaGuaGuacamole?src=hash\">#GuaGuaGuacamole<\/a> at Stanford Engr 145 (Tech Entrepreneurship <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ENGR145?src=hash\">#ENGR145<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gh5BJ3pnRX\">https:\/\/t.co\/Gh5BJ3pnRX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/status\/760928934829535232\">August 3, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\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\" \/><\/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\/760137136980963328?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">8\/1\/16, 8:36 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Air Jordan. Nike. Nike founder used to be great at distribution for Tiger Shoes*. Nike is a sequel company to Tiger <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ENGR145s&amp;src=hash\">#ENGR145s<\/a> = <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183sequel&amp;src=hash\">#cs183sequel<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Phil Knight Discusses His New Book &#8216;Shoe Dog&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xCDoKhsirk\">https:\/\/t.co\/xCDoKhsirk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/status\/760916866021797888\">August 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\">\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">*This is in the book that the Nike founder wrote.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang What you think to be 100% original, in reality, is a sequel. It&#8217;s so counterintuitive as a beginner because when you&#8217;re young, you think that large established brands had a clean and beautiful birth. Truth = starting up a business is incredibly messy. Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) 8\/1\/16, 8:38 AM #engr145s\u00a0&amp;\u00a0#cs183sequel\u00a0take you behind [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stanford-engineering"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8318","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=8318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}