{"id":8516,"date":"2016-09-11T13:47:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T17:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=8516"},"modified":"2016-09-11T13:49:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T17:49:18","slug":"shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/shorts\/","title":{"rendered":"Shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Shorts are very personal and entrepreneurial.&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\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/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 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/511908537250107392?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">9\/16\/14, 9:04 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">vintage dry fit. 1984<br \/>Its for athletes (like Michael Jordan) who want their UNC tarheels compression shorts. He wore the same compression shorts under red bulls shorts<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>Now, Michael Jordan sells underwear that&#8217;s not Nike. Yes, I take jock sniffing to the next, next level. Yes, my favorite jock to sniff is the Stanford engineering co-term who also plays a revenue sport. Or non revenue because it&#8217;s all awesome.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image3-4.jpg\" alt=\"image3.JPG\" id=\"5A87B9A3-C01F-435C-959F-01A3B133E6BA\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">I have my own branded shorts with a twist. A marketing twist, not a knot in my shorts!!<\/span><\/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);\">Fortune. Cookie. Messages.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Fortune (cookie) formatted message can only be read with the shorts in the off, position.&nbsp;Fortune Cookie &#8220;Tramp Stamp&#8221;. Yup a fortune inside your shorts where women ask, &#8220;What&#8217;s inside your shorts?&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image1-13.jpg\" alt=\"image1.JPG\" id=\"E93F118A-7C49-4600-81ED-609F0F25F8F7\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/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);\">New Nike shoes<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/image2-7.jpg\" alt=\"image2.JPG\" id=\"77B0A113-3F2A-4C0C-A824-84FC72E931D3\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">When you reverse the swoosh, you risk TM offense. If you&#8217;re entrepreneurial, you would encroach the Nike neutral zone to make a sequel shoe for next 9-11.&nbsp;<\/span><\/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);\">Or, you&#8217;d rebrand Nike shorts with a Fortune Cookie &#8220;Tramp Stamp&#8221; and avoid commercializing 9-11. Yup a fortune inside your shorts where women ask, &#8220;What&#8217;s inside your shorts?&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/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=eudADPfTWiE&amp;sns=em\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;sns=em<\/a><\/span><\/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\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;sns=em<\/a><\/span><\/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\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/698996568154882048\/ucC_XGfc_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">John Exley (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnexley?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@JohnExley<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnexley\/status\/1448764299?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/3\/09, 5:08 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>&nbsp;Thx a lot 4 RT&#8217;s today, very cool mtg u, good luck this wkend! Bought Mark Mccormack&#8217;s book btw. Packed swim shorts too<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/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\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/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 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/128586298477907969?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">10\/24\/11, 2:38 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/baznet\">@baznet<\/a>&nbsp;the $75.oo Larry Chiang Nike boxer shorts don&#8217;t make me metro either.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qiBgLvnb\">\u2026tstanfordbusinessschool.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/06\/the\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/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\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/773265355993190406\/jV2LJvGG_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">baznet (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/baznet?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@baznet<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/baznet\/status\/128566851822288896?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">10\/24\/11, 1:21 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>&nbsp;Hi Larry ass. Looking forward to 11:11:11 p.s.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/p>\n<p><\/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\/167645243766865921?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">2\/9\/12, 8:25 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>On game day <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23MBFW&amp;src=hash\">#MBFW<\/a> I realize that no matter how *stressed* I am&#8230; my $75 &#8216;Larry Chiang 75.oo Nike Boxer shorts&#8217; save me <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qiBgLvnb\"><span>\u2026tstanfordbusinessschool.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/06\/the\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>See my body of promo work at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23MBFW&amp;src=hash\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">MBFW<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\">\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang Shorts are very personal and entrepreneurial.&nbsp; Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) 9\/16\/14, 9:04 AM vintage dry fit. 1984Its for athletes (like Michael Jordan) who want their UNC tarheels compression shorts. He wore the same compression shorts under red bulls shorts Now, Michael Jordan sells underwear that&#8217;s not Nike. Yes, I take jock sniffing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8516","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=8516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}