{"id":9740,"date":"2017-03-17T13:21:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T17:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=9740"},"modified":"2017-03-17T15:48:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T19:48:27","slug":"how-to-avoid-the-fatal-pinch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/how-to-avoid-the-fatal-pinch\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Avoid the Fatal Pinch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">By Larry Chiang<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Peter Thiel has invested in ways to live forever. I just wanna use my 488 points of IQ to help your YC startup come back from the dead.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Edit. Learn to #cs183e.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image1-18.jpg\" alt=\"image1.JPG\" id=\"54552DD7-BA53-44DD-874D-C9F4C80F31B6\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">&#8220;how to avoid the fatal pinch&#8221; is a lot like removing orange cream sauce from a silk blouse. Paul Graham said &#8220;how to avoid the fatal pinch&#8221; in his essay &#8220;Default Alive or Default dead&#8221;<\/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\/841655201375248388?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">3\/14\/17, 7:20 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">&#8220;how to avoid the fatal pinch&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9XfhgKg09B\">paulgraham.com\/aord.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>*Fatal pinch* at YC is often 1-3 founders going to GSB orBoston 4MBA.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23DuckBk&amp;src=hash\">#DuckBk<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dOdIDGkZd2\">twitter.com\/yaelhochberg\/s\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23DuckBK&amp;src=hash\">#DuckBK<\/a>&nbsp;[bk = bankruptcy]<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">I started Duck9. It&#8217;s number 1 in helping college students avoid credit code 9. A bk in the euphemism &#8220;chargeoff&#8221;. Make no mistake, 9s are treated like a bankruptcy!!<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/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\/841653405508542464?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">3\/14\/17, 7:13 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">&#8220;how to avoid the fatal pinch&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23DuckBK&amp;src=hash\">#DuckBK<\/a>&nbsp;[bk = bankruptcy]<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9XfhgKg09B\">paulgraham.com\/aord.html<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h9YXUD4NEn\">twitter.com\/larrychiang\/st\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image2-10.jpg\" alt=\"image2.JPG\" id=\"EFEC61F7-2DA4-445C-8362-FD0E6B5F8F4A\"><br \/>\n<\/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\/761277911689154561?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">8\/4\/16, 12:09 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">&#8220;&#8216;logic bomb&#8217;, a scrap of code that triggers a malevolent event when certain condition&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a7C8MawYDp\">rollingstone.com\/tv\/recaps\/mr-r\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/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\/842784030659559424?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">3\/17\/17, 10:05 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">I took notes on logic bombs watching&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23mrRobot&amp;src=hash\">#mrRobot<\/a>&nbsp;bc VC lemmings resigning from board &#8220;triggers abandonment&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23duckBk&amp;src=hash\">#duckBk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183e&amp;src=hash\">#cs183e<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sxsw&amp;src=hash\">#sxsw<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q0Ew8jeRpm\">twitter.com\/larrychiang\/st\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Even if furloughing employees to stay solvent is an option&#8230; the. Bank. Will. Call. Your. Debt.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\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\/842785602282049536?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">3\/17\/17, 10:12 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Page 8 (of 34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23DuckBk&amp;src=hash\">#DuckBk<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sxsw&amp;src=hash\">#sxsw<\/a>) from the 8:10am <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SpringForward&amp;src=hash\">#SpringForward<\/a> breakfast! My <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183e&amp;src=hash\">#cs183e<\/a> notes w Barry that went until 12. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vPmJMnuPcj\"><span>pic.twitter.com\/vPmJMnuPcj<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/image3-4.jpg\" alt=\"image3.JPG\" id=\"862F5869-FF37-4CA1-9DA4-09600D3E4F9D\"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang Peter Thiel has invested in ways to live forever. I just wanna use my 488 points of IQ to help your YC startup come back from the dead.&nbsp; Edit. Learn to #cs183e. &#8220;how to avoid the fatal pinch&#8221; is a lot like removing orange cream sauce from a silk blouse. 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