{"id":9763,"date":"2017-03-20T13:39:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T17:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=9763"},"modified":"2017-03-20T14:28:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T18:28:47","slug":"gaps-and-chasms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/gaps-and-chasms-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasms, Arbitrage and Gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Larry Chiang
\nI wanted to call this article, the luck o’ the Chinese.<\/p>\n

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\n\"chinese-engineers-engineer-our-own-serendipity\"<\/a> Lucky in high FICO has a protocol for luck, it is whats in Holly’s mouth “#poBox16589”. The Victoria’s Secret, secret shopping cart hack Kenneth Lin (Credit Karma) told me about. He’s CEO\n

There is a ‘signature business recipe’ for luck. See what is in Holly’s mouth “#poBox16589”. The Victoria’s Secret, secret shopping cart hack Kenneth Lin (Credit Karma) told me about. He’s CEO of Credit Karma. And we think engineers should manage their own luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/span><\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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3\/20\/17, 9:26 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
The pot of gold (or in your case the $74 bucks) gets inserted at the chasms moist vulnerable point
\n#ENGR145x<\/a>\u00a0@ENGR145x<\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/UjqVHSKYYu<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\"image1.JPG\" Yes, I precisely placed the sticker at the CLICHE point of failure. Like structural engineering can use CAD CAM to predict bridge failure, I can fortify a dying startup with arbitrage money\n

I would arbitrage leads and do sales leads in the chasm. Many YC startups (dotted line) do not realize that there is a solid line. Two chasms. I repeat. Outside of the stanford bubble*, there are multiple overlapping chasms**<\/p>\n

*Mark Suster<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/span><\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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3\/20\/17, 8:57 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
Mark\u00a0@msuster<\/a>\u00a0did this 2x but still did not explain his success w 1 picture. So, I took 45 seconds to “@MapMyFitness<\/a>” out, for your basecamp\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/VGKmA2McXK<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"basecamp-for-startups-means-getting-your-small-business-out-of-danger\"<\/a><\/p>\n

**Overlapping chasms<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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3\/20\/17, 8:38 AM<\/a><\/div>\n
Do you know about the secret @StanfordEng<\/a> #ENGR145<\/a> gap? UT ends ~May14. Summer qtr @Stanford<\/a> STARTS #26Jun2017<\/a> cc #sxsw<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/gNhbbMYHAx<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&sns=em<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&sns=em<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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