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Stock Tips and Advice No One Told Us

by Larry Chiang on January 25, 2017

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
Sweat equity ~> cash. Cash in your pocket. There are about 650 things that could – will go wrong #Duck9

By Larry Chiang

There are about 600 great Stanford entrepreneurship videos free for all on YouTube. There is an underlying pattern in Sweat equity ~> cash. There seems to be a lot that goes wrong!
Sweat equity ~> cash seems calm. But, there is an ocean of rogue waves that can wreck you financially. Obvi!!

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
Sweat equity has 12 very common patterns. Here’s what VCs pay attention to bc we’re too dumb to get tech

START. #LarryChiang @LarryChiang


Call me a dick, but I am having my grand nephews and Grand nieces call me, “hashtag Larry Chiang”. Because, distribution. 


Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
SWEAT EQUITY does not mean cash poor. Done correctly, you crank cash while you build equity sans sweat
@LarryChiang

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
If your two cofounders up and quit and go to Harvard Business school, go buy 20 stuffed animals. 
@LarryChiang pic.twitter.com/PGCmccjoOd

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
Sweat equity. Import from Vancouver “Sumi”, ‘Yumi’, Yoshi, Amelie, Ying and Astro. Overstay #df16 

@LarryChiang pic.twitter.com/bnbvIq9Chr


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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
Sweat equity. Even you lapdog wants a JOB so put that canine on a vesting sched and start up. @LarryChiang pic.twitter.com/mOkY6bxeET

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
Remember, your planet has 90+% of the galaxy’s liquid water. That #sweatEquity is all house money. #ch2

@LarryChiang

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
When u quit a great company with a great CEO, he gives you a million for ~25% and shakes your hand, out-the-door #sweatEquity

@LarryChiang

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
The best sweat equity is from killing five birds with one stone. Confucius says, @LarryChiang tweet(ed)

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
If and when you do get fired from your own startup, execute the @LarryChiang countermeasures. Don’t go on vacay. #cs183vc

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
For Peter’s sake, google what #cs183clawback is. Uber #nonEmployeeCoFounder, did. U can too

@LarryChiang LUVS #cs183s

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
Remember that team anti Christ is using the wrong logo. The upside down cross signifies how 3 mentees died inverted. Like Maverick #topGun

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
“Buy stock in you own startup whenever you can.”

@LarryChiang

Asse9 Austin Secret (@asse9)
Glorified “scraping”.
Repurposed momentum. 
Existing parades.
All, good

@LarryChiang

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
A lot of the value lies in the trash heap. #cs183e. Edit! #SweatEquity

@LarryChiang

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
Never trade your dog for someone else’s cat. {Aka selling your startup for all stock}

#EquityLost
@LarryChiang

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
“Firing founders. Trust me, your equity evaporates after the [eventual & amorphous] recap.” 

@LarryChiang

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
For example, THIS manage a trois in bed. {if you’re not fluent in French like me it means 3-way. Applies to founders pic.twitter.com/rKS7vBzqFr


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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
3 co-founders meshing is like a manage a trois where no one feels left out. Can’t happen. #threeWay #WrongWay #cs183team

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
There is a nice chunk of equity when you cofound a company with a sitting GP (vc). #nonEmployeeCofounder pic.twitter.com/2socCxt7qM

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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
Attrition is like breakage. Someone wins when breakage happens. Sum, lose. #SweatEquity@LarryChiang

Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)
Sweat equity has about a dozen very common patterns. Here’s what to pay attention to…

END. #LarryChiang


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