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“One Hit Wonder No More”

by Larry Chiang on November 2, 2010

Larry Chiang closes deals in rooms that he was not even invited into. He edits the Bloomberg BusinessWeek channel “What They Don’t Teach You at Business School”. After Chiang’s Harvard Law keynote, Harvard Business wrote: “What They Don’t Teach You at Stanford Business School“ (its the same title as his NY Times bestseller. If you read his scandalously awesome “What a Supermodel Can Teach a Stanford MBA” and “How to Get Man-Charm”, you will like his latest post:

By Larry Chiang


The “One Hit Wonder” monkey can be tough to shake.

Many entrepreneurs that have a mega hit get caught up in celebrity.  Andy Rubin was at risk of becoming a cliché one-hit wonder.
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He is on the verge of shaking that stigma with the new Android Google TMobile phone. 
MG Seigler, Venture Beat, is reporting that he spotted one in San Francisco that was running an Amazon music application.

Rubin on the future of mobile
“Let’s say you have a piece of software on your phone to improve power management (and therefore battery life). Let’s say a developer makes an improvement to the software. The update gets automatically installed on your phone, without you lifting a finger. Your phone actually gets better over time.”
– Andy Rubin on future proofing phones. 
Source: Android Guys

Apple Reaction:  Sources from Asse9 (Austin Secret Society of Entrepreneurs 9) place Steve Jobs in Andy Rubin’s office the third week of May.  He met with Rubin for over 90 minutes.  I have zero idea what they said.  My text message to Rubin’s cell phone, that also ends in two 0’s, has not been returned.  The cell I texted him from is 415-720-8500.

Releasing ahead of schedule: TechCrunch is reporting that the phone will be released before the earlier October 23 date.

As founding member of Asse9, I wish Mr Rubin much success.  I hope I lose my one hit status someday too.

I  founded  duck9 to graduate college students with a FICO over 750 using text messages in fourtune cookie sized tips.  I write for GigaOm’s Found|Read. Earlier posts include: How to Work The Room; Man Charm; 8 Tips On How to Get Mentored; and 9 VCs You’re Gonna Want To Avoid.
 

I recently did an 8 hour interview of Mark Cuban in a post called “How to Go From Millionaire to Billionaire.  Ten tips from 8 hours with Cuban.”

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Larry’s mentor Mark McCormack wrote this in 1983. His own book came out 09-09-09. It is called ‘What They Don’t Teach You At Stanford Business School‘

This post was drafted in an hour and needs your edits… email me if you see a spelling or grammatical error(s)… larry@larrychiang com

Larry Chiang started his first company UCMS in college. He mimicked his mentor, Mark McCormack, founder of IMG who wrote the book, “What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School”. Chiang is a keynote speaker and bestselling author and spoke at Congress and World Bank.

Text or call him during office hours 11:11am or 11:11pm PST +/-11 minutes at 650-283-8008. Due to the volume of calls, he may place you on hold like a Scottsdale Arizona customer service rep. If you email him, be sure to include your cell number in the subject line. If you want him to email you his new articles…, ask him in an email
You can read more equally funny, but non-founder-focused-lessons on Larry’s Amazon blog .

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