10 things Iron Man Movie taught me about Entrepreneurship

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:

10 things Iron Man Movie taught me about Entrepreneurship

By Larry Chiang

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10. If you’re a POW, you can still work on making your biz great
9. Give intimate press conferences
8. Never never never bang an ass’t or a staffer unless you’re gonna marry it
7. Have a back-up plan in case someone rips your heart out
6. Trust but confirm your officers
5. If you’re always concerned about getting your winkie wet, you won’t invent the flux capacitor of energy wealth
4. One man with a committed goal beats a team of mercenaries every time
3. Be ok with a 40 point dump in your stock because gain a zero lose a zero, you’re still the same
2. Have a “in-case the board whacks me” plan of succession 1. Speak freely and openly to the press: “yes I am Iron man” (and I’d like the 56 points of stock $$ back and then some)
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