Larry Chiang writes about entrepreneurship and pre-entrepreneurship. 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“ (the same title as his NY Times best seller). If you read his scandalously awesome “What a Supermodel Can Teach a Stanford MBA”, “How to Get Man-Charm”, and “How to Write a NY Times Best Seller” you will like his latest post:
Bring Your Own VC. BYOVC
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By Larry Chiang
Have you heard of swingers parties.
Me, seriously, neither. So iewwie gross.
But at these parties, there is a subparty called a Key Party. People drop in their keys and swap partners. Well for the BYOVC, instead of bringing a key, you will bring your own VC.
BYOVC = Bring Your Own Venture Capitalist Party
It is hosted by http://twitter.com/ryaneshea @jacobcole4000 @ntippman and me at South by Southwest #sxsw http://bit.ly/vc0310vc6
Most here in Silicon Valley have a VC friend that does not want to fund them. In my case I have about 80 of these ‘friends. Well, here at SXSW, I teach engineers how to cold call, mancharm and wrangle VC celebs
Google Man-charm.
HEY, have you heard of a “White Elephant” gift exchange?! It is where you bring a gift you did not want and you pool all the unwanted gifts together. You get to pick one and you go through rounds where people trade, steal, borror, swap gifts. It is fun!
PLOT spoiler: Everyone goes home with a new gift they do not want.
Think of this party as a white elephant exchange for VCs
I hack stuff. One time for a bachelor auction, I hacked together a package and augmented my package greatly (pun inteneded). I am calling it:
“Gossip Girls: Bachelor Date Package with Larry Chiang“
Its Sept 6-23, 2012 (When I started with this event it was 8 days, now it will be a month long like Stanford Entrepreneur Week. Yeah, I am the ambassador to that too 
Get VIP treatment and behind the scenes access to Mercedes Benz Fashion Week that would make Blair Waldorf and Serena Van Der Woodsen from Gossip Girls jealous.
You’ll slip backstage with me, Larry Chiang, as I slip out of my VC/CEO/teacher at Stanford persona and don my SUPERMODEL character… It is an over-the-top incredible life experience at Lincoln Center in New York City.
Package includes access to shows like Diane Von Furstenberg, Prabal Gurung, Betsey Johnson, and a whole bunch of stuff I cannot pronounce like Harvey Legger. Remember, I am heterO.
I launched my NY Times best seller thanks to my mentor’s organization, IMG. Yes, I coat tail the best.
*** BONUS ***
a party invite for you…
If you liked this… 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 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 gave expert testimony 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 .
Larry speaks on stuff they don't teach in B-school to help you get street smart in doing business. In college, he started a business that helps college students with their FICO score. He loves entrepreneurs, Ben and Jerry's ice cream and after parties. You can reach him at:
