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Name Dropping in Silicon Valley

April 26, 2012

By Larry Chiang I get this town. I’m am an alpha figure in this economic ecosystem because of 650 little little things. 20-30 ya know about because you heard from a friend of a friend. The other 640 I blogged but you don’t know because you haven’t read em. One of the little things is […]

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What They Don’t Teach You About Being an LP

April 24, 2012

By Larry Chiang I pattern recognize. The best patterns I recognize, I then pattern replicate and pattern iterate. Even though I have an IQ of 188, I break it down for a group of technical co-founders who are slumming it at MIT in the 120-130 range. I’m generous like that. Here is what I have […]

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MIT, It’s a Stanford Cal Hackathon All Y’all Should Crash

April 24, 2012

By Larry Chiang Im an entrepreneur in residence at MIT. I’m EIR at Stanford I also self-installed myself as EIR at Cal Berkly and 40 other University of California schools even though I don’t know how to spell Berkeley. This weekend Cal is hosting another hackathon, to which all of you (STANFORD) guys are invited! […]

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CASTING THE BACHELOR. We want you, Larry Chiang

April 23, 2012

By Larry Chiang My winning Mr Marina and Guardsman was only the start. Or middle. Visit my Mr Marina party where I celebrate the person who is #2. Yes, I celebrate the runner up http://bit.ly/mrmarina9 The Bachelor! ABC. > From: Valerie Walbrandt < redacted @gmail.com> > Date: April 23, 2012 1:08:13 PM PDT > To: […]

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Solving Puzzle vs Quilt Making Metaphor

April 22, 2012

By Larry Chiang Ms Tina Seelig has genius inside her book. Just read “InGenius” and it talks about “Puzzle solvers vs Quilt makers”. Creativity and getting results is the end goal. Making a quilt allows you to stitch together genius. This is similar to a pattern Ive recognized: finding a parade and backing that parade. […]

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Get the knowledge of a class before you go to that class

April 21, 2012

By Larry Chiang I am ‘notorious’ But the scandalous thing everyone *thinks* I’m getting away with is so basic. So common sense. To think I am breaking the rules simply misses my point. My point = simple. Get the knowledge of a class before you go to that class. Read ahead. As engineers, Fin 254 […]

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ivy hero life zero

April 20, 2012

In your effort to be 100% original and 100% unique, you risk being a cliche ‘ivy hero life zero’ CEO of Duck9 Stanford University EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence) Duck9 = Deep Underground Credit Knowledge 9 125 University Avenue/ 100 Palo Alto CA 94301 http://www.duck9.com/ass 650-566-9600 650-566-9696 (direct) 650-283-8008 (cell) **************** Editor of the BusinessWeek Channel […]

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Larry Chiang, Stanford Dining Bus Boy Applicant.

April 20, 2012

By Larry Chiang I have this thought where you are going to think I’m joking. But I’m not. I am going to be a bus boy. It’s so I can show you I’m willing to do the omega tasks and be omega male. I’m alpha male on this campus pretty often. It’s because I was […]

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VC Jiu Jitsu and VC Market Protection

April 20, 2012

By Larry Chiang Black magic, voodoo, Jiu Jitsu. Only one of these three can get you to 100% market protection. Yes, it’s Jiu Jitsu. Think of it as entrepreneurial karate. You see entrepreneurial Jiu Jitsu uses existing momentum to create more momentum. I wrote about it before. Getting to 100% market segment protection was tough. […]

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Back to Back Awesome Wardrobe Days

April 18, 2012

by Larry Chiang I am wearing the exact same looking outfit from yesterday to STANFORD University. I wore Perry Ellis pleated khakis, Geoffrey Beene shirt, NikeAir dress shoes from Cole Haan. You see, when the controversy kicks up (implying that I hooked up after a book signing), I am re-routing and re-channeling the energy towards […]

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