Larry Chiang does not fully get social media. It confuses him. He is grounded in the hard/fast world of clear ROIs and direct marketing. He is further confused that a third of the power points on Slide Share are about Twitter and related social media. Significant, but simultaneously confusing. Anyway, he could not fly to […]

Larry Chiang loves observing how tier one MBAs network, self-promote and sell. He unearthed one HBS (Harvard Business School) grad rising named Ethan Anderson. He helped start RedBeacon and their visibility rose significantly after an industry conference called TechCrunch50. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at how a start-up CEO with a Harvard MBA works a conference. […]

Larry Chiang gets mentored by all kinds of people. He rubs elbows with cute fuzzy mascots and celebrities. Recently, he was featured at Harbus, the Harvard Business School publication. In this post, he learns from New York Fashion Week attendees. By Larry Chiang I catch people setting their goals too low. New York Fashion Week is a work […]

Larry Chiang pretends to crash parties he hosts. He got his first job out of engineering school by crashing interview rooms at the Illini Union. Crashing is a critical skill-set that is not taught at Harvard, Stanford or Duke Fuqua’s School of Business. By Larry Chiang Before I waltzed into events with my BusinessWeek press pass, […]