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Ch2. Syllabi Treasure Management: Learning "What They Teach You At Stanford Business School" without going to GSB.

September 4, 2009

By Larry Chiang Treasure Management: Learning “What They Teach You At Stanford Business School” without going to GSB is possible. First the scandalous news… yes I wrote the book, “What They Don’t Teach You At Stanford Business School” but no I did not go to the graduate school of business (GSB). You can learn what […]

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14 Chapters. Over 500 Pictures.

September 3, 2009

Unedited by Larry Chiang These are the Chapters. Yikes there is a TON of content. Remember, none of it is copywritten so cut and paste away (Yeah, its Chapter 3 of my book) Chapter 1: Damned if you do, damned if you don’t go to B-school How Star Fleet Academy Is Like An MBA Navigate […]

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Harvard's Berkman Center: Events, Virtual Events and Digital Media

September 2, 2009

BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY September 2, 2009 // Upcoming events and digital media edited by Larry Chiang [1] [TUESDAY 9/8/09] Berkman Center Open House (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2009/09/openhouse) [2] [SAVE THE DATE 9/15/09] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Broadband Internet for Eastern Africa: Policy and Legal Issues" with Professor Calestous Juma (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2009/09/juma) [3] [SAVE […]

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Reno 911 in Palo Alto! They're visiting Stanford :-)

September 1, 2009
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Correctly Teaching Young Adults About Credit Cards

August 25, 2009

by Larry Chiang Yikes. The WSJ has an article that is wrong. ALEKSANDRA TODOROVA wrote Teaching Teens About (Credit) History She makes some mistakes about credit. 1. Debit doesn’t build credit 2. Secured card?! No that’s wrong. 3. Odysseas Papadimitriou, chief executive of Evolution Finance is plain wrong when he says about credit cards: "Lock […]

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How to Work a Summer Festival for Mentors, Contacts, Deals and Mentors

August 20, 2009

{Originally in Business Week} By Larry Chiang Austin City Limits in Zilker Park hosts an infamous music festival. Yeah, I’m going. Yes, it will benefit me more (professionally) than some MBAs get out of their entire 2nd year. Summer festivals can be hotbeds for mentors, professional contacts, access to deals and mentors. I said mentors […]

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Hack: Amazon.com Author Central

August 19, 2009

::: http://www.WhatTheyDontTeachYouAtStanfordBusinessSchool.com ::: > Author Pages and Author Blogs > > Amazon now links to Author Pages from book detail pages on Amazon. > A new feature called “More About the Author” can be found right > under the Product Details section on book detail pages. Examples be> low: > > http://www.amazon.com/Skeletons-at-Feast-Chris-Bohjalian/dp/> 0307394964/ > > […]

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The Art of Cold Calling

August 4, 2009

By Larry Chiang http://www.WhatTheyDontTeachYouAtStanfordBusinessSchool.com Palo Alto, Calif, Tuesday, 4 August 2009 9:17:59 (PDT) Cold calling is defined as an out-of-the-blue phone call that interrupts a person in the middle of a business day. It is one of the most difficult tasks in business. Its like making a mid-day booty call to a person you’ve never […]

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AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford Highlights

August 2, 2009

By Larry Chiang http://www.WhatTheyDontTeachYouAtStanfordBusinessSchool.com Palo Alto, Calif, Wed, 20 May 2009 9:17:59 (PDT) *** Spin Room highlights *** @arrington @RonConway @vinodKhosla @furrier @RobHayes @marissamayer http://bit.ly/146Vdf #aoss09 Minute #38, They haven’t talked about sales on the angel panel #aoss09 Wish they’d talk about “sales” on the Angel Panel #aoss09 Ron Conway, “Heck I’d fund ideas. Don’t […]

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The Art of Dealing with a Hard Interview Question

July 31, 2009

ad:tech SF ’09: The Marketess Blocks Duck9’s Self-Promo Game VIDEO by Angela Natividad Edited By Larry Chiang This casual ad:tech SF press room convo takes place between Brent Terrazas of Everything’s Better with Brentter, Krista Neher of The Marketess and Larry Chiang. Larry runs a company called Duck9, which helps college kids improve their FICO […]

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