Don Dodge, Google; Larry Chiang, Duck9 (founder of UnofficialAustin); Marcus Nelson, SalesForce; Dan Martell, Flowtown

Best of 2015 SXSW Party List and March 13- March 18 Forecast

February 7, 2015

By Larry Chiang  I curate entrepreneurship, cool books, FICO credit score rules and entrepreneurship parties. Monitor the comments and wordpress Trackbacks for the best South by Southwest events.  Many of the rumors are true.  It’s true, from 2007-2008, I showed people how to get MBA knowledge. It’s also true that at SXSW, I revealed #vcSecrets […]

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Austin Tech Council’s Pre SXSW Party

January 27, 2015

By Larry Chiang I curate parties like how Liz Link curated at Harvard. WHY?! Cuz I like to party. Well, here is something cool I just found out: Valerie Cason (@CasonDaily) 1/27/15, 3:14 PM Funny you should ask, @LarryChiang! @ATCouncil hosting #ATCGateway @BelmontAustin that THURS & it will be epic… atcgateway.eventbrite.com By Thursday, Valerie means Thursday March 12, 2015. 5pm!!! follow Valerie Cason […]

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Asian Business Opportunities for Austin Startups

January 27, 2015

Non-Banks and Retail Payments: Innovations in China and the United States  Retail payment systems worldwide have historically been controlled by banks and card networks closely linked to banks. This paradigm is shifting as a variety of companies from outside the banking industry are entering the payments industry. Non-banks, also referred to as third-party payment companies, […]

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488 University Avenue Power Cord for 8985. Braun Shaver 8985 uses power cord part 7030458

October 28, 2014

From Larry Chiang Braun power cord (discontinued in 2011) My inventory is real and here is a video of how each Braun power cord gets tested See all the Braun power cord models at http://bit.ly/mcuban710b

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Building Treasure and Skill w Braun Power Cords

October 18, 2014

By Larry Chiang  Do you know about #HTMMWYMM?!http://www.duck9.com/blog/stanford-engineering/top-7-tweets-reveal-htmmwymm-in-cs/ The idea is the simultaneously build cash as you build your resume. Well, I’m Larry and I said:   Stanford, YC and #LarryChiang offer “classes” on YouTube. They cost zero. As the “third institution of Silicon Valley” (as per Quora), I’m paying you to take my ‘class’ […]

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CS Majors Don’t Spam 415-938-5166. They Engineer Up Momentum #EUTWMPPM

October 14, 2014

By Larry Chiang Most people think distribution is like handing out leaflets or spamming  415-938-5166  More Swipe spam from 415-767-1435 http://whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/cs-majors-dont-spam-re-415-767-1435-they-engineer-up-momentum-eutwmppm/ ENGR145’s two anchor videos move you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve  http://bit.ly/buster14512v  Is a bit ly I memorized that links to CEO of Duck9 Stanford University’s Founding EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence) Duck9 […]

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How to Do Startup CPR

October 14, 2014

By Larry Chiang Med school kids practice on dead people. These residents carve up 10-20 cadavers before they're even allowed to execute surgery on something with an active heartbeat.  So as resident University of Texas' entrepreneurs-in-residence, does it not make sense to practice on something dead?! We should practice on the dead so there is […]

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Doing Things That Don’t Scale, But Have Momentum Inside CS 183B, #CS183D

October 2, 2014

By Larry Chiang Bell curves suck when you’re on the left Trust me, the first ‘B’ I got in engineering made me go bezerk. I mean, students at Urbana were pitted against each other So because of this emotional baggage, I vowed to never again get an Asian “F”. Bell curves inside entrepreneurship can be […]

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Before Longhorn Startup Ends (CS 178 at UT), Start Up “YOU Inc”

September 28, 2014

By Larry Chiang  The agenda seems onerous. Lets succeed by doing signature business maneuvers my mentor taught me. My mentor was Mark McCormack. He’d want you to work on You, Inc. Asse9 Austin Secret (@asse9) 9/28/14, 2:38 PM How to Startup “You, Inc.”,#1of23Pick one DDSS focus (dumb it down, sandbag for success). And focus!!!!!#GoPartialRetard #CS183B Do […]

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What is Engineer Up a Tidal Wave of Momentum, Perpetual Promotion Machine (EUTWMPPM)

September 27, 2014

Dear Jamie Rothstein, It’s Larry Chiang We met at the August Capital party David Hornik and Howard Hartenbaum hosted. I mentioned #EUTWMPPM and wanted to explain it better The problem: Majority of startups don’t promote enough Solution: get a tidal wave of marketing momentum going. This is how EUTWMPPM works. It takes business recipes written […]

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