What a Stripper Can Teach a Supermodel (and Stanford Engineers) at CES
By Larry Chiang
In short, not that much.
But strippers can remind us supermodels of a bunch of tactics here at CES.
Value Added Entitlement
Strippers have cliches attached to their job description. In addition to the drug habit and the lack of ability to save, strippers ooze entitlement.
The opposite to entitlement is reciprocity or value creation. Having the duality on both sides of the spectrum is what successful strippers do (and successful supermodels)
Home Field Advantage
In the article, “What a Supermodel Can Teach a College Athlete About Working the Fiesta Bowl”, one big tip was a ‘Gua Gua Guacamole’ recipe of getting-home-field-advantage on the road.
The best strippers never strip in their hometown. They always strip on the road. They literally are street-smart.
Never Meet at Their Office
Supermodels know this
Best friends of strippers know this.
You never, never, never, never, never, meet up with a stripper in their office. Never.
Supermodels too. Don’t meet them backstage at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.
Entrepreneurs should never meet a
VC at their office either.
If you’re a Stanford engineer, you should meet a VC at a tech conference where your entrepreneurial guacamole dance mesmerizes the VCs into wooing US. Err, you.
I keep forgetting I’m a VC now.
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