Week 10 EOC: Silicon Valley wrap up Picture

This is my favorite scene and part of the series, as it highlights the relative helplessness and disconnect of the culture of silicon valley. Paying someone to do something under false pretenses and then paying for it in the end.

Week 8 EOC: Tip-to-Tip Efficiency

TBC

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Kelly, Marcella. BUSN, 9th Edition. Cengage Learning, 2017. VitalSource Bookshelf Online.

Week 7 EOC: Proof of Concept

TBC


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Kelly, Marcella. BUSN, 9th Edition. Cengage Learning, 2017. VitalSource Bookshelf Online.

Week 6 EOC: Third Party Insourcing

This is an interesting episode as it highlights one of the most difficult task as a leader that is good at something but must realize that there are weak points in his armor. This self realization is one of the only ways to succeed and you see this go through the various degrees of use. This goes from resistance to over confidence in the solution. With almost every character going through different forms of this throughout the episode. The best way to structure this post is to break it down by the characters.

Richard


The final thing that needs no expansion, they really should have had a secondary backup or the code or at the very least create one when a new party starts messing with the code.

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Kelly, Marcella. BUSN, 9th Edition. Cengage Learning, 2017. VitalSource Bookshelf Online.

Week 5 EOC: Penetrating Freedom

Episode 5

This is a follows up on why it might not have been a good idea to make Erlich a board member. He already had an ego but now he has an ego with leverage. This is shown by his unapproved venture to create a barely guided logo, costing five percent of the investment in company that doesn't have a working product. *TBD Quote*.

Richard for me has now broken the fourth wall, how someone with this level of opportunity can just be so apathetic. Though the arch of the episode shows him finally embracing a corporate culture, he just seems to be moping around. The most interesting result in all of this is the fact with a simple public board the two coders stay working at a level not seen prior in the series. *TBD Quote*

*Lao Tzo quote "best leader = not being known"*, Jared perfectly embodies this in this episode. His efforts to create a functioning work environment are contested at every turn, but showing great passion and drive he fights for it. Like a good leader he shows his ideas, takes the views of others and alters his methods until he finds something that works. The best part was the fact that the two coders are fully aware of what was happening at the base, but the simple pettiness of who is best trumped all making them both stay locked on their computers all thanks to Jared.

Limited wifi sorry for not having book quotes in right now will be up in the am.

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Kelly, Marcella. BUSN, 9th Edition. Cengage Learning, 2017. VitalSource Bookshelf Online.

Week 4 EOC: Business and Personal

Episode 4

This episode is the start of it was understandable before but now it's just sad. How Richard can go to the meeting with the lawyer and yet still not know what he needs to do. I mean why nobody around him has sat him down and go ok this is what you need to know and what you need to answer. A lawyer is the last person to be sitting in front of and trying to figure things out, every moment of their time will be charged to you. Which on a quick note brings up an unnecessary comment about his secretary in the beginning, Richard should truly start to think who he is associated with.

This brings up the secondary issue of whether Erlich should be a board member or not. There are different implications as to why he should and shouldn't be on the board. Though in a purely business sense he shouldn't put him on the board to ensure he can't be voted out. However I believe he has made the right call to put him on the board, due to the fact that every once in a while you have to take a leap of faith. It is questionable whether or not he is the right man to have faith in, the fact is he himself will show more loyalty to a point due to this move.

The need for an elevator pitch is critical, coming from the film side I was taught to actually have the pitch before you write the script. Which is why still it is unbelievable that he hasn't locked this in yet, it has to have been longer than a week in this universe more than enough time to get the bullet points of a business education.

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Kelly, Marcella. BUSN, 9th Edition. Cengage Learning, 2017. VitalSource Bookshelf Online.

Week 3 EOC: Get it in writing!!!

Episode 3

First thing right off the bat, once he thought of the name he should have confirmed it was available. The main reason besides the actual need to know if you can legally use the name, is the fact that he has done so much work living with the name it is almost impossible to give up your baby. It is so hard in fact he had to resort to having Erlich go off on a vision quest. Which on a side note is hands down the most "no no" moment of the episode, don't mix drugs with professional business.

The highlighted mistake that Richard made this episode besides not know whether he could use the name, was not getting it in writing. Which was highlighted by the sub-problem that showed throughout the episode, having standards for how your company members talk about your company to others. Today anybody with the right follower can blow up even the smallest little comment. This created the issue of getting it in writing, as the other party saw that he was "worth" billions, those making him want more.

The thing that I like so far about the show is the network that Richard is building without really understanding what he is doing. Though he lacks traditional business skills like negotiating, he has made up for it by simply being to "weak" in the eyes of the people around him. This has really been his saving grace so far, besides Peter Gregory everyone seems to give him a pass and help based on their perception of him.

Work Cited
Kelly, Marcella. BUSN, 9th Edition. Cengage Learning, 2017. VitalSource Bookshelf Online.