Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasakiis an American marketing specialist, author, and Silicon Valley venture capitalist. He was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing their Macintosh computer line in 1984. He popularized the word evangelist in marketing the Macintosh and the concepts of evangelism marketing and technology evangelism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth30 August 1954
CountryUnited States of America
care tough jewelry
The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers.
children cancer shoes
• People deserve a break. The stressed and unorganized person who doesn’t have the same priorities as you may be dealing with an autistic child, abusive spouse, fading parents, or cancer. Don’t judge people until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. Give them a break instead.
business moving important
How fast you are moving is more important than where you are.
fun mean numbers
Klout and various measurements of influence are fun. I love to see where I score on them, but there's a computer algorithm behind the calculation. If there's an algorithm, it can be gamed. Even if it's not gameable, you have to take a leap of faith that the number of followers, retweets, mentions, whatever really mean something.
motivation powerful people
Money is not the sole or most powerful motivation for many people. A higher and tougher test is to look back and see how you've made the world a better place.
opposites enchantment entitlement
Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment.
decision hard implementing
The hard part is implementing the decision, not making it.
jobs real entrepreneur
It's easy to say that entrepreneurs will create jobs and big companies will create unemployment, but this is simplistic. The real question is who will innovate.
writing flow goodness
Writing is the starting point from which all goodness (and crappiness) flows.
hockey
Hockey is the only thing that I'm not good at that I love.
smart believe thinking
Try stuff. I also used to believe that it's better to be smart than lucky because if you're smart you can out-think the competition. I don't believe that anymore-this is not to say that you should strive for a high level of stupidity. My point is that luck is a big part of many successes, so (a) don't get too bummed out when you see a bozo succeed; and (b) luck favors the people who try stuff, not simply think and analyze. As the Chinese say, "One must wait for a long time with your mouth open before a Peking duck flies in your mouth."
liars media two
There are two types of people on social media: people who want more followers, and liars.
goal desire world
The desire to change the world is a tremendous advantage as you travel down the difficult path ahead because focusing on a lofty goal is more energizing and attracts more talent than simply making a buck.
apples people going-away
Look back to the old days: people bought an MS DOS machine and struggled with it for weeks to bring it up to speed. Then Apple created Macintosh, struggled a bit with it, but eventually succeeded. Then it went into other businesses. If your company truly wants to change the world, it would make these problems go away for customers.