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
opportunity done doorways
When you’ve worked hard and done well and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you.
real innovation big-companies
The real question is who will innovate.
leap evolve shows
Customers can tell you how to evolve a product, but they can't show you how to make a leap.
jobs stories want
There is only one Steve Jobs, but if you want a shot at being the next Steve Jobs, learn to communicate using stories, demos, and pictures.
taken artist roles
'Branding' has taken on too much of a role as a specialized craft performed by voodoo artists.
travel time-travel
I travel all the time.
thinking skills born
I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn.
knowledge mean discovery
Second, you need to spread the large amount of information knowledge that you've gained-pooping like an elephant. This means sharing information and discoveries with your fellow employees and occasionally even with your competitors.
world hours week
My theory is that when you're young, you should work eighty hours a week to create a product or service that changes the world.
success player people
Let's say a startup is hot. It ships something great, and it achieves success. Thus, it's able to attract the best, brightest, and most talented. These people have been told they're the best since childhood. Indeed, being hired by the hot company is "proof" that they are the A and A+ players; in fact, the company is so hot that it can out-recruit Google and Microsoft.
success business thinking
Unfortunately, they develop a fixed mindset that they're the most talented, and they think that continued success is a right. Problems arise because pure talent only works as long as the going is easy. Furthermore, they don't take risks because failure would harm their image of being the best, brightest, and most talented. When they do fail, they deny it or attribute it to anything but their shortcomings.
success ends
And this is the beginning of the end.
self patient foolish
The self-edited author is as foolish as the self-medicated patient.
entrepreneur what-if golfers
I've always wanted to be a professional golfer. So what if you always wanted to be an entrepreneur?