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
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Coming from the U.S., you tend to look at one homogeneous market with 350 million people. But in Europe, every country has its own customs and laws.
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It doesn't matter whether the Dow is 5000 or 50,000. If you're an entrepreneur, there is no bad time to start a company.
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When I saw that the mouse was the controlling thing and there was graphics moving all over and it wasn't character based ... it was a religious experience. Definitely, the scales were removed from my eyes. ... I became a believer in 30 seconds.
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Yes, but he's back again, ... As a company grows larger and larger it will have to bring in different types of managers.
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What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life.
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They make cool stuff. Sometimes the cool stuff works. And sometimes the cool stuff doesn't work.
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You say: "The last time I contacted you, I..." Investor thinks: "I'm going to fire my secretary for putting this clown on my calendar again.
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You say: "My goal is to build a world-class company." Investor thinks: "How about you ship and sell the first copy before we talk about world-class anything?
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You say: "I've always wanted to be an entrepreneur." Investor thinks: "I've always wanted to be a professional golfer. So what if you always wanted to be an entrepreneur?
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You say: "I'm bright and ambitious." Investor thinks: "That's a relief because I usually invest in stupid and lazy people.
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You say: "I love to think of new ways to solve problems." Investor thinks: "Is this a high-school science fair?
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You say: "I have lots of great ideas, but I have trouble figuring out which one to try. Let me tell you about a couple." Investor thinks: "I want to know which idea you're going to kill yourself trying to make successful, not which ideas have crossed your idle mind.
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You say: "If you sign an NDA, I'll tell you my idea." Investor thinks: "You are clueless. How can you not know that venture capitalists don't sign NDAs?
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You say: "I don't know much about your firm, but I thought I'd contact you anyway." Investor thinks: "You're a lazy idiot--why are you wasting my time?