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
people agree
Not many people agree with what I do.
people use operating-systems
I have developed a Zen-like approach to the operating systems that people use: 'When you're ready, the right operating system will appear in your life.
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.
people weakness mediocre
High achievers tend to have major weaknesses. People without major weaknesses tend to be mediocre.
smart believe people
Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them.
leadership people management
When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.
confusion people adoption
Instant success are seldom instant and if you talk to the people behind these successes, you'll find out that they came after months of fear, uncertainty and confusion along with a flagrant lack of adoption.
book writing people
There was no "decision" per se to re-position myself. I simply decided that I wanted to write a book that would help people influence others.
people mind stuff
At the end of my life, is it better to say that I empowered people to make great stuff, or that I died with a net worth of $10 billion? Obviously I'm picking the former, although I would not mind both.
team passion people
Great teams are usually small-under fifty in total head count. (There are few examples of a team made up of hundreds of people who created anything revolutionary.) Big teams aren't conducive to revolutionary products because such products require a high degree of single-mindedness, unity, and unreasonable passion.
people personality causes
A magnificent cause can overcome a prickly personality, but your ability to enchant people increases if they like you, so you should aspire to both. You’ll know that you’re likeable when you can communicate freely, casually, and comfortably with people.
people luck favors
Luck favors the people who are willing to grind it out.
differences people advertising
Do you know what the difference is between PR and advertising? Advertising is when you say how great you are. PR is when other people say how great you are. PR is better.
people needs roles
You know in a startup, you only need three people. You need someone who can make something. You need someone who can sell it. And you need someone to collect the money. That's the only three roles in a startup. So which one are you?