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 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.
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If you must use more than ten slides to explain your business, you probably don't have a business.
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If you use social media right, you will piss people off. It's actually recommended!
selling used sells
Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make.
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In giving presentations, use the 10/20/30 rule....use only 10 slides, take 20 minutes maximum, and use at least 30-point fonts.
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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?