Guy Kawasaki
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| Born | August 30, 1954 Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Ethnicity | Japanese American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University, B.A UCLA, M.B.A. |
| Occupation | Venture capitalist Former Apple evangelist |
| Influenced by | Harold Keables |
| Home town | Honolulu |
| Religion | Christian[1] |
| Spouse | Beth |
| Children | 4 |
Guy Kawasaki (born August 30, 1954) is a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, bestselling author, and Apple Fellow.[2] He was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing the Macintosh in 1984. He is currently a Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, and has been involved in the rumor reporting site Truemors and the RSS aggregation Alltop. He is also a well-known blogger.[3]
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[edit] Early life
Guy Kawasaki was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he attended the Iolani School. He cites his AP English teacher Harold Keables as a major influence, who taught him that “the key to writing is editing.”[4] He graduated with B.A. in psychology from Stanford University in 1976.[5] After attending Stanford, he went to law school at UC Davis, where he lasted one week before realizing that he hated law school.[6] In 1977, he enrolled in the UCLA Anderson School of Management, from where he received his MBA.[4] His first job was at a jewellery company, Nova Stylings; in regards to this, Kawasaki said “the jewelry business is a very, very tough business — tougher than the computer business... I learned a very valuable lesson: how to sell.” [7]
[edit] Career
In 1983, Kawasaki got a job at Apple through his Stanford roommate, Mike Boich.[4][8] He was the chief evangelist for four years, until he “started listening to [his] own hype, and wanted to start a software company and really make big bucks."[9] In 1987, Kawasaki was hired to lead ACIUS,[10] the US subsidiary of ACI, which published the popular Apple database software system called 4th Dimension, that still remains popular today.[4][11]
He left ACIUS in 1989 to further his writing and speaking career; during this time, he wrote columns that were featured in Forbes and MacUser.[4][12][13] He also founded another company, Fog City Software, which created Emailer, an email client that sold to Claris.[14][15]
He returned to Apple as an Apple Fellow in 1995.[4] He is a founder of Garage Technology Ventures, a venture capital firm that has made investments in The Motley Fool and D.light Design.[16][17] In 2007, he founded Truemors, a free-flow rumor mill, that sold to NowPublic.[18][19][20] He is also a founder at Alltop, an online magazine rack.[8][21]
[edit] Bibliography
- Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions (2011) ISBN 1-59184-379-0
- Reality Check (2008) ISBN 1-59184-223-9
- The Art of the Start (2004) ISBN 1-59184-056-2
- Rules for Revolutionaries (2000) ISBN 0-88730-995-X
- How to Drive Your Competition Crazy (1995) ISBN 0-7868-6124-X
- Hindsights (1995) ISBN 0-446-67115-0
- The Computer Curmudgeon (1993) ISBN 1-56830-013-1
- Selling the Dream (1992) ISBN 0-88730-600-4
- Database 101 (1991) ISBN 0-938151-52-5
- The Macintosh Way (1990) ISBN 0-06-097338-2
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://creatingcustomerevangelists.com/resources/evangelists/guy_kawasaki.asp
- ^ Best Sellers: Hardcover Advice & Misc. New York Times. March 27, 2011.
- ^ How To Win People's Hearts Through Enchantment. TeenBusinessForum.com. April 15, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f A Brief History of Mine. How to Change the World. December 30, 2005.
- ^ Guy Kawasaki. Stanford's Entreprenuership Program.
- ^ Iwata, Edward. Entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki doesn’t accept failure. USA Today.
- ^ Bryant, Adam. Just Give Him 5 Sentences, Not ‘War and Peace’. The New York Times. March 10, 2010.
- ^ a b Ostdick, John. Guy Kawasaki: Advice for Making Your Venture Successful. Success Magazine.
- ^ Galant, Greg. VW Show #39 - Guy Kawasaki of Garage Technology Ventures. Venture Voice. October 16, 2006.
- ^ Brogan, Daniel. Seeking 4th Dimesion? Take Heart, Its Now in Town. The Chicago Tribune. July 12, 1987.
- ^ Brogan, Daniel. Seeking 4th Dimension? Take Heart, It’s Still in Town. Chicago Tribune. July 12, 1987.
- ^ Kawasaki, Guy. The Beauty of Metaphor. Forbes. August 25, 1997.
- ^ Kawasaki, Guy. Wise Guy: The Goal of a New Machine. Macworld.com August 11, 2003.
- ^ Emailer Licensed to Claris. TidBITS. April 3, 1995.
- ^ Furchgott, Roy (October 18, 1998), "Private Sector; Financier to the Garage Start-Up", The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/18/business/private-sector-financier-to-the-garage-start-up.html?src=pm
- ^ Ostdick, John. Guy Kawasaki: Advice for Making Your Business Successful. Success Magazine.
- ^ Pritchard, Stephen. Guy Kawasaki: The garage culture comes to Britain. The Independent. August 28, 2000.
- ^ Arrington, Michael. Guy Kawasaki’s Truemors Gets Acquired by NowPublic. Washington Post. July 10, 2008.
- ^ "Apple Evangelist’s Advice For Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs". Asian Week. July 1, 2008.
- ^ "Guy Kawasaki: Truemors and the $12,000 start-up" The BusinessMakers Show June 2, 2007.
- ^ Interview: Not Just an Experiment: Guy Kawasaki's Alltop.com. ITWorld.com. April 1, 2008.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Guy Kawasaki |
- GuyKawasaki.com
- Garage Technology Ventures, founding partner
- Alltop.com co-founder
- What I learned from Steve Jobs, Guy Kawasaki, CNET News, October 8, 2011
- Works by or about Guy Kawasaki in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Profile at Keynote Speakers
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