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 | Author Former Apple Fellow[1] |
| Influenced by | Harold Keables |
| Home town | Honolulu |
| Religion | Christian[2] |
| Spouse(s) | Beth |
| Children | 4 |
Guy Kawasaki (born August 30, 1954) is a Silicon Valley author, speaker, and advisor to Motorola. He was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing the Macintosh in 1984. He was also a co-founder of Garage Technology Ventures and a news aggregation site called Alltop.[3] He is well-known as a speaker, having keynoted TEDxHarkerSchool 2011.[4][5]
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Early life [edit]
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.”[6] He graduated with B.A. in psychology from Stanford University in 1976.[7] After attending Stanford, he went to law school at UC Davis, where he lasted two weeks[8] before realizing that he hated law school.[9] In 1977, he enrolled in the UCLA Anderson School of Management, from where he received his MBA.[6] His first job was at a jewelry 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."[10]
Career [edit]
In 1983, Kawasaki got a job at Apple through his Stanford roommate, Mike Boich.[6][11] 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."[12] In 1987, Kawasaki was hired to lead ACIUS,[13] the US subsidiary of ACI, which published the popular Apple database software system called 4th Dimension, that still remains popular today.[6][14]
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.[6][15][16] He also founded another company, Fog City Software, which created Emailer, an email client that sold to Claris.[17][18]
He returned to Apple as an Apple Fellow in 1995.[6] He was a co-founder of Garage Technology Ventures, a venture capital firm that has made investments in Pandora, TripWire, The Motley Fool and D.light Design.[19][20] In 2007, he founded Truemors, a free-flow rumor mill, that sold to NowPublic.[21][22][23] He is also a founder at Alltop, an online magazine rack.[11][24]
Move to Google in 2013 [edit]
On March 1, 2013, Kawasaki announced he would be joining Google as an advisor to Motorola. His role is to create a Google+ mobile device community.[25][26]
Bibliography [edit]
- Guy Kawasaki; Shawn Welch (2013). APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur—How to Publish a Book. Nononina Press, ISBN 978-0-9885231-0-4
- What the Plus! Google+ for the rest of us. (2012) (Only available on the Amazon Kindle, iBooks and on Google Play).
- Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions. Portfolio Penguin, London 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
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Best Sellers: Hardcover Advice & Misc. New York Times. March 27, 2011.
- ^ http://creatingcustomerevangelists.com/resources/evangelists/guy_kawasaki.asp
- ^ Alltop.com.
- ^ How To Win People's Hearts Through Enchantment. TeenBusinessForum.com. April 15, 2011.
- ^ TEDxHarkerSchool
- ^ 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.
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- ^ 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 Dimension? 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Google Disses Motorola Products - And Hires Guy Kawasaki". Read Write Web. March 1, 2013.
- ^ "Big news today! I'm advising Motorola.". Facebook. March 1, 2013.
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Guy Kawasaki |
- GuyKawasaki.com
- Garage Technology Ventures, founding partner
- Alltop.com co-founder
- Guy Kawasaki's Hall of Fame page includes his videos, articles, and so on.
- Guy Kawasaki’s uFollow page with an index of his columns and posts
- 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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