From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki Early life
Guy Kawasaki was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he at-
tended 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 hat-
ed law school.[6] In 1977, he enrolled in the UCLA An-
derson School of Management, from where he received
his MBA.[4] His first job was at a jewelery 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]
Career
In 1983, Kawasaki got a job at Apple through his Stanford
roommate, Mike Boich. [4][8] He was the chief evangelist
Born August 30, 1954 (1954-08-30) for four years, until he “started listening to [his] own
Honolulu, Hawaii hype, and wanted to start a software company and really
Ethnicity Japanese American make big bucks."[9] In 1987, Kawasaki was hired to lead
ACIUS, [10] the US subsidiary of ACI, which published the
Alma mater Stanford University, B.A
popular Apple database software system called 4th Di-
UCLA, M.B.A.
mension, that still remains popular today.[4][11]
Occupation Venture capitalist He left ACIUS in 1989 to further his writing and
Former Apple evangelist speaking career; during this time, he wrote columns that
Influenced by Harold Keables were featured in Forbes and MacUser.[4][12][13] He also
founded another company, Fog City Software, which cre-
Home town Honolulu
ated Emailer, an email client that sold to Claris.[14]>[15]
Religion Christian[1] He returned to Apple as an Apple Fellow in 1995.[4] He
is a founder of Garage Technology Ventures, a venture
Spouse Beth
capital firm that has made investments in The Motley
Children 4 Fool and D.light Design.[16][17] In 2007, he founded True-
mors, a free-flow rumor mill, that sold to
Guy Kawasaki (born August 30, 1954) is a Silicon Valley NowPublic.[18][19][20] He is also a founder at Alltop, an on-
venture capitalist, bestselling author, and Apple Fel- line magazine rack.[8][21]
low.[2] He was one of the Apple employees originally re-
sponsible for marketing the Macintosh in 1984. He is cur-
rently a Managing Director of Garage Technology Ven-
Bibliography
tures, and has been involved in the rumor reporting site • Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and
Truemors and the RSS aggregation Alltop. He is also a Actions (2011) ISBN 1-59184-379-0
well-known blogger.[3] • 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
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• Hindsights (1995) ISBN 0-446-67115-0 [18] Arrington, Michael. Guy Kawasaki’s Truemors Gets
• The Computer Curmudgeon (1993) ISBN 1-56830-013-1 Acquired by NowPublic. Washington Post. July 10,
• Selling the Dream (1992) ISBN 0-88730-600-4 2008.
• Database 101 (1991) ISBN 0-938151-52-5 [19] "Apple Evangelist’s Advice For Silicon Valley
• The Macintosh Way (1990) ISBN 0-06-097338-2 Entrepreneurs". Asian Week. July 1, 2008.
[20] "Guy Kawasaki: Truemors and the $12,000 start-up"
See also The BusinessMakers Show June 2, 2007.
[21] Interview: Not Just an Experiment: Guy Kawasaki’s
• Apple evangelist Alltop.com. ITWorld.com. April 1, 2008.
• Evangelism marketing
External links
References • GuyKawasaki.com
[1] http://creatingcustomerevangelists.com/ • Garage Technology Ventures, founding partner
resources/evangelists/guy_kawasaki.asp • Alltop.com co-founder
[2] Best Sellers: Hardcover Advice & Misc. New York • What I learned from Steve Jobs, Guy Kawasaki, CNET
Times. March 27, 2011. News, October 8, 2011
[3] How To Win People’s Hearts Through • Works by or about Guy Kawasaki in libraries
Enchantment. TeenBusinessForum.com. April 15, (WorldCat catalog)
2011. • Profile at Keynote Speakers
[4] ^ A Brief History of Mine. How to Change the Persondata
World. December 30, 2005.
Name Kawasaki, Guy
[5] Guy Kawasaki. Stanford’s Entreprenuership
Program. Alternative names
[6] Iwata, Edward. Entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki doesn’t Short description
accept failure. USA Today. Date of birth August 30, 1954
[7] Bryant, Adam. Just Give Him 5 Sentences, Not ‘War
and Peace’. The New York Times. March 10, 2010. Place of birth Honolulu, Hawaii
[8] ^ Ostdick, John. Guy Kawasaki: Advice for Making Date of death
Your Venture Successful. Success Magazine. Place of death
[9] Galant, Greg. VW Show #39 - Guy Kawasaki of
Garage Technology Ventures. Venture Voice.
October 16, 2006.
[10] Brogan, Daniel. Seeking 4th Dimesion? Take Heart,
Its Now in Town. The Chicago Tribune. July 12,
1987.
[11] Brogan, Daniel. Seeking 4th Dimension? Take
Heart, It’s Still in Town. Chicago Tribune. July 12,
1987.
[12] Kawasaki, Guy. The Beauty of Metaphor. Forbes.
August 25, 1997.
[13] Kawasaki, Guy. Wise Guy: The Goal of a New
Machine. Macworld.com August 11, 2003.
[14] Emailer Licensed to Claris. TidBITS. April 3, 1995.
[15] 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
[16] Ostdick, John. Guy Kawasaki: Advice for Making
Your Business Successful. Success Magazine.
[17] Pritchard, Stephen. Guy Kawasaki: The garage
culture comes to Britain. The Independent. August
28, 2000.
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