Penguin Group released Wise Guy, described as Kawasaki's most personal book to date
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Guy Kawasaki
Guy Takeo Kawasaki is an American marketing specialist, author, and venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. 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 as an "Apple evangelist" and the concepts of evangelism marketing and technology evangelism/platform evangelism in general…
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Born 30 August 1954 · Q507469
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2019· 1 entry
2015· 1 entry
Kawasaki joined Wikimedia Foundation's board of trustees
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2007· 1 entry
Founded Truemors, a free-flow rumor mill, that sold to NowPublic
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2006· 1 entry
“What got me to leave is basically I started listening to my own hype, and I wanted to start a software company and really make big bucks.”
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1998· 1 entry
Was a co-founder of Garage Technology Ventures, a venture capital firm that has made investments in Pandora Radio, Tripwire, The Motley Fool and D
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1994· 4 entries
“How many Macintosh division employees does it take to screw in a light bulb?" The answer is one. The Macintosh division employee holds up the light bulb and expects the universe to revolve around it.”
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“This was the Macintosh division, which was arguably the largest collection of egomaniacs in the history of California. We held that record for about 30 years until Google broke it recently.”
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“How many Microsoft employees does it take to screw in a light bulb?" The answer to that is none because Bill Gates has declared darkness the new standard.”
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“One of the reasons why I believe in God is there is no other explanation for Apple's continuous survival than the existence of God.”
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1989· 1 entry
To further his writing and speaking career
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1983· 1 entry
Kawasaki got a job at Apple through his Stanford roommate, Mike Boich
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1977· 1 entry
Enrolled in the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he earned an MBA degree
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1976· 1 entry
With a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology
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1954· 1 entry
Born 1954-08-30.
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