Guy Kawasaki
16 quotes
Biography
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.
"Patience is the art of concealing your impatience."
"Let yourself be enchanted in small ways."
"The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers."
"If you're an entrepreneur and you think that the president makes a difference to your business, you should stay at your current job."
"You know, if you're Guy Kawasaki and you create a car that gets 500 miles a gallon with zero emissions, people on the Internet would say: 'I could have done that in half an hour, and it's been done before. What's the big deal? I expected something more from him.' Meanwhile, they didn't do it, right? They're still living at home with their mothers."
"Ambitious failure, magnificent failure, is a very good thing."
"A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent."
"If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes."
"I travel all the time."
"A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent."
"A large social-media presence is important because it's one of the last ways to conduct cost-effective marketing. Everything else involves buying eyeballs and ears. Social media enables a small business to earn eyeballs and ears."
"Different parts of the world have different attitudes to failure. Arguably, it may take more courage to be an entrepreneur in Sydney, or Paris, or London, or Japan, or Singapore... but an entrepreneur sees the world for what it could be, not what it is."
"As communicators and marketers, people are so accustomed to thinking from the 'top down.' Finding the great analyst or the famous journalist who will endorse what you do and tell the rest of the world to go and buy your product."
"Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck. Call me a romantic, but I think entrepreneurs should try to change the world. This comes from working at Apple... old habits die hard."
"A magnificent cause can overcome a prickly personality, but your ability to enchant people increases if they like you, so you should aspire to both. You’ll know that you’re likeable when you can communicate freely, casually, and comfortably with people."
"Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck."