Books by this author
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Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions -
Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition -
The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything -
Rules For Revolutionaries: The Capitalist Manifesto for Creating and Marketing New Products and Services
Guy Kawasaki
Garage Technology Ventures
Garage Technology Ventures
Guy Kawasaki is the co-founder of Alltop.com, an "online magazine rack" of popular topics on the web, and a founding partner at Garage Technology Ventures. He is also a columnist for the Open Forum of American Express. Previously, he was the chief evangelist of Apple.
Mr. Kawasaki is the author of nine books including Enchantment, Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way.
Guy Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
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Last Updated: Fri, Oct 29, 2010
In this clip, author and entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki shares a concise piece of advice on the use of salient points in communication. Kawasaki uses straightforward examples of how to talk in terms that connect with the needs and interests of your audience. 
Kawasaki talks about how he uses a top 10 format for Powerpoint presentations and thinks that most presentations are terrible. For example, he says either the presentations are too long, Powerpoint is used poorly, or the font is too small to read.
Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, provides a description of Garage Technology Ventures and their services. These include: mergers & acquisitions, investment banking, and venture capitalism. He also describes what Garage Technology Ventures looks for in startups.
Author and entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki shares how The Grateful Dead has continued to endure as a popular musical act. The legendary band encourages access for fans to record the group's music at concerts and to then share the music with others. This seemingly counter-intuitive idea, according to Kawasaki, is an important key to the group's enduring popularity.
The most valuable part of your education is your peers-network, says Kawasaki. He recommends that students develop and maintain relationships while they are in school.
Author Guy Kawasaki suggests teams conduct a "pre-mortem" before launching a product. This technique allows teams to discover possible problems, or ways the launch could fail, while there is still time to make adjustments. Kawasaki explains this method is far more helpful, and far less contentious, than postmortem meetings that come too late to help.
Kawasaki talks about the essence of Selling the Dream, his new book. You need evangelists, those who sell your dream, he says. The way to get others to believe in your dream is to show them you're making the world a better place, he adds. Kawasaki uses Google as an example of a company that has changed the world and has evangelists supporting their cause and spreading the word.
Entrepreneur and bestselling author Guy Kawasaki believes in the power of reciprocation between parties. "Reciprocation is a very powerful force to make your enchantment endure," says Kawasaki. In a historical context, he explains this power with two profound examples of civic reciprocation stretching over decades.
If a product or services is worthwhile, then evangelists will come to you, says Kawasaki. He believes that if you are having a hard time finding someone to spread the message about your product, then you may need to re-evaluate your product or your goals. Build something great, and the evangelists will be there.
Kawasaki talks about two examples of early-stage funding, bootstrapping and venture capital, and the benefits and drawbacks of both. Ultimately, he believes that too much money is worse than not enough money, and that both methods can be successful of a smart approach is taken with the funds that are received.
Kawasaki believes that often soul mates are found within your existing social network, but there is danger in that as well. Close relationships outside of a business environment can lead to promising more than can be delivered. Kawasaki explains that it is a tricky process, and can be difficult if a soul mate is not fulfilling their duties.
Listen to your customers and your noncustomers, emphasizes Kawasaki. People who are not your customers are going to buy your product and use it in ways that you would not expect, he says. It is a good thing to see people using your product in a way you didn't intend means that your product means something to them, he adds.
Guy Kawasaki, founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, believes that those companies who set out to make a positive change in the world are the companies that will ultimately be the most successful. He gives examples of the best way to make meaning: increase quality of life, right a wrong, and prevent the end of something good.
Kawasaki shares his thoughts on whether or not to get an MBA. The problem with an MBA he says is that you believe you are being taught how to manage, and he generally thinks it is impossible to learn how to manage in school. The only way to learn how to manage, according to him, is to do it in the real-world.
Entrepreneur and author Guy Kawasaki articulates the components of "DICEE," an acronym he uses to explain what every great product must possess: Depth, Intelligence, Completeness, the ability to be Empowering, and Elegance. Kawasaki uses stories and personal examples to elaborate on each of these requirements. 
Entrepreneur and author Guy Kawasaki steps through companies that built their success on trust, and offers insights on the role of trust in relationships and individual attitudes. Kawasaki urges individuals to be "bakers," meaning trustworthy individuals seeking to create larger pies to share in the world. He also describes the value in building trust by "defaulting to yes."
Making pitches is a way of life for an entrepreneur. Kawasaki provides his tips for ensuring each pitch is better than the last. His 10/20/30 rule for PowerPoint slides is essential.
What is the difference between a brilliant idea that is successful and a brilliant idea that is not successful? Kawasaki believes that luck, timing and karma are the keys to success. Karma has to do with whether your product will ultimately make the world a better place, and he believes that the best technologies really do survive.
In this clip, entrepreneur and author Guy Kawasaki explains how technology implementation affects a company's ability to enchant customers. First, Kawasaki urges companies to "remove roadblocks" when it comes to helping customers interact with a product. Second, he offers tips on the best types of interactions and information to offer to be successful in social media environments. Third, Kawasaki lays out critical technology benchmarks and ideal goals for maintaining engagement with audiences.
Kawasaki shares some of the qualities that he believes entrepreneurs, and everyone else, should have. In order to be a mensch, a person who is widely respected and trusted, one should help those who cannot be helpful in return, do the right thing in the right way, and pay back to society.