Guy Kawasaki

Guy Kawasaki is a former Apple evangelist and current managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, a venture capital firm located in Palo Alto, California. Kawasaki is also a for Entrepreneur Magazine.¹

Fast Facts

1. Born: August 30, 1954 in Honolulu, Hawaii
2. Company: Garage Technology Ventures
3. Attended: Iolani School
4. Claims he learned how to sell while working for a diamond jeweler¹
5. Alma-mater: Stanford University
6. Received a Master's in Business Administration at the University of California, Los Angeles
7. Author of eight books¹
8. Occupation: venture capitalist and Former Apple evangelist
9. Residence: Silicon Valley, California
10. Spouse: Beth Kawasaki
11. Started a Macintosh database company called ACIUS in 1987
12. Started Fog City Software with Will Mayall, Kathryn Henkens, and Jud Spencer
13. In 1995, became a Apple Fellow

Quote

• In response to a query to describe the ideal entrepreneur using one word:
  • "Lucky. Because so many serendipitous things seem to happen to some entrepreneurs that made them successful that it's mindboggling. For example, if Digital Research hadn't blown off IBM, who knows what would have happened to Microsoft. To be sure it's good to have smart, honest, and hard-working entrepreneurs too. And maybe luck comes to this type of entrepreneur, but it sure helps to be lucky."²—Guy Kawasaki

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