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Don't worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test... Lots of things made the first Mac in 1984 a piece of crap - but it was a revolutionary piece of crap.
Guy Kawasaki
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Guy Kawasaki
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 30
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