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Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck.

Guy Kawasaki

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Guy Kawasaki
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 30
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If you have more money than brains, you should focus on outbound marketing, If you have more brains than money, you should focus on inbound marketing.
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A 50-year-old company can innovate as well as two guys/gals in a garage.
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My real mantra for my life is empower others.
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If you truly don't have competition, then zoom out until you can define some. Competition can be as simple as the reliance on the status quo, Microsoft (since at some point Microsoft will compete with everyone for everything), or researchers in universities. Pick something, because saying you have no competition at all is a nonstarter.
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'Branding' has taken on too much of a role as a specialized craft performed by voodoo artists.
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If you start out to solely make money, you will attract the wrong kind of employees.
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When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.
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I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family.
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Most of my life is over. I am going to enjoy my family and friends before any of us depart this earth. I'll never start another company. I'll never work long hours again. At this point in my life, I only answer to God, my wife, and my kids. Everything else is secondary - especially the expectations of strangers.
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Companies should always want to delight their customers.
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Doing, not learning to do, is the essence of entrepreneurship.
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The Future belongs to those who can spread ideas.
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I want to know which idea you're going to kill yourself trying to make successful, not which ideas have crossed your idle mind.
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