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When you enchant people, your goal is not to make money from them or to get them to do what you want, but to fill them with great delight.

Guy Kawasaki

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Guy Kawasaki
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 30
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Silicon Valley
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Guy Takeo Kawasaki
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