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Guy Kawasaki
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 30
Author
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Evangelism Marketing
Marketing
Merchant
Silicon Valley
Honolulu
Hawaii
Guy Takeo Kawasaki
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Provide good content and you’ll earn the right to promote your product.
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Happiness is temporary and fleeting. ... Joy is the right goal.
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The A-listers and the A+ listers, are reporting the news, they're not making it.
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