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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.

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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