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I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family.
Guy Kawasaki
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Guy Kawasaki
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 30
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When you’ve worked hard and done well and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you.
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An editor who is a mentor, advisor, and psychiatrist. Don't kid yourself-a good editor will make your book better.
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For me, while writing I am an engineer, so if I decide to change the format, I want to add a section, to move a section, reorganize the section, anything I want to do, I just boot words, and I do what I want to do. So, I feel completely empowered when I'm a writer.
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A 50-year-old company can innovate as well as two guys/gals in a garage.
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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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Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make.
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Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
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Accept diversity and don't take any crap.
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