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If achieving success were easy, more people would do it.

Guy Kawasaki

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Guy Kawasaki
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 30
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Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Evangelism Marketing
Marketing
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Silicon Valley
Honolulu
Hawaii
Guy Takeo Kawasaki
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