Guy Kawasaki
Born	1954 Honolulu, Hawaii
Occupation	Venture capitalist Former Apple evangelist

Guy Kawasaki (born 1954), one of the original Apple employees responsible for marketing of the Macintosh in 1984, is a Silicon Valley venture capitalist. He is noted for bringing the concept of evangelism to the high-tech business^{[citation needed]}, focusing on creating passionate user-advocates for the Apple brand. Kawasaki was a former Apple Fellow, and after leaving the company, became CEO of a pseudo-spinoff of Apple called ACIUS, which produced the 4th Dimension database program. He also started the company Fog City Software. And most recently he launched the rumor reporting website Truemors. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1944x2592, 2533 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Guy Kawasaki Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Venture capital is a general term to describe financing for startup and early stage businesses as well as businesses in turn around situations. ... An Apple evangelist, also known as Mac(intosh) evangelist, and Mac advocate is a promoter of the Apple Macintosh platform. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Apple Inc. ... The Macintosh 128K, the first Macintosh computer The iMac, a current Mac computer Mac (formerly Macintosh) is a brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. ... A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. ... Venture capital is a general term to describe financing for startup and early stage businesses as well as businesses in turn around situations. ... An Apple evangelist, also known as Mac(intosh) evangelist, and Mac advocate is a promoter of the Apple Macintosh platform. ... 4th Dimension (or 4D) is a relational database management system and integrated IDE developed by Laurent Ribardière in 1984. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Fog City Software was a San Francisco-based software development company founded in 1994. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

Kawasaki has a B.A. in psychology from Stanford University and an MBA from University of California, Los Angeles. He is Japanese American and a native of Honolulu, Hawaii where he attended the prestigious Iolani School. A B.A. issused as a certificate Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in Stanford, California. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, generally known as UCLA, is a public university whose main campus is located in the affluent Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. ... Serving from 1999 to 2003, Army General Eric Shinseki of Hawaii became the first Asian American military chief of staff. ... Honolulu as seen from the International Space Station Honolulu is the largest city and the capital of the U.S. state of Hawai‘i. ... Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,931 sq mi (29,311 km²)  - Width n/a miles (n/a km)  - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)  - % water 41. ... Name Iolani School Address 563 Kamoku Street Town Honolulu, Hawaii 96826 Established 1863 Community Urban Type Independent Religion Episcopal Church Students Coeducational Grades K to 12 Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges Nickname Raiders Mascot Io (Hawaiian Hawk) Colors Black, Red and White Motto One Team, humble in victory...

He is currently CEO of Garage Technology Ventures, a venture capital firm which specializes in high-technology startup firms located in Silicon Valley, California. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Bibliography

He is the author of many books including:

• The Art of the Start (2004) ISBN 1-59184-056-2
• Rules for Revolutionaries (2000) ISBN 0-88730-995-X
• How to Drive Your Competition Crazy (1995) ISBN 0-7868-6124-X
• Hindsights (1995) ISBN 0-446-67115-0
• The Computer Curmudgeon (1993) ISBN 1-56830-013-1
• Selling the Dream (1992) ISBN 0-88730-600-4
• Database 101 (1991) ISBN 0-938151-52-5
• The Macintosh Way (1990) ISBN 0-06-097338-2

The Art of the Start is a popular business book written by Guy Kawasaki. ...

See also

• Apple evangelist
• Evangelism marketing

An Apple evangelist, also known as Mac(intosh) evangelist, and Mac advocate is a promoter of the Apple Macintosh platform. ... Evangelism marketing is an advanced form of word of mouth marketing (WOMM) in which companies develop customers who believe so strongly in a particular product or service that they freely try to convince others to buy and use it. ...

External links

• Garage Technology Ventures
• GuyKawasaki.com
• Guy Kawasaki Interview
• Folksonomy.org Interviews Guy
• "A brief history of mine" -(Autobiography on his blog)
• "How to Change the World" - (Guy Kawasaki's Blog, formerly "Bona Tempora Volvantur" and "Signum sine tinnitu")
• "The Art of the Start" - (Annotated version of Guy Kawasaki's lecture on getting a start up company going - shown with the Veotag video annotation web service)
• 2006 IMNO Interview with Guy Kawasaki