Guy Kawasaki

Chief Evangelist, Canva · 1 appearance on the record.

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Kawasaki popularized product evangelism while marketing Apple's original Macintosh computer line in the 1980s. He later co-founded Garage Technology Ventures and authored over a dozen business books, including The Art of the Start and The Art of Social Media.

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How the interview went all their pushback → series average →

Across 1 rated episode:

host pushback ▾ 2/10

pushed back at the host ▾ 2/10

setup questions received 55%

host pushback: the hardest questions Harry asked, tap to play ▶ 2:20“If you were to compare Steve Jobs and say, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, how would you determine which one had a more profound change?” ▶ 6:25“Is that a, is that a fair valuation for Uber?” ▶ 8:55“Why, why did you name it for power users?”

when Guy pushed back ▶ 7:34“The last person in the world who underplayed it is Steve jobs. Trust me.” ▶ 1:52“Boy, don't we have an easy question to start with?”

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Everything Guy Kawasaki said on 20VC that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight

Kawasaki: Product is the single most important factor when investing in startups

“I must admit that I think that the most important thing is the product.”

Guy Kawasaki Jan 13, 2015 ▶ 4:44 20 VC 001: Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Motorola and AllTop.com

Opinion

Guy Kawasaki names Elon Musk as the closest equivalent to Steve Jobs

“Yeah, I mean, he's the closest thing we have to Steve Jobs right now, so.”

Guy Kawasaki Jan 13, 2015 ▶ 19:04 20 VC 001: Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Motorola and AllTop.com

Opinion

Kawasaki: Apple changed more major industries than Google

“Yeah, no, I, I'm leaning towards Apple, and it's because Apple has made multiple changes, right? So they changed the face of computing, and they changed the face of phones, and then they invented the face of tablets, and you can't, you know, Google has definit…”

Guy Kawasaki Jan 13, 2015 ▶ 2:46 20 VC 001: Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Motorola and AllTop.com

Opinion

Kawasaki: Apple Mail feels designed for someone receiving ten emails daily

“When I use Apple Mail, it feels like somebody at Apple who gets 10 emails a day has designed it.”

Guy Kawasaki Jan 13, 2015 ▶ 12:35 20 VC 001: Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Motorola and AllTop.com

Opinion

Kawasaki: Tech is in a bubble, but macro conditions don't matter

“I believe it is, but I also believe, so what if it is or it isn't, you know, what really matters is your one company. Not the big picture.”

Guy Kawasaki Jan 13, 2015 ▶ 16:11 20 VC 001: Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Motorola and AllTop.com

Opinion

Kawasaki: Few people in history have changed the world like Steve Jobs

“Yeah, yeah, but in terms of changing the world, there's not too many people who come close to Steve Jobs.”

Guy Kawasaki Jan 13, 2015 ▶ 2:10 20 VC 001: Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Motorola and AllTop.com

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Kawasaki: Startup founders always overestimate their financial forecasts

“Well, one thing that drives me nuts is that they always, always are so wrong in their forecasts. I've never seen one that undershot his projections.”

Guy Kawasaki Jan 13, 2015 ▶ 7:11 20 VC 001: Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Motorola and AllTop.com

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Kawasaki: Steve Jobs never understated projections or achievements

“The last person in the world who underplayed it is Steve jobs. Trust me.”

Guy Kawasaki Jan 13, 2015 ▶ 7:34 20 VC 001: Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Motorola and AllTop.com

Insight

Kawasaki: A startup fundamentally requires only making and selling

“Well, it's kind of simple, you know, somebody's got to make it, and somebody's got to sell it. That's it in a nutshell. And so this is about the guy or gal who's selling it, and then we have to find, you know, something else for the guy who is making it. So th…”

Guy Kawasaki Jan 13, 2015 ▶ 10:54 20 VC 001: Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Motorola and AllTop.com

Opinion

Guy Kawasaki calls Amazon an operational killing machine and endorses buying stock

“Because Amazon is a killing machine, and I use it as a, as someplace I buy from. Also, I publish through as a self-publisher, and I resell through using a traditional publisher, so I know how freaking awesome that company is.”

Guy Kawasaki Jan 13, 2015 ▶ 15:08 20 VC 001: Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Motorola and AllTop.com

The other half of the tape: Guy Kawasaki's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 28 times in 10 episodes on 20VC. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Harry Stebbings 16 Philipp Moehring 4 Andy Pflaum 2 Cliff Obrecht 1

Statements about Guy Kawasaki, by other people (1)

Opinion

Mignot: Operational experience is not required to be a successful VC

“If you look at most of Most senior VCs today and the most successful one, a lot of them have, you know, never had any operational experience and started, you know, their career as a VC.”

Martin Mignot Feb 1, 2016 ▶ 5:50 Index's Martin Mignot on Sourcing Rocketship Companies, Evaluating Founders and His Attitude Towards Risk At The Early Stage