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Guy Kawasaki

Born August 30, 1954 (1954-08-30) (age 53)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Occupation Venture capitalist
Former Apple evangelist

Guy Kawasaki (Born August 30, 1954) one of the original Apple employees responsible for marketing the Macintosh in 1984, is a Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U Venture capital (also known as VC or Venture) is a type of Private equity capital typically provided to immature high-potential growth companies An Apple evangelist, also known as Mac(intosh evangelist, and Mac advocate is a promoter of the Apple Macintosh platform Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics Macintosh, commonly nicknamed Mac is a Brand name which covers several lines of Personal computers designed developed and marketed by Apple Inc For the valley nicknamed "Silicone Valley" see San Fernando Valley. Venture capital (also known as VC or Venture) is a type of Private equity capital typically provided to immature high-potential growth companies He is noted for bringing the concept of evangelism to the high-tech business[1],focusing on creating passionate user-advocates for the Apple brand. An Apple evangelist, also known as Mac(intosh evangelist, and Mac advocate is a promoter of the Apple Macintosh platform Kawasaki was a former Apple Fellow, and after leaving the company, became CEO of a pseudo-spin-off of Apple called ACIUS, which produced the 4th Dimension database program. 4th Dimension (or 4D, or Silver Surfer, as it was known during early development is a Relational database management system and IDE developed A Computer Database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system He also started the company Fog City Software. Fog City Software is a San Francisco Bay Area based Software development company founded in 1994. Recently, he has been involved in the rumor reporting site, Truemors, and an RSS aggregator, Alltop.

Kawasaki has a B.A. in psychology from Stanford University and an MBA from University of California, Los Angeles. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in The Master of Business Administration ( MBA) is a Master's degree in Business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United He is Japanese American and a native of Honolulu, Hawaii where he attended the prestigious Iolani School. are Americans of Japanese heritage Japanese Americans have historically been among the three largest Asian American communities but in recent decades have become the sixth largest group Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the Iolani redirects here For the palace see ʻIolani Palace. History Early years On December 16, 1861

He is currently CEO of Garage Technology Ventures, a venture capital firm which specializes in high-technology start-up firms located in Silicon Valley, California. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator For the valley nicknamed "Silicone Valley" see San Fernando Valley. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

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He is the author of many books including:

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The Art of the Start is a popular business book written by Guy Kawasaki. The Macintosh Way was the first book written by former Apple Inc evangelist Guy Kawasaki. 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
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