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Guy Kawasaki is a renowned author, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is best known for his tenure at Apple, where he served as the vice president of marketing. Kawasaki's writings cover topics such as innovation, entrepreneurship, and marketing, and have been widely appreciated by readers.

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“The desire to change the world is a tremendous advantage as you travel down the difficult path ahead because focusing on a lofty goal is more energizing and attracts more talent than simply making a buck.”

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“The world is a big place. There are lots of smart people in it. Entrepreneurs are kidding themselves if they think they have any kind of monopoly on knowledge. And, sure as I'm a Macintosh user, on the same day that an entrepreneur tells this lie, the venture capitalist will have met with another company that's doing the same thing.”

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“Money is not the sole or most powerful motivation for many people. A higher and tougher test is to look back and see how you've made the world a better place.”

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“Look back to the old days: people bought an MS DOS machine and struggled with it for weeks to bring it up to speed. Then Apple created Macintosh, struggled a bit with it, but eventually succeeded. Then it went into other businesses. If your company truly wants to change the world, it would make these problems go away for customers.”

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“My books are always tactical, bullet lists, this is what you need to do because I'm trying to appeal to people who are trying to change the world and they need checklists.”

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“Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them.”

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“Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck.”

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“At the end of my life, I want to say that I made the world a better place because I raised good children, loved my wife, and empowered entrepreneurs. If I do these things, then I can rest knowing that I made the world a better place.”

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“The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place.”

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“Revolutionary leaders have to care more about what they think of themselves than what the world thinks of them.”

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“Go APE: Author a great book, Publish it quickly, and Entrepreneur your way to success. Self-publishing isn’t easy, but it’s fun and sometimes even lucrative. Plus, your book could change the world.”

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“Want to change the world? Upset the status quo? This takes more than run-of-the-mill relationships. You need to make people dream the same dream that you do.”

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“Knowledge is great. Competence is great. But the combination of both encourages people to trust you and increases your powers of enchantment. And in this world, the combination is a breath of fresh air.”

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Book:Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

Source: Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

“My recommendation for SEO is very simple. It’s Write Good Stuff. In my mind, Google is in the business of finding good stuff. It has thousands of the smartest people in the world, spending billions of dollars to find the good stuff. All you have to do is write the good stuff; you don't need to trick it. Let Google do its job and you do your job.”

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“My theory is that when you're young, you should work eighty hours a week to create a product or service that changes the world.”

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Book:Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition

Source: Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition

“What you learn in school is the opposite of what happens in the real world. In school, you're always worried about minimums. You have to reach 20 pages or you have to have so many slides or whatever. Then you get out in the real world and you think, 'I have to have a minimum of 20 pages and 50 slides.”

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Born: August 30, 1954
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Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and ActionsRelated source material

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