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Business Quotes by Guy Kawasaki

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Guy Kawasaki points out that a good conversationalist listens more than talks, getting others to share. He also says leaders should care about how they see themselves, not just the world’s view, and that entrepreneurs succeed by helping others, not by chasing quick profit. Networking matters, because investors often need a personal introduction.

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Greatness is won, not awarded.

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Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.

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The root of great companies is make meaning vs. make money.

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Doing, not learning to do, is the essence of entrepreneurship.

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How fast you are moving is more important than where you are.

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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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If you must use more than ten slides to explain your business, you probably don't have a business.

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The higher you go in a company, the less oxygen there is, so supporting intelligent life becomes difficult.

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You say: "I'm a blue sky thinker." Investor thinks: "You have no business model, and you don't know how to ship."

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Organizations are successful because of good implementation,not good business plans.

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It's a very valuable skill to succeed in life whether you work for a startup or a Fortune 500 company.

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At the end of the day in business, it's not about peer review and getting into a scientific journal. You either increase…

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It's easy to say that entrepreneurs will create jobs and big companies will create unemployment, but this is simplistic. The real question…

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If you provide enough value, then you earn the right to promote your company in order to recruit new customers. The key…

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Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck. Call me a romantic, but I…

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I've been all over the world meeting with companies and startups and entrepreneurs. And I tell you, they are more similar than…

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A large social-media presence is important because it's one of the last ways to conduct cost-effective marketing. Everything else involves buying eyeballs…

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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…

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It doesn't matter whether the Dow is 5000 or 50,000. If you're an entrepreneur, there is no bad time to start a company.

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Different parts of the world have different attitudes to failure. Arguably, it may take more courage to be an entrepreneur in Sydney,…

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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…

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The most powerful way to convince the interviewer that you can do the job is to show how much you already know…

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Patents make our product defensible." The optimal number of times to use the P word in a presentation is one. Just once,…

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Here's what you should say [to an investor]: 'this is what my company does' It's that simple. What you're trying to do…

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Unfortunately, they develop a fixed mindset that they're the most talented, and they think that continued success is a right. Problems arise…

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Let's say a startup is hot. It ships something great, and it achieves success. Thus, it's able to attract the best, brightest,…

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My recommendation for SEO is very simple. It's Write Good Stuff. In my mind, Google is in the business of finding good…

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"No one is doing what we're doing." This is a bummer of a lie because there are only two logical conclusions. First,…

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"(Big name research firm) says our market will be $50 billion in 2010." Every entrepreneur has a few slides about how the…

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“Successful companies are started, and made successful, by at least two, and usually more, soulmates.”

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Arguably, in business books, I don't think there's much that has never been said before.

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I've always wanted to be a professional golfer. So what if you always wanted to be an entrepreneur?

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

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The companies that are successful, they start out to make meaning, not to make money.

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A 50-year-old company can innovate as well as two guys/gals in a garage.

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Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact.

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“Smart writers understand that writing is also a business. Really smart writers see themselves also as entrepreneurs. Barry Eisler”

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Revolutionary products don't fail because they are shipped too early. They fail because they aren't revised fast enough.

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For startups, SM is now crucial: it has never been cheaper and easier to reach one's customers. Entrepreneurs should thank God for…

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The key to evangelism is a great product. It is easy, almost unavoidable, to catalyze evangelism for a great product. It is…

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In giving presentations, use the 10/20/30 rule…use only 10 slides, take 20 minutes maximum, and use at least 30-point fonts.

What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life.

The mark of a good conversationalist is not that you can talk a lot. The mark is that you can get others to talk…

At the end of my life, I want to say that I made the world a better place because I raised good children, loved…

The higher you go in a company, the less oxygen there is, so supporting intelligent life becomes difficult.

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Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting.

Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment.

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

If you have more money than brains, you should focus on outbound marketing, If you have more brains than money, you should focus on…

Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact.

"(Big name research firm) says our market will be $50 billion in 2010." Every entrepreneur has a few slides about how the market potential…

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