You say: "I'm a blue sky thinker." Investor thinks: "You have no business model, and you don't know how to ship." — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
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 is get potential investors to fantasize about how your product or service will make a boatload of money.… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
Don't worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test... Lots of things made the first Mac in 1984 a piece of crap… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
In giving presentations, use the 10/20/30 rule…use only 10 slides, take 20 minutes maximum, and use at least 30-point fonts. — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life. — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
The mark of a good conversationalist is not that you can talk a lot. The mark is that you can get others to talk… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
At the end of my life, I want to say that I made the world a better place because I raised good children, loved… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
The higher you go in a company, the less oxygen there is, so supporting intelligent life becomes difficult. — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
The record of what you do is forever recoverable because of Google. The lofty upside and scary downside makes reciprocity more important than ever.… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn. The key is the 10/20/30… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting. — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
Revolutionary leaders have to care more about what they think of themselves than what the world thinks of them. — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
If you have more money than brains, you should focus on outbound marketing, If you have more brains than money, you should focus on… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact. — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
"(Big name research firm) says our market will be $50 billion in 2010." Every entrepreneur has a few slides about how the market potential… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
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… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share
![“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 is get potential investors to fantasize about how your product or service will make a boatload of money. They can't fantasize if they don't know what you do.” quote by Guy Kawasaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89e/guy-kawasaki-1292_business_here-s-what-you-should-say-to-an-investo_2954750.png)
