Guy Kawasaki Quotes

Guy Kawasaki is an American marketing specialist, author, and Silicon Valley venture capitalist. He was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing their Macintosh computer line in 1984. He popularized the word evangelist in marketing the Macintosh and the concepts of evangelism marketing and technology evangelism.

From March 2015 until December 2016, Kawasaki sat on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, the non-profit operating entity of Wikipedia.

Kawasaki has also written a number of books including The Art of Social Media and Database 101 .

✵ 30. August 1954   •   Other names 盖伊·川崎
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Famous Guy Kawasaki Quotes

“How many Microsoft employees does it take to screw in a light bulb?" The answer to that is none because Bill Gates has declared darkness the new standard.”

Speech at Stanford University 2 March 2011 http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2669<!-- This joke had been in circulation many years previously. Is there any reason to believe it is original to Kawasaki? -->

“One of the reasons why I believe in God is there is no other explanation for Apple's continuous survival than the existence of God.”

Speech at Stanford University 2 March 2011 http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2669

“This was the Macintosh division, which was arguably the largest collection of egomaniacs in the history of California. We held that record for about 30 years until Google broke it recently.”

Speech at Stanford University 2 March 2011 http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2669

“How many Microsoft employees does it take to screw in a light bulb?”

The answer to that is none because Bill Gates has declared darkness the new standard.
Speech at Stanford University 2 March 2011 http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2669

“How many Macintosh division employees does it take to screw in a light bulb?”

The answer is one. The Macintosh division employee holds up the light bulb and expects the universe to revolve around it.
Speech at Stanford University 2 March 2011 http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2669

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