What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life. Guy Kawasaki compensategrindlack Change image and share on social
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.' Guy Kawasaki learnminimumminimums share on social
People are forgiving of v 1.0 of a product if it's truly innovative and useful. Then you can get away with a lot. But if you're merely marginally improving the status quo, then you better be rock solid. Guy Kawasaki forgiveimproveinnovative share on social
Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc. Guy Kawasaki goodhiremake share on social
The right algorithm is to put off seeking funds for as long as physically possible. And in an ideal world, a startup would never have to seek funds at all. Guy Kawasaki algorithmfundideal Change image and share on social
If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes. Guy Kawasaki heropedestalput Change image and share on social
When I was getting my education, I fell in love with the writings of Peter Drucker. He was my hero. I had a naive belief that when I became a manager, it was going to be like Peter Drucker's books. That is, I was going to be the effective executive. I was going to talk to people about their goals. I was going to help them actualize. Guy Kawasaki actualizebeliefbook share on social
Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across. Guy Kawasaki pointsimple Change image and share on social
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. Guy Kawasaki billionbusinessdollar share on social