20 VC 001: Guy Kawasaki of Apple, Motorola and AllTop.com
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
The Twenty Minute VC
4.4 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2015
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the 1st episode of The Twenty Minute VC, on today's show we have Guy Kawasaki, Guy is the Founding Partner of Garage Technology Ventures, a seed & early stage venture capital fund investing in extraordinary entrepreneurs with unique technologies. Previously, he was Chief Evangelist of Apple Inc and an advisor to the Motorala Business Unit of Google. Guy is also the author of many best selling books including the recent best seller, The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users.
In this episode we delve into:
- Why Guy made the transition into the VC industry?
- What is the most important aspect for a startup to have?
- What drives Guy insane about startup founders today?
- What books Guy gives to aspiring entrepreneurs?
- What software & apps Guy cannot live without?
We then finish on a quick fire round where we discover Guy's thoughts on the future of Amazon, Tesla and whether we really are in the midst of a tech bubble.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, ladies and gents, it's Harry Stabbings here and welcome to the first ever episode of the 20 minute VC, |
| 0:06.0 | where we delve inside the world of venture capital, all in an easily digestible 20 minutes. |
| 0:12.3 | I'm extremely excited because on today's show we have Guy Karasaki. |
| 0:16.2 | But first, we are giving you the chance to win all the books mentioned in the first 10 episodes of the podcast, as well as a consultation with one of the VCs, where they will answer all your questions, perfect your pitch and business plan. |
| 0:30.4 | And all you need to do is head over to iTunes, leave a review at the 20 minute VC, and then email Harry at the 20 minute VC with the name that you left the review under. |
| 0:42.7 | If you love the show, please don't forget to subscribe, but now we're going to move back to the show and here's Guy. |
| 0:48.5 | Now we're going to start today's show with a quote and today's quote comes from Apple's Think Different commercial of 1997. |
| 0:56.4 | The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. |
| 1:01.7 | Now this quote particularly resonates with our guest today, Guy Kawasaki. |
| 1:06.6 | Now Guy has enjoyed an incredible career in the technology industry. |
| 1:10.3 | He was chief evangelist of Apple. |
| 1:12.5 | He then went on to be an advisor to the Motorola Business Unit of Google. |
| 1:16.9 | He is now chief evangelist of Canva. |
| 1:19.6 | If that wasn't enough, he made his foray into the venture capital industry |
| 1:23.6 | as the founding partner of Garage Technology Ventures. |
| 1:27.4 | Ladies and gents, put your hands together |
| 1:29.5 | for Guy Kawasaki. Three, two, one, zero. You have now arrived at your destination. So let's jump straight |
| 1:41.5 | right into it with Guy Kawasaki. So, Guy, first question, when you think of success, who would you say is the first person that really comes to mind and why? |
| 1:52.6 | Boy, don't we have an easy question to start with? |
| 1:55.7 | Sorry about that. |
| 1:57.5 | The obvious answer is none other than Steve Jobs of course |
| 2:01.7 | who is more successful although he's dead you know |
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