Guy Kawasaki: Truemors and the $12,000 start-up
“Evangelism is the processing of getting people to believe in a dream as much as you do. A “dream” can be a product, service, or organization. Fundamentally, for evangelism to be effective, this dream has to make the world a better place.” - Guy Kawasaki
It’s always exciting to talk with entrepreneurs who not only understand what’s going on in today’s marketplace but who also have a solid grasp of what innovations will drive business in the future. It’s also refreshing to hear entrepreneurs talk about ‘making the world a better place’.
Recently we got a chance to sit down with the charismatic Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, Guy Kawasaki. Guy is so passionate about in making the world a better place so much that he makes it a major point when he speaks and even named his blog How to Change the World. Guy has been a fixture in the technology and venture capital communities for a long time sharing his wisdom and wit about the world of business as a bestselling author, speaker and technology evangelist. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. where he was one of the individuals responsible for the success of the Macintosh computer.
We covered a lot of ground with Guy including his latest venture Truemors and some of the lessons and mistakes that Guy has learned along the way.
- Guys Blog - How to Change the World
- A Few of Guy’s books The Art of the Start, Selling the Dream and Rules for Revolutionaries.
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[…] Since then much has changed. As Guy has proven, with the launch of Truemors, in the world of Web 2.0 one can get a start-up off the ground for as little as $12,000. This hasn’t escaped Paul Graham who set up Y Combinator in 2005 as a next generation Garage. I’ve written before about Y Combinator, but I love this piece from Newsweek - “American Idol” meets Wired magazine. […]
You know, every man and his dog is selling someone elses dream or idea. Whether its a business or religion they attempt to convince the poor devil who knows no better , to part with his/her money and join the ‘happy throng” of sucessful business people for as little as 12,000 dollars or 20 dollars for one days work that will set you up for life and only requires 2-3 hours work per day.
Where are the visionaries? The ones who really make the difference.
It really is mass bullshit. I’ve been following “stumble” now for four weeks. Every second or third “stumble” is for some success story and its author who will share it with others- at a price.
Time for a change. Lets start thinking for ourselves rather than the “easy money method”. Lets start helping people to see new things not follow trends. If your following you are always behind. How about something that benefits society. This chase for easy money, usually from the good old USA, is doing more harm than good.
Great leaders leave a burnt trail they do not follow well trodden paths. C’mon get innovative!
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