Loop du Jour
Here is a loop of the Super Bowl ads. Click on a frame to watch the ad you'd like to see. http://snipurl.com/superbowlads I loved the Leonard Nimoy/Mr. Spock one. Previous great ads are viewable at: http://snipurl.com/previousads
The Art of Pitching MP3
I just found out how easy it is to include an MP3 in my blog, so here’s my first shot. This is a recording of me reading Chapter 3 of The Art of the Start: The Art of Pitching. "Pitching," in the context of this reading, is the process of reaching agreement—when seeking an investment, [...]
The Effective Emailer
Because of my recent post about schmoozing, you might think I'm a warm, fuzzy, and kumbaya kind of Guy. Most of the time I am, but I have strong feelings about email etiquette and what it takes to get your email read--and answered. As someone who gets dozens of emails every day and sends a [...]
The Art of Schmoozing
“It's not what you know or who you know, but who knows you.” Susan RoAne. The Guy Kawasaki Theory of Schmoozing version 1.0 was ad hoc: get to know the people that you need for a specific deal. It was short-term and focused.Version 2.0 is ad infinitum--maybe even ad nauseam. It's taken me twenty years, [...]
Total BS (Blog Statistics)
Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of my blog--thirty days, that is. As a late-adopter blogger, I've been wondering how my blog is doing. I've asked a few people and gotten some answers, but I couldn't find many hard statistics. I'm guessing that many other bloggers may have similar questions, so here is a dump of [...]
The Art of Recruiting
The art of recruiting is the purest form of evangelism because you're not simply asking people to try your product, buy your product, or partner with you. Instead, you are asking them to bet their lives on your organization. Can it get any scarier for them, and tougher for you, than this? Hire better than [...]
Loop Du Jour
Today's loop is brought to you by a member of this blog's community: Krishna M. Sadasivam! It's a loop called PC Weenies---if you use a computer, you'll love these cartoons. And, I guess by definition, if you are reading this blog, you use a computer. :-) You can point your friends to this URL, if [...]
Do “What” to the Butt?
A point of clarification to the award winners of the my loop contest. I've sent most of you a copy of The Art of the Start, and I signed them “Kick butt!--Guy Kawasaki.” Some people thought I wrote “Lick butt.” Once I autographed a book for a woman, and she asked me why I signed [...]
The Art of Execution
If my memory isn't failing me, after the Robert Redford character gets elected in The Candidate, he whispers to one of his supporters, “Now what?” Raising money ls like running for office: it's very exciting and even fun if you get the money. But after you raise the money, now what? The good news is [...]
The Art of Bootstrapping
Someone once told me that the probability of an entrepreneur getting venture capital is the same as getting struck by lightning while standing at the bottom of a swimming pool on a sunny day. This may be too optimistic. Let's say that you can't raise money for whatever reason: You're not a “proven” team with [...]
Loop de Hawk
This is a good story. A few months ago I spoke at the Surfing Industry Manufacturers Association meeting in Cabo San Lucas. To my dismay, the speaker I followed was Tony Hawk. After our speeches, I got to hang out with Tony and set up an Airport network for us, so I asked him to [...]
Hindsights II: the Learning Continues
It's been a few years since I wrote the Hindsights speech. During these years, a lot of water has gone under the bridge. I am married to the same woman. I have three kids with a fourth on the way. (My youngest is a girl we adopted from Guatemala, and any day now, we are [...]
Award Winners Loop
By popular demand, I've made it easy for you to see the award winners by clicking here. I've also added one more award: Best Canadian family: Cameron BNow seeing the winners is easier than shooting fish in a barrel.
How to Be a Demo God
From February 6th to 8th, executives from seventy companies will do a six-minute demo of their products to an audience of venture capitalists, analysts, and journalists. This event is called, logically, Demo. It's a great event--especially if you understand the dance that's going on: entrepreneurs acting like they don't need capital, and VCs acting like [...]
First–and Last–Guy’s Blog’s Loop’s Photo Winners
Much to my delight, dozens of you have posted your picture to my loop of blog readers. In your honor, I am presenting the first and last “Guy's Blog's Loop's Photo Winners.” (You know I love top ten lists, but I couldn't reduce the number of categories.) I didn't plan to select “winners” when I [...]
R U in the Loop?
One of my favorite restaurants is called Hobees. One of my favorite things about Hobees is its bulletin boards where there are pictures of customers in far off places wearing a Hobees tshirt. So I've decided to create the digital version of this so that we can all “meet” each other. Hence, I've created a [...]
The Zen of Business Plans
In my day job, I not only hear a lot of PowerPoint pitches, but I also read a lot of business plans. The PowerPoint pitches explain my Ménière's disease, but the business plans explain my recent need for reading glasses. One of my goals for blogging is to reduce the external factors that are causing [...]
Loop du jour: Bombshelters
Yes, bombshelters. Twenty four pictures of bombshelters. Truly bizarre. May we never need them... By the way, if any of you have loops that you'd like to submit to my “loop du jour” posting, just let me know.
The best charts I’ve ever seen
Check out these charts by Karl Hartig. My favorite is the consumer electronics one. It shows how long it took consumers to adopt electronic stuff. I used it in my book called Rules for Revolutionaries. I've been trying to find it ever since, and my buddy Bryan came through today. Written at: Palo Alto, California.
How to Kick Butt On a Panel
Despite my intention not to blog tonight, I cannot resist. Today I moderated a very good panel at a conference, and while this experience is fresh in my mind, I want to explain how to kick butt on a panel. At any given conference, there are about three keynote speakers and twenty five panelists, so [...]