Happy New Year! I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Héctor García. LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE Hector moved from Spain to Tokyo in 2004 and began writing a blog called A Geek in Japan. This led [...]
I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Kerri Walsh-Jennings. She is one of the GOATs–greatest of all time–in women’s volleyball. This description opens up an existential question: “greatest” implies the one and only, but in my humble [...]
I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Paul Oyer. He is a professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Labor Economics. Paul obtained his bachelor's in math [...]
This week's guest on Remarkable People invented three of the top fifty most influential gadgets of all time. You might have one in your pocket right now! I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is Remarkable People. Becoming remarkable is a difficult and painful process. We're on our mission to shorten that time, relieve that pain, [...]
I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We’re on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is Tyler Shultz. Saying that Tyler is remarkably brave is an understatement. He was the whistleblower on the Theranos debacle that led to the conviction of Elizabeth Holmes. Someone is truly remarkable when [...]
I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. Achieving remarkability is a difficult and painful process. We’re on a mission to make this challenge easier and faster. Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Chip Wilson. He is the founder of Lululemon Athletica, and Westbeach Apparel. He is also the father of [...]
We have a new episode of Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Andrea Lytle Peet was diagnosed with ALS at 33. She quickly went from competing in marathons and triathlons to walking with a cane. LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE While 80% [...]
Antoinette Schoar is a professor of finance and entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Her current research concentrates on new financial technologies, consumer finance, and entrepreneurial finance. She has won many awards, including the Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship and the Brattle Prize for best paper in The Journal [...]
I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. Achieving remarkability is a difficult and painful process. We’re on a mission to make this challenge easier and faster. Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Tom Peters. Tom is the co-author of In Search of Excellence. This isn’t an over-statement: in the 1980s, [...]
This week's guest is the remarkably witty, acerbic, and insightful Peter Sagal. He is the host of one of my favorite shows, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! He is to wit what Mount Chimborazo is to mountains. If you've never heard of Mount Chimborazo, it's time for you to fire up Google to learn why [...]
This is Remarkable People. We are on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Stan McChrystal is a retired four-star US Army general who served in the Army for 34 years. He was the commander of the US and International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan. And he [...]
Welcome to the Remarkable People podcast. We’re on a mission to make you remarkable. Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Dolly Chugh. Dolly is a professor at the New York University Stern School of Business. She teaches MBA courses in leadership and management. She is also a faculty member in the [...]
My wife told me to get Gaby on this podcast after she read an article about Gaby in USA Today titled “Mormon Mom of Six Writes Viral Twitter Thread Focusing on Male Responsibility in Pregnancy.” The viral thread started with this tweet on September 13, 2018, at 3 pm and started like this: I’m [...]
Today's remarkable guest is the man Barack Obama called his Hemingway. His name is Cody Keenan, and this is his second appearance on Remarkable People. Cody was Barack Obama's longtime collaborator and chief speech writer. He started as an intern for Ted Kennedy, and after receiving his master's degree, he worked in Barack Obama's [...]
I read about Min Kym in Susan Cain’s book, Bittersweet. The story of her relationship to her 1696 Stradivarius was so remarkable and fascinating that I had to bring it to you. Have you ever bonded with an object? A camera, car, surfboard, or in Min’s case, a musical instrument that “completes” you or [...]
Today’s remarkable guest is Geoffrey Cohen. He is a professor at the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. His research focuses on the processes that shape people's sense of belonging and self and the implications of these feelings on social problems. He studies the threats to belonging and self-integrity that people encounter [...]
Today’s remarkable guest is Elisabeth Gruner, and she has changed the way many people view the educational grading system. Elisabeth teaches Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Victorian Literature, and Creative Nonfiction Writing at the University of Richmond. In fact, she has been teaching college English for over 30 years. Four years ago, she [...]
I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We are on a mission to make you remarkable. Today’s remarkable guest is Cassie Holmes. She is an award-winning professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Cassie has a Ph.D. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and a B.A. from Columbia University. Her work has [...]
Today's remarkable guest is Fran Hauser. She is passionate about leveling the playing field for women and showing people how to combine niceness and power. Fran was the president of Digital at Time, Inc. There, she led innovation, acquisitions, and digital expansion for People, In Style, Entertainment Weekly, and Essence. Fran currently helps fund and advises companies that are started by [...]
I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. We are on a mission to make you remarkable. Today’s remarkable guest is Barry Nalebuff. He taught at the Yale School of Management for over thirty years. He specializes in negotiation, innovation, strategy, and game theory. Barry is also a serial entrepreneur, and his ventures include [...]