Meeting Guy Kawasaki in Toronto
By Evan Carmichael on February 17th, 2011
I’ve always been a big Guy Kawasaki fan.
He’s not only a thought-provoking businessman but he’s also an overall really nice guy.
When I was first starting out with EvanCarmichael.com I didn’t have any recognizable names and his involvement gave me some credibility.
After I got his support I was able to attract people like Donald Trump, Zig Ziglar, Michael Gerber, and the list goes on. We now have over 6,000 people who write for our site and Guy was instrumental helping that process get started.
Then when I was thinking about launching a line of famous entrepreneur trading cards the first person I connected with was Guy Kawasaki and he came back with his usual support of the idea and picked Steve Jobs as his favorite famous entrepreneur – our trading cards were born.
I was thrilled to learn that Guy is coming to Toronto next month as part of the Art of Marketing conference on March 7th. The conference itself has a cool lineup of speakings including Gary Vaynerchuk but I’m most excited about connecting with Guy who will be talking about how to create new products and services.
I’ll be covering the event live on March 7th and will report back what I learned from the event. If you’re planning on going, email me and we can connect between the sessions. I always love connecting with readers!
I’ll close with some memorable Guy Kawasaki quotes that I hope you enjoy. Stay tuned for more details in a couple of weeks!
Guy Kawasaki Quotes:
“Don’t worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test… Lots of things made the first Mac in 1984 a piece of crap – but it was a revolutionary piece of crap.”
“Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.”
“Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.”
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Guy Kawasaki is a very interesting and inspiring person. I like to read these type of posts, keep it up!
Great advice and great overall blog! I’m really enjoying reading through the articles.
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I got inspired with the quotes at the end of the blog post. First, thanks to the blog writer for such a nice write-up. I agree that for any products and services, marketing is important to promote the product. Undoubtedly marketing is an art which one has to build up. I would like to more such posts in the future as well.
Kawasaki’s ideas are really innovative and inspire me to move on my dreams. . .
Guy Kawasaki’s thoughts have the power to conquer the business world.
Thanks for bringing this articles, keep doing what you are doing!
Guy Kawasaki is such an inspiration. . .Very nice article!
Thank you for this informative article!
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Meeting Guy Kawasaki in Toronto:
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It was great fun reading this interesting blog. He seems like such a good guy. Keep it up. . .
I learned more about Mr. Kawasaki, very interesting and informative. Thanks!
The quotes are excellent and I can relate to “Patience is the art of concealing your impatience,” very much! Lovely!
Though I’ve heard about Guy Kawasaki it’s nice to learn more about him. Good to know about the conference on March 7th, I would love to hear from you after the conference too!
That is awesome!
Wish I could attend the marketing conference!
This is a very informative and inspiring article.
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“Don’t worry, be crappy.” is a genius quote! Makes life easier. ;)
I would like to know more details about Guy’s marketing principle. I am very interested in attending the conference.
This article is very simple and easy to understand, yet full of good inspiration. thanks for this information.
I like Guy Kawasaki’s quote, “Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.” It has helped us to develop a good business. Thanks for sharing this information regarding the marketing conference. Would be really interesting to attend.
This blog is very educational. I like the point “Patience is the art of concealing your impatience” very much. It’s so true, if a person can accomplish this, he can go a long way..
Guy Kawasaki is such a cool guy, I follow his progress and enjoy reading his advice. His words are very inspiring and I try to apply them to my own life. Would love to see another article about him. Thanks.
Guy Kawasaki is a very interesting person who offers practical advice for those wiling to listen and put it into action. His quotes were very beautiful.
Mr. Kawasaki seems like such an interesting and nice guy. Good reading!
Great advice! Though I’ve heard about Guy Kawasak, it’s nice to learn more about him.
I have heard about Kawasaki but didn’t know much about him. This is very interesting article. Thanks for this information!
I learned a great deal about Mr. Kawasaki and his beliefs. I hope to read more articles like this in the future.
Thanks!
Thank you for this informative article. I learned a great deal from it.
the world needs more inspiring thinkers like guy kawasaki. i enjoyed this article very much.
This article provoked very interesting, helpful and inspiring thoughts. Excellent job…
I am looking forward to updates on Kawasaki.
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Thank you for this informative article! Mr. Kawasaki seems like such an interesting and nice guy. Good reading!
Mr. Kawasaki is great motivator and ideal person for many young entrepreneur.I am glad to know that you met with him and got good support from him.
great article on Guy Kawasaki!
Guy Kawasaki seems to be an inspirational person, I would like to learn more about him.
It is very interesting and inspiring to read this blog. Guy Kawasaki quotes are indeed awakening.
The tips given by Mr. Guy Kawasaki are useful in my career as a marketing executive. Looking forward to continued valuable information…
Mr. Guy Kawasaki is a great inspiration to youth. I like his quote “Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.” I would like to learn more about him.
Kawasaki is an impressive business man…I learned a great deal about him from this article. Thanks for posting!
Guy Kawasaki is superb. His quotes are interesting and meaningful. Such great people are very difficult to find in this world!
Great article with lots of interesting points.
The tips given by Mr. Guy Kawasaki are useful in my career as a marketing executive. Looking forward to continued valuable information…
Thanks for your continued help and inspiration!
Your videos are inspiring and the presentation clear and concise. Good Luck on your climb to becoming the 8th Boldest Entrepreneur !
It was wonderful finally connecting with you in Toronto, Evan. Guy Kawasaki shared some innovative tips and it was a pleasure to hear him share and have the opportunity to meet him. Thank you.
It was my pleasure John – I’m glad you could make it out – hopefully next time we can spend more time chatting.
the only way we can change is by reading about the experiences of big guys like kawasaki. i too would wish to know more about his business experience.
good job
Glad you enjoyed Charles!
Hi Evan, these are my first words to you. I recently gave a talk at British Council here on ‘Wicked Students’ (dropouts who made it big). I showed them a couple of vids along with a few from your site for inspiration. You’re doin a great job. Thanks a ton for inspiring us continuously.
One request. Can we get to see some talks of people like Guy or Brad swift etc? and is there an email to share somethings with you personally?
Thanks again,
Preim
Thanks Preim – I appreciate the comment and it sounds like you’re doing great work as well!
We’re actually working on a Guy video – I’ll post it once it’s up!
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