56 Guy Kawasaki Quotes on Success (BUSINESS)

Top 10 Most Famous Guy Kawasaki Quotes (BEST)

“Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves. A better path is to write what pleases you and pray that there are others like you. Your first and most important reader is you. If you write a book that pleases you, at least you know one person will like it.”
Guy Kawasaki

Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place.

What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life. — What I lack in **talent**, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That’s the secret of my **life**.

If you can’t describe your business model in ten words or fewer, you don’t have a business model. — If you can’t describe your **business** model in ten words or fewer, you don’t have a business model.

“Just be nice, take genuine interest in the people you meet, and keep in touch with people you like. This will create a group of people who are invested in helping you because they know you and appreciate you.”
Guy Kawasaki

Organisations are successful because of good implementation, not good business plans. — Organisations are **successful** because of good implementation, not good **business** plans.

Entrepreneur is not a job title. It is a state of mind of people who want to alter the future. — **Entrepreneur** is not a job title. It is a state of mind of people who want to alter the **future**.

Better to fail at doing the right thing than to succeed at doing the wrong thing. — Better to fail at doing the right thing than to **succeed** at doing the wrong thing.

The next time you think that there's something that you 'can't live without,' wait for a week and then see if you're still alive or not. — The next time you think that there’s something that you ‘can’t live without,’ wait for a week and then see if you’re still alive or not.

5 Guy Kawasaki Quotes to Inspire Success in Your Business

“If you want to make a good first impression, smile at people. What does it cost to smile? Nothing. What does it cost not to smile? Everything, if not smiling prevents you from enchanting people.”
Guy Kawasaki

Call me idealistic, but the genesis of great companies is answering simple questions that change the world, not the desire to become rich. — Call me idealistic, but the genesis of great companies is answering simple questions that **change** the world, not the desire to become rich.

Provide good content and you’ll earn the right to promote your product... The key is to always provide value. — Provide good content and you’ll earn the right to promote your product… The key is to always provide value.

The purpose of most keynotes is to entertain and inform the audience. It is seldom intended to provide an opportunity to pitch your product. — The **purpose** of most keynotes is to entertain and inform the audience. It is seldom intended to provide an **opportunity** to pitch your product.

“Great companies start because the founders want to change the world… not make a fast buck. Call me a romantic, but I think entrepreneurs should try to change the world. This comes from working at Apple… old habits die hard.”
Guy Kawasaki

6 Guy Kawasaki Quotes on the Definition of Business

“Want to change the world? Upset the status quo? This takes more than run-of-the-mill relationships. You need to make people dream the same dream that you do.”
Guy Kawasaki

A real business is one with something to sell — not one where people have business cards and letterhead. — A real **business** is one with something to sell — not one where people have business cards and letterhead.

Meaning is not creating a cool place to work with free food, Ping-Pong, volleyball, and dogs. Meaning is making the world a better place. — Meaning is not creating a cool place to work with free food, Ping-Pong, volleyball, and **dogs**. Meaning is making the world a better place.

If you make meaning, you’ll probably also make money. — If you make meaning, you’ll probably also make **money**.

How long should our business plan be Answer you’re looking for You shouldn’t write a business plan. You should get customers. — How long should our **business** plan be? Answer you’re looking for: You shouldn’t write a business plan. You should get **customers**.

How about first ensuring that people within a twenty-mile radius like the food before worrying about scaling the restaurant?

6 Guy Kawasaki Quotes on Entrepreneurship

“Also, like the Holy Grail, the business plan remains largely unattainable and mythological. Most experts wouldn’t agree, but a business plan is of limited usefulness for a startup because entrepreneurs base so much of their plans on assumptions, ‘visions,’ and unknowns.”
Guy Kawasaki

Doing, not learning to do, is the essence of entrepreneurship. — Doing, not **learning** to do, is the essence of **entrepreneurship**.

Entrepreneurship is at its best when it alters the future, and it alters the future when it jumps curves. — **Entrepreneurship** is at its best when it alters the **future**, and it alters the future when it jumps curves.

My hypothesis is that the more an entrepreneur insists on a nondisclosure agreement, the less viable the idea. — My hypothesis is that the more an **entrepreneur** insists on a nondisclosure agreement, the less viable the idea.

The good news about entrepreneurship is that your fate is in your hands. The bad news is that your fate is in your hands! — The good news about **entrepreneurship** is that your **fate** is in your hands. The bad news is that your fate is in your hands!

“Everyone would love to have a large and growing market, perfected technology, and infinite capital. Under those conditions, anyone can be an entrepreneur. The question is what you are willing to do and can you do when the conditions are far from perfect.”
Guy Kawasaki

4 Guy Kawasaki Quotes on Pitching Your Ideas to Investors

The purpose of a pitch is to stimulate interest, not to close a deal. — The **purpose** of a pitch is to stimulate interest, not to close a deal.

In giving presentations, use the 10/20/30 rule… use only 10 slides, take 20 minutes maximum, and use at least 30-point fonts.

Investors are looking for people who can implement ideas, not only come up with them.

What’s more important than making a startup attractive to investors in a beauty-contest format is to make them viable in real life. — What’s more important than making a **startup** attractive to **investors** in a **beauty**-contest format is to make them viable in real life.

8 WiseGuy Kawasaki Quotes that Will Make You Think (WISDOM)

“Do you know what the difference is between PR and advertising? Advertising is when you say how great you are. PR is when other people say how great you are. PR is better.”
Guy Kawasaki

Take my word for it More people will like you if you believe that people are good until proven bad. — Take my word for it: More people will like you if you believe that people are good until proven bad.

If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes. — If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes.

The hardest thing about getting started, is getting started.

Don’t be discouraged by the size of your network – inspire one person and you are doing good. — Don’t be discouraged by the size of your network – **inspire** one person and you are doing good.

Steve [Jobs] proves that it's OK to be an asshole… He just has a different OS. — **Steve** [Jobs] proves that it’s OK to be an asshole… He just has a different OS.

Don’t stop paying attention to a project because it gets boring.

2 Guy Kawasaki Quotes on Social Media

Today brands are built on what people are saying about them on social media — not on what companies are saying about themselves.

Sharing good stuff is 90 percent of the battle of getting more followers. Almost everything else is merely optimization. End of discussion.

2 Guy Kawasaki Quotes on Pursuing Your Passion

Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting. — Pursuing your **passions** makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting.

Everyone is passionate about something. It's your job to find out what it is. — Everyone is **passionate** about something. It’s your job to find out what it is.

6 Guy Kawasaki Quotes on Enchantment

“A magnificent cause can overcome a prickly personality, but your ability to enchant people increases if they like you, so you should aspire to both. You’ll know that you’re likeable when you can communicate freely, casually, and comfortably with people.”
Guy Kawasaki