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" It's hard to name a person who is unpopular who has influence. "
Guy Kawasaki
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" 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. "
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" I've been all over the world meeting with companies and startups and entrepreneurs. And I tell you, they are more similar than different. "
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" I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family. "
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" The most important thing is that you hire people who complement you and are better than you in specific areas. Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. "
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" A 50-year-old company can innovate as well as two guys/gals in a garage. "
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" A company should search for every instance of the use of its name and zoom in when there are issues - both good and bad. "
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" If you're an entrepreneur and you think that the president makes a difference to your business, you should stay at your current job. "
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" Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across. "
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" My perspective is this: my allegiance is to the best product for my needs. For a computer, this means Macintosh. For phone and tablet, this means Android. "
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" When I was getting my education, I fell in love with the writings of Peter Drucker. He was my hero. I had a naive belief that when I became a manager, it was going to be like Peter Drucker's books. That is, I was going to be the effective executive. I was going to talk to people about their goals. I was going to help them actualize. "
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" Ambitious failure, magnificent failure, is a very good thing. "
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" You really can't spend money on social media unless you really try. Social media is really more about effort than expense. "
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" There are two ways to approach the application process: trying to hit a home run by getting an immediate 'Yes, here's an offer' or trying not to be eliminated. I recommend the second approach. "
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" 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. "
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" Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact. "
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" A large social-media presence is important because it's one of the last ways to conduct cost-effective marketing. Everything else involves buying eyeballs and ears. Social media enables a small business to earn eyeballs and ears. "
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" At the end of my life, is it better to say that I empowered people to make great stuff, or that I died with a net worth of $10 billion? Obviously I'm picking the former, although I would not mind both. "
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" Social media allows me to pick my times for social interaction. "
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" If you look at my Twitter feed it is 99% links, but 1% is me responding and 1% of a big number is a big number. "
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" I'm a lousy predictor of the future. "
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" The most powerful way to convince the interviewer that you can do the job is to show how much you already know about the industry, the company, and the products/services of the company. In other words, enchant the interviewer with how much you already know. "
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" If you make money, you might not make meaning. "
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" If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes. "
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" I think a lot of the logic of Google+ is much better in terms of notification of messages to you, in terms of how you post. One very obvious feature is that with Google+, after you post something, you can edit it forever. That is true of both posts and comments. I edit almost every post I make and almost every comment I make. "
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" Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc. "
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" As communicators and marketers, people are so accustomed to thinking from the 'top down.' Finding the great analyst or the famous journalist who will endorse what you do and tell the rest of the world to go and buy your product. "
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" Most people who graduate from college think they have to make a perfect choice. Is it Goldman Sachs? Is it Google? Is it Apple? They think that their first job is going to determine their career, if not their life. "
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" Companies in Europe should stop trying to do the U.S. version of a European idea. "
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