Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, provides a description of Garage Technology Ventures and their services. These include: mergers & acquisitions, investment banking, and venture capitalism. He also describes what Garage Technology Ventures looks for in startups.
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Two people suspected of stealing up to 1000 pieces of luggage from baggage claim carousels at Phoenix’s airport have been arrested by police who found heaps of the stolen bags strewn throughout their home. (Nov. 3) ... "luggage theft" police couple stole luggage garage sales
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Yes it’s very difficult to raise money and so the probability is you won't raise money so in some sense, people may never raise money and they'll bootstrap forever. However I think the attitude of bootstrapping, that you don't buy $800-chairs, that you don't run Super Bowl Commercials, is someth...
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OK, so "Then and Now — Advise to Entrepreneurs". All right, so just remember back then, back then is 1997-1998. Now is now. OK, so this is the difference in advice to entrepreneurs. Back then, the foundation of most entrepreneurs was cleverness. Cleverness, meaning, "Oh, let’s see...
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Kawasaki explains that hiring infected people is the most important factor. Often, how a person looks on paper means nothing if they are not enthusiastic and ready to work hard. All of the experience in the world means nothing if they are not bitten and infected by the start-up bug. He also tell...
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Kawasaki’s viewpoint is not one shared by the majority of venture capitalists. Kawasaki sees the best candidates for a successful start-up are young engineers with no business experience.
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The first thing I figured out and learned, sometimes the hard way, about entrepreneurship is that the core, the essence of entrepreneurship is about making meaning. Many many people start companies to make money, the quick flip, the dot com phenomena. And I have noticed in both the companies tha...
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Kawasaki suggests creating a system of milestones, assumptions and tasks to keep your business on the right path and increase your chances for success.
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The most valuable part of your education is your peers-network, says Kawasaki. He recommends that students develop and maintain relationships while they are in school.
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The ninth thing is to lower barriers to adoption. Here are the cases where you’ve created the world's greatest mousetrap, the nuclear power mousetrap. You kill mice better than anybody in the history of mankind. Mouse goes in there, there's a little explosion, a little mushroom cloud and the mou...
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Making pitches is a way of life for an entrepreneur. Kawasaki provides his tips for ensuring each pitch is better than the last. His 10/20/30 rule for PowerPoint slides is essential.
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Kawasaki talks about marketing and product design simplified. Kawasaki explains why this theory is all an entrepreneur will need to know about marketing. A simple chart illustrates his point - how to be the creator of a unique product or service and is valuable to a customer.
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