Guy Kawasaki: Apple Fellow, Venture Capitalist, from Kalihi, Hawaii
Posted 22 February 2008, 10:00 in Life Leave a Comment
If I could walk the path of someone’s life and trace where they have been to where they are now, I would be very interested in walking in the path of Guy Kawasaki’s life.
I find his story to be very interesting because his great success in life probably started in the same neighborhood where I am currently living. He was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii where he lived in a “tough” neighborhood of Kalihi Valley. His family was not rich or poor either, having hard working parents that allowed him to attend a prestigious (and expensive) private school called Iolani. He attended Stanford University where he majored in psychology, the easiest major that he could find, received an MBA at UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
The captivating part of his life story began when he was offered a job at Apple Computers where he evangelized the Macintosh computing platform to hardware and software developers. Although his job at Apple ended in 1987, he returned in 1995 to rejuvenate the Macintosh cult as the Chief Evangelist. He is noted as one of the individuals that made the Macintosh platform the success that it is today, and was given the title of Apple Fellow, an award that is given to any Apple employee that has made extraordinary leadership contribution to personal computing while at the company.
Guy is currently a managing director at Garage, a venture capitalist firm that he co-founded shortly after his second departure from Apple. He has written eight books, most notably “The Art of the Start,” a guide focusing on entrepreneurship and raising capital.
Born and raised as a Kalihi boy to becoming an Apple Fellow and now a venture capitalist. Guy Kawasaki has definitely shown that great things can happen even if you are from Kalihi.
Related Links: Guy Kawasaki | Art of the Start book | Kalihi
Winning at Blingo
Posted 7 October 2007, 18:58 in Life Leave a Comment
I do not consider myself lucky because I generally do not win stuff. For some reason, however, I have been lucky in the past month, having won twice at Blingo!
Blingo is a Google-powered search engine that randomly selects users to win prizes. On September 21 as well as today, I was selected to win a $5 Amazon gift certificate. Sweet!
I’m definitely a fan. If you are interested, sign up through my referral link at Blingo. If you win, I will also win as your friend.
If you use Mozilla Firefox, I recommend that you follow these instructions on how to set up Blingo as your search box. Simply use the search box as you normally would. And if you use it often, who knows, you may be surprised with a “You’ve Won” page. Good luck!
New Layout
Posted 29 September 2007, 02:00 in Life Leave a Comment
It has been a while since I last updated this blog.
I got rid of the old layout and CMS system with the help of Sam Brown over at Massive Blue. If you ever need a good looking website that is web standards compliant, I highly recommend him!
Over the last year, I surely have gotten used to change, having moved my cheese from a software company, to a bioengineering company, and finally to a CPA firm. I haven’t been able to update this blog because my time nowadays have been consumed by work, college, and business. Change is definitely good.
I hope to update this blog with my most favorite topics: business, personal finance, and technology. Until then, feel free to drop me a line.
