What is the difference between a brilliant idea that is successful and a brilliant idea that is not successful? Kawasaki believes that luck, timing and karma are the keys to success. Karma has to do with whether your product will ultimately make the world a better place, and he believes that the best technologies really do survive.

1. Garage Technology Ventures Introduction
2. The Importance of a Good Presentation
3. Entrepreneurs: Then and Now
4. Passion vs. Money
5. Silicon Valley 4.0
6. 10 Ways Silicon Valley 4.0 Will Not Happen
7. Listen to Customers
8. Selling the Dream
9. To Get an MBA or Not?
10. Ideas: What Makes Them Successful?
11. Do What You Love and the Money Will Follow
12. Education: Importance of Peers

A lecture by Guy Kawasaki on Entrepreneurship for Stanford University students on February 19, 2003. 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.



Guy Kawasaki

Garage Technology Ventures



Guy Kawasaki is a founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures. Prior to this position, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. and sits on the board of BitPass Inc. A noted speaker and the founder of various personal computer companies, Guy was one of the individuals responsible for the success of the Macintosh computer. He is also the author of eight books including Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. Guy holds a B.A. from Stanford University and a M.B.A. from UCLA, as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.



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Last Updated: Thu, Jun 1, 2006



Course Details:

- Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture

- Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner (ecorner)



Original Course Name: Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture.