Guy Kawasaki Quotes

I was never that interested in business, to be honest. I do the minimal amount of business as possible because I'm not actually interested in it as a thing. But some people are interested in it, and there's nothing wrong with that.

Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.

For people choosing to use a network marketing system to build a business in the B quadrant, the price of entry is a lot lower, the risks are lower, and the education and support are there to guide you through this personal development process.

Founders should think of their company as a product and build it and shape it with the same passion and care.

When I looked into the mechanics of being a businessman, I found it wasn't rocket science.

Creating the opportunities for other people and solid projects, things that I like, for sure, definitely. Acting I'll do forever, but I want to produce as well.

You need to spend all of your time and energy on creating something that actually brings value to the people you're asking for money!

The government's not going to create jobs. It doesn't have to. People have to create jobs.

Getting it off the ground is one thing because it has to do with finding the proper people and the financing, but finding the subject is another thing and this is always for me the most difficult part.

A lot of people especially want to know about going into business. But it's a two-way conversation.

In a startup, both the problem and solution are unknown.

You might indeed be able to provide this money that people need to start a business, but can they run a business? This new consolidated agency [National Empowerment Fund] focuses on that matter of preparing people so that they can run business successfully.

We Experiment Endlessly, With New Products, New Methods, New Companies And New Marketing. A Successful Business The Emphasis Is On Experiment And Development, Ideas Are The Lifeblood Of Business.

Learning is the essential unit of progress for startups.

I didn't know how to run a business. I was a terrible gallerist, the worst in history, possibly.

One of the great strengths of American culture is this empowerment of individual, is the individual being able to be entrepreneurial, create new things. But you create a whole group of people to make great companies. It's employees and investors and customers and partners. The fabric of society, of a network of relations, is key to being successful.

The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is something that is not taught very well in school and is something that people should try to do earlier on.

When companies fail, or fail to grow, it's almost always because they don't invest in the people, the systems, and the processes they need.

When you’re in a startup, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not.

People who need certainty are unlikely to make good entrepreneurs.

Become one of those people who work hard, invest and build, and at the same time create employment and opportunities for others.

I'm not the businessman. I don't deal with the business at all. Not anymore. Occasionally, every four years or five years, they tell me I've run out of money, I have to go and make some more.

If you talk to anyone involved in business - forget banks and big business - talk to small businesses - do it yourself, don't ask me - they'll tell you it's crippling. Small-business formation is the lowest it has ever been in a recovery, and it's really for two reasons. One is regulations and the second is access to capital for people starting new businesses.

Please don’t get hung up on this question of whether you need to have experience in an industry before you launch your startup.

What great founders do is seek the networks that will be essential to their task... Usually it's best to have two or three people on a team rather than a solo founder.