Computer Systems Laboratory Colloquium

4:15PM, Wednesday, April 7. 1999
NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building B03

Rules for revolutionaries
How to create kick-butt products

Guy Kawasaki
garage.com
About the talk:

Name: Guy Kawasaki
Title: CEO
Company: garage.com

Title of Presentation: Rules for Revolutionaries

Description:

In this lecture Guy Kawasaki explains the rules that make new products and services successful. Using examples from the personal-computer industry as well as a broad spectrum of other industries, Guy explains the ten things that a revolutionary must do to succeed in today's business climate. This presentation is a complete and pragmatic guide to the creation and marketing of revolutionary products and services for people who want to change the world.

About the speaker:

Guy Kawasaki is CEO of garage.com, a Silicon Valley based firm that assists high-technology startups find startup capital using the Internet. Prior to this position, Kawasaki was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. A noted columnist (Forbes), speaker, and founder of various personal computer companies, Kawasaki was one of the individuals responsible for the success of the Macintosh computer.

Kawasaki is the author of seven books: The Macintosh Way, Database 101, The Computer Curmudgeon, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Hindsights, and Selling the Dream. His most recent book is called Rules for Revolutionaries, published in January. 1999.

Kawasaki holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Stanford University and a master's of business administration from University of California, Los Angeles. A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Kawasaki lives in California with his wife and two children.

Contact information:

Guy Kawasaki
garage.com
420 Florence Ave.
Suite 300
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650-470-0952
650-470-0940
kawasaki@garage.com, www.kickbutt.com