Ep 39: Guy Kawasaki - Chief Evangelist of Canva (formerly at Apple), Podcaster, Book Author, Venture Capitalist & Serial Entrepreneur

Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva and the creator of
Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People podcast. He is an executive
fellow of the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley) and an
adjunct professor of the University of New South Wales. He was
the chief evangelist of Apple and a trustee of the Wikimedia
Foundation. He has written Wise Guy, The Art of the Start 2.0,
The Art of Social Media, Enchantment, and eleven other books.
Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University, an MBA from UCLA, and
an honorary doctorate from Babson College.   





In this STIMY episode, we explore what it was like growing up in
Honolulu, Hawaii and the important people/events that set Guy on
the path to becoming one of the world's most well-known brand
evangelists!





Highlights:


3:09: Growing up in Kalihi Valley

4:17: Harold Keebles - one of the toughest teachers Guy ever
had

5:11: Stanford in the 1970s

5:45: Why Guy quit law school after 2 weeks

6:59: Working at a jewellery manufacture company

7:26: Why Guy describes sales as hand-to-hand combat

9:28: Getting into Apple through nepotism

10:22: What it was like working at Apple in the 1980s

11:24: How Apple was set up then

13:29: Why Guy quit Apple for the first time

15:00: Why Apple rejoined Apple in the 1990s, when everyone
thought the company would die

15:41: What a Chief Evangelist does

16:11: The Evange-List

18:02: How Guy first got involved in Canva

19:29: Guy’s role in Canva 

21:19: Building brand awareness

22:54: Getting into podcasting 

24:33: Getting Jane Goodall as his first podcast guest

28:08: How Guy first got onto Clubhouse

29:32: How Guy decides who to let onto the Clubhouse stage in
his AMA rooms 

31:02: What Guy thinks Clubhouse needs to achieve to go
mainstream

32:19: Why Guy keeps giving out his personal email freely






Show notes: https://www.sothisismywhy.com/39