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