Watsonville, US · Angel
Guy Kawasaki
Adjunct Professor at Garage Technology Ventures
Latest rounds
- GotIt!Seed · $525kOct 2013
- BufferSeed · $400kDec 2011
- PosterousSeed · $725kDec 2008
BacksSoftwareConsumer AppsMartechProfessional Services
The firm
Garage Technology VenturesVC firm · US0cheques in 12 months22all time0ledquietRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 5
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $7.7M
- Active
- 2005–13
- GotIt!Seed$525kUSJoined · +1 investor · historical
BufferSeed$400kUSJoined · +20 investors · historical
- PosterousSeed$725kUSJoined · +10 investors · historical
- Simply HiredSeries A$3MUSJoined · +6 investors · historical
- Simply HiredSeries B$3MUSJoined · +6 investors · historical
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Companies they are listed as backing
Portfolio
Buffer
Cheeze
Got It AI
Paper.li- Posterous
- Simply Hired
Ticketleap- Tripwire
Ustream- BagtheWeb
- EduWare Services
- Inc
- Motorola
- SocialToo
- StatusNet
- StumbleUpon
- Triggit
- Tweetmeme
- Visibile Measures
- Wikimedia Foundation
Their books
The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
Guy Kawasaki · 2004
3.91 from 29,538 ratings on Goodreads
About the book
A new product, a new service, a new company, a new division, a new organization, a new anything, where there’s a will, here’s the way. It begins with a dream that just won’t quit, the once-in-a-lifetime thunderbolt of pure inspiration, the obsession, the world-beater, the killer…
Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions
Guy Kawasaki · 2011
3.74 from 11,075 ratings on Goodreads
About the book
Enchantment, as defined by bestselling business guru Guy Kawasaki, is not about manipulating people. It transforms situations and relationships. It converts hostility into civility and civility into affinity. It changes the skeptics and cynics into the believers and the…
Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competit ion
Guy Kawasaki · 2008
4.00 from 8,127 ratings on Goodreads
About the book
More uncommon common sense from the bestselling author of The Art of the Start . In Silicon Valley slang, a “bozo explosion” is what causes a lean, mean, fighting machine of a company to slide into mediocrity. As Guy Kawasaki puts it, “If the two most popular words in your…
The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
Guy Kawasaki · 2014
3.55 from 2,712 ratings on Goodreads
About the book
From the bestselling author of The Art of the Start and Enchantment, a no-nonsense guide to becoming a social media superstar. By now it’s clear that whether you’re promoting a business, a product, or yourself, social media is near the top of what will determine your success…
APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur. How to Publish a Book
Guy Kawasaki · 2012
4.17 from 2,674 ratings on Goodreads
About the book
In 2011 the publisher of one of my books Enchantment, could not fill an order for 500 ebook copies of the book. Because of this experience, I self-published my next book, What the Plus!, and learned first-hand that self-publishing is a complex, confusing, and idiosyncratic…
What the Plus! Google+ for the Rest of Us
Guy Kawasaki · 2012
3.70 from 917 ratings on Goodreads
About the book
You are ninety minutes away from mastering Google+. That's all it takes. But don't take Guy's word for it. Here's what three experts have to say about What the Plus! Google+ for the Rest of "We didn't expect over 100,000,000 people to join Google+ so quickly. If we had, we might…
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