“What you learn in school is the opposite of what happens in the real world. In school, you're always worried about minimums. You have to reach 20 pages or you have to have so many slides or whatever. Then you get out in the real world and you think, 'I have to have a minimum of 20 pages and 50 slides.'”

American marketing specialist, author, and venture capitalist

Guy Takeo Kawasaki is an American marketing specialist, author, and venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. He is known for helping to market Apple’s Macintosh line in 1984 and for popularizing the use of “evangelist” in technology marketing. His work helped shape the idea of evangelism marketing, especially around the Macintosh and later technology platforms. He is also recognized as a writer and investor, with a career built around explaining and promoting new products and ideas.