Matt Ridley
Bestselling Author of Rational Optimist; How Innovation Works & Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19
Guy Kawasaki
Chief Evangelist at Canva; Bestselling Author; Creator of the Remarkable People podcast
Speaker Guy Kawasaki, a renowned brand evangelist, popularized the role at Apple and now serves as the chief evangelist for Canva, a leading AI-powered graphic design platform. With a four-decade career, he has worked with major companies like Google and Mercedes-Benz, authored 16 bestselling books, and hosts the popular "Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People" podcast. Currently, he focuses on inspiring individuals to lead remarkable lives through his work and teachings.
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Guy Kawasaki biography
Speaker Guy Kawasaki stands out as one of the tech industry’s foremost brand evangelists. Initially, he popularized this role in the 1980s at Apple’s Macintosh Division. Later, he returned as chief evangelist in the mid-1990s. Currently, Guy serves as the chief evangelist of Canva. This AI-powered graphic design platform boasts over 170 million users across 190 countries and generates $1.7 billion in revenue. Notably, over 90% of the Fortune 500 companies use Canva. In 2023, it earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies and appeared on TIME’s TIME100 Most Influential Companies List.
Throughout his four-decade career, speaker Guy Kawasaki has collaborated with prominent companies like Google, Mercedes-Benz, and Wikipedia. Moreover, he is the bestselling author of 16 books, which cover topics such as startups, entrepreneurship, social media, brand evangelism, innovation, and living a remarkable life. Recently, he launched the podcast “Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People” and its companion book, “Think Remarkable: 9 Paths to Transform Your Life and Make a Difference” (2024).
In addition to his corporate roles, Guy influences as a global thought leader. He has founded four successful tech startups and advised many more as a venture capitalist. Furthermore, his bestselling books and the widely-read “How to Change the World” blog have inspired millions. In 2023, his podcast ranked #106 in the U.S. and reached the top 50 in India, Singapore, and South Korea on Apple Podcasts. Additionally, as a LinkedIn “Top Voice,” he attracts nearly three million followers.
Currently, Guy’s mission is to make people remarkable. Through insightful interviews with extraordinary individuals on his podcast, he achieves this goal. Additionally, he serves as a brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz, a trustee for the Wikimedia Foundation, and an executive fellow at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. He also teaches as an adjunct professor at UNSW in Australia. Guy holds a BA from Stanford University, an MBA from UCLA, and an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
Guy Kawasaki Speaking Videos
Guy Kawasaki - Lessons from a Life in Technology
Guy Kawasaki - Think Remarkable
Guy Kawasaki Keynote Topics
Our go-to expert for customized speeches, Guy Kawasaki, released his 16th book in March 2024, titled "Think Remarkable: 9 Paths to Transform Your Life and Make a Difference." This book synthesizes over 200 interviews with extraordinary individuals like Steve Wozniak, Julia Cameron, Bob Cialdini, and Angela Duckworth, along with insights from his four decades of experience with organizations such as Apple, Canva, Google, and Mercedes-Benz.
What makes his latest work perfect for you is Guy's ability to tailor his speech for virtually any audience. Whether it's about being a remarkable leader, salesperson, innovator, educator, or designer, Guy will customize his message to resonate with your audience and inspire them to make a difference. He will guide your audience through the three stages of becoming remarkable—Growth, Grit, and Grace—using real-world examples from his career and his hundreds of interviews.
Guy Kawasaki is on a mission to make you remarkable. Just like in his wildly popular "Remarkable People" podcast, Guy will take on the role of the interviewer, but this time he will be interviewing the executive or leader of your organization. In his unique way, Guy will uncover and highlight their remarkable qualities.
For this highly interactive and customized session, Guy conducts thorough research beforehand, meets with the executive and other stakeholders, and then crafts a unique and personalized experience for your audience and company.
"The Art of Innovation" details the process of developing innovative services and products through practical and tactical methods. Guy Kawasaki illustrates these concepts with examples ranging from ice making to telephony and digital photography, highlighting key principles such as leaping to the next curve, dismantling obstacles, and balancing digital thinking with analog action.
The speech on creating a new company encapsulates the insights Guy Kawasaki has garnered from his experiences at Apple, founding several companies, working as a venture capitalist, and advising numerous businesses. His book, sharing the same title, has become the definitive guide for entrepreneurship.
The speech outlines how organizations and individuals can influence and transform people's hearts, minds, and actions. Guy Kawasaki's book, "Enchantment," which covers these principles, was a New York Times bestseller.
In this speech, Guy Kawasaki demystifies social media, turning it into a powerful and practical marketing tool. Many consider his book, sharing the same title, to be the best book ever written about social media.
Guy Kawasaki is one of the few individuals uniquely qualified to deliver this speech. Drawing from his experience working with Steve Jobs, he applies these valuable lessons to contemporary business practices.
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