Assignment 6
We are tasked to make a reflection about the video clip from Guy Kawasaki from the very famous Stanford University. First and foremost, who is this Guy Kawasaki and how or what are his tips and techniques to consider to a company to become successful and change the world a better place to live in?
Guy Kawasaki is the former Chief evangelist of Apple, in the Macintosh division, and is the current founder and C.E.O of a successful venture capitalist firm, Garage Technology, and co-founder of Alltop, an online magazine rack. Guy Kawasaki uses his experiences at Apple and his know-how as a successful entrepreneur to communicate the important steps in starting a new business. Guy Kawasaki goes against many textbook business principles when giving his honest thoughts and opinions on how to start any business.
In our endeavor in creating a secured time that has yet to come, we and as an individual, are trying to elevate our lives in venturing business. Not only in typical business industry, also in technopreneurship. Technopreneurship is the industry or business with an elaborate and systematic plan of high-technological enterprise. Undeniably, we are living in an era where technopreneurship is highly appreciated. To reap the fruits of success of many companies triggers the desire of making a meaning for all the people in the world, the world to become a better place to live in and for the next generation. According to Guy Kawasaki, one the fundamentally founded to consider in entrepreneurship is to make meaning. Make meaning really implies to construct an organization that makes the world a better place; to increase the quality of life, right a terrible wrong, or prevent the end of something good. Why? This is because of some companies eagerly wanted to make money in a fast and easy way, thus, sooner or later will foresee its sweetest downfall.
If you have recently stumbled upon a great business, or had your “Eureka” moment with respect to your ideas in your life, the best thing would be to further and finalize this concept and earn much money. It may certainly help to bounce off such ideas with lots of money in return. However, in a long run of the business, this might lead to downfall for the fact that venturing business without aiming what is the meaning of what you are trying to achieve in your business is unworkable. A problem I see in the world of technology business, startups particularly is having a lack of innovation. Sure, it is fine to play around with ideas but a lack of innovation draws back the future and prohibits progress and growth. This can be found especially among businesses based solely on money and profit.
When this will happen, do remember what Guy Kawasaki said in his video clip from Stanford University. He always imply, “Focus on making meaning, not money.” If your vision for your company is to grow it just to flip it to a large company or to take it public and cash out, you are doomed. Guy Kawasaki says that great companies are built around one of three kinds of meaning:
1. Increase the quality of life.
The first point to consider according to Guy Kawasaki on his video clip is to increase the quality of life. Make people more productive or their lives easier or more enjoyable. As an information technology student, we are expected to become a solution finder not the ones who will create those thousands of witty problems. Like what IdeaSpace Technopreneur Bootcamp is aiming for, find and locate the best minds with great ideas to showcase to the world and nurture the idea to become a genuine business. The IdeaSpace Technopreneur Bootcamp series is a vehicle for IdeaSpace to bring down to the community level the advocacy for successful technopreneurship. More than just technology, collaborative participation and innovation in all fronts are the keys to transforming ideas into something called “reality”. The special importance or significance here is on finding a way to improve something that already exists. The Macintosh Division of Apple Computer story is what he says a real example of this. While working there Guy Kawasaki and his fellows were day and night thinking of ways to improve their users’ lives. They were motivated by one thought only: How to change Macintosh users’ lives in order to make them more creative and more productive.
2. Right a wrong.
The subsequent point to ponder according to Guy Kawasaki on his video clip is right a wrong. Be a part of the solution, not a part of the problem. For example, the Macintosh Division was dissatisfied with the personal computers of the early 1980s because they were hard to use therefore were used mainly by hobbyists and hackers, and were expensive, thus businesses and universities could afford them only. So they enthusiastically and keenly improve their computers that eventually click to the people and sooner being hailed as one of the best device ever made. The idealistic belief they had, that things and world could be better, made a difference and eventually led to success.
3. Prevent the end of something good.
And, the last point to reflect that is according to Guy Kawasaki on his video clip is to prevent the end of something good. As Guy Kawasaki says: “You see something beautiful, something wonderful and you just can’t stand the fact that it’s being eroded, it is being changed, is being ruined”. Most likely there are others who share your opinion. These people would be your evangelists and followers who will love, respect and promote your company in times and places you cannot. Therefore, by keeping something beautiful in life you out stand of the crowd, add value to your customers and create meaning to your organization.
If you are trying to create or craft a business out of your brilliant idea, instill on your mind that this three points made famous by Guy Kawasaki is a big move and help you to increase the improvement of the business you are in and on the long run will extremely be successful.
Guy Kawasaki is the former Chief evangelist of Apple, in the Macintosh division, and is the current founder and C.E.O of a successful venture capitalist firm, Garage Technology, and co-founder of Alltop, an online magazine rack. Guy Kawasaki uses his experiences at Apple and his know-how as a successful entrepreneur to communicate the important steps in starting a new business. Guy Kawasaki goes against many textbook business principles when giving his honest thoughts and opinions on how to start any business.
In our endeavor in creating a secured time that has yet to come, we and as an individual, are trying to elevate our lives in venturing business. Not only in typical business industry, also in technopreneurship. Technopreneurship is the industry or business with an elaborate and systematic plan of high-technological enterprise. Undeniably, we are living in an era where technopreneurship is highly appreciated. To reap the fruits of success of many companies triggers the desire of making a meaning for all the people in the world, the world to become a better place to live in and for the next generation. According to Guy Kawasaki, one the fundamentally founded to consider in entrepreneurship is to make meaning. Make meaning really implies to construct an organization that makes the world a better place; to increase the quality of life, right a terrible wrong, or prevent the end of something good. Why? This is because of some companies eagerly wanted to make money in a fast and easy way, thus, sooner or later will foresee its sweetest downfall.
If you have recently stumbled upon a great business, or had your “Eureka” moment with respect to your ideas in your life, the best thing would be to further and finalize this concept and earn much money. It may certainly help to bounce off such ideas with lots of money in return. However, in a long run of the business, this might lead to downfall for the fact that venturing business without aiming what is the meaning of what you are trying to achieve in your business is unworkable. A problem I see in the world of technology business, startups particularly is having a lack of innovation. Sure, it is fine to play around with ideas but a lack of innovation draws back the future and prohibits progress and growth. This can be found especially among businesses based solely on money and profit.
When this will happen, do remember what Guy Kawasaki said in his video clip from Stanford University. He always imply, “Focus on making meaning, not money.” If your vision for your company is to grow it just to flip it to a large company or to take it public and cash out, you are doomed. Guy Kawasaki says that great companies are built around one of three kinds of meaning:
1. Increase the quality of life.
The first point to consider according to Guy Kawasaki on his video clip is to increase the quality of life. Make people more productive or their lives easier or more enjoyable. As an information technology student, we are expected to become a solution finder not the ones who will create those thousands of witty problems. Like what IdeaSpace Technopreneur Bootcamp is aiming for, find and locate the best minds with great ideas to showcase to the world and nurture the idea to become a genuine business. The IdeaSpace Technopreneur Bootcamp series is a vehicle for IdeaSpace to bring down to the community level the advocacy for successful technopreneurship. More than just technology, collaborative participation and innovation in all fronts are the keys to transforming ideas into something called “reality”. The special importance or significance here is on finding a way to improve something that already exists. The Macintosh Division of Apple Computer story is what he says a real example of this. While working there Guy Kawasaki and his fellows were day and night thinking of ways to improve their users’ lives. They were motivated by one thought only: How to change Macintosh users’ lives in order to make them more creative and more productive.
2. Right a wrong.
The subsequent point to ponder according to Guy Kawasaki on his video clip is right a wrong. Be a part of the solution, not a part of the problem. For example, the Macintosh Division was dissatisfied with the personal computers of the early 1980s because they were hard to use therefore were used mainly by hobbyists and hackers, and were expensive, thus businesses and universities could afford them only. So they enthusiastically and keenly improve their computers that eventually click to the people and sooner being hailed as one of the best device ever made. The idealistic belief they had, that things and world could be better, made a difference and eventually led to success.
3. Prevent the end of something good.
And, the last point to reflect that is according to Guy Kawasaki on his video clip is to prevent the end of something good. As Guy Kawasaki says: “You see something beautiful, something wonderful and you just can’t stand the fact that it’s being eroded, it is being changed, is being ruined”. Most likely there are others who share your opinion. These people would be your evangelists and followers who will love, respect and promote your company in times and places you cannot. Therefore, by keeping something beautiful in life you out stand of the crowd, add value to your customers and create meaning to your organization.
If you are trying to create or craft a business out of your brilliant idea, instill on your mind that this three points made famous by Guy Kawasaki is a big move and help you to increase the improvement of the business you are in and on the long run will extremely be successful.
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