On this weeks blog post I will be taking about an angel investor and business professional,Guy Kawasaki . Guy was born and grew up in a rough town in Honolulu, Hawaii
called Kalihi.
Guy claims that he was not poor but he had a tough childhood
growing up. He lived in a rough part of town and did see much of his father who
was always working.
One of Guy biggest role models growing up was his English
Teacher Harold Keables. Keables taught Guy that the biggest part of writing was
editing. This lead guy to writing
10 books. And as Guy jokes “one book ten times”
He has received his bachelors in psychology, Masters in from
UCLA and his Doctorate from Badson Collage. During Collage he worked for a
jeweler where he learned how to sell. Guy claims that this is where he begun
learning business.
After collage Guy went back and forth between many jobs
working for both Microsoft and Apple computers. Guy has also started several
businesses. One being an Angel investor firm called Garage.com. Guys business
helps small and up coming business raise money. Today Guy now invests money
into smaller companies to get them started in exchange for a percentage of the
company. Gradge.com is now a venture capital firm.
In one of Guys blogs he speaks about the Keys to writing a
successful business plan. Guy writes a business plan not just towards investors
explaining financials, but also towards management of a company explaining
objectives and then the how’s, when’s, where’s, and who’s.
Another helpful key I took from Guy was “Less is more”. Guy
says this referring to the length of business plans. Keeping a business plan at
20 pages or shorter will increase the chances that it will be read. Guy also
states that every 10 pages over 20 pages will give it a 25% less chance of
being read. Investors want you to get straight to the point. If it’s worth
their time, then they will throw you a bone.
