Guy Kawasaki


Blogger Logic: Why you should never rehire a quitter

JobDig chairman G.L. Hoffman's blog post on 100 lessons for entrepreneurs (Read story

Blogger Logic

Hip Today; Test Tomorrow  Read story

Heavenly Strategies for High-Tech Start-Ups

Each week, the web-based, early-stage venture financing firm Garage.com receives hundreds of proposals from prospective high-tech startup companies lookin...  Read story

Must you show that you are different from a competitor to raise venture capital?

Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds to the following question from an inc.com user: When approaching venture capital...  Read story

Which steps come first when planning a new business?

Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds to the following question from an inc.com user: I'm wrestling with writing a busi...  Read story

Can I raise funds even though I don't have a management team?

Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds to this question from an inc.com user: I have spent a lot of time researching and...  Read story

Guy Kawasaki on Angel Investors

Guy Kawasaki discusses when and how an entrepreneur should seek out an angel investor.  Read story

Revolution for Nonradicals

Short reviews of seven new business books offering information on marketing, starting a business, and problem solving. Plus: a best-selling author lists his ...  Read story

Get$$$Now.com

New online intermediaries are closing the capital gap for companies that have outgrown friends-and-family financing but can't get a backward glance from vent...  Read story

My competitor has venture capital backing. How can I use that fact to my advantage?

Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds to the following question from an inc.com user: How would you suggest that I use ...  Read story

Are You Ready to Get Funded?

Gone are the days of getting funding just because you have a bright idea. Investors are looking past the " concept company" and looking for start-ups with...  Read story

How can I be sure that a venture capital firm will be a good fit with my company and our goals?

Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds: Before working with any investor or venture capital firm, you should research the f...  Read story

How should I select and compensate a board of directors for my high-growth start-up?

Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds: Board members can help enhance the expertise, experience, and network of the manager...  Read story

How can I turn a small sales team into a business development group forming strategic partnerships?

Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds to this question from an inc.com user: In reality, every one of your employees shou...  Read story

How do I protect my ideas when meeting with people who could help me?

Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds: When you are presenting information to potential investors, you have to be careful...  Read story

Should I ask venture capitalists for more money than I need to create a cushion?

Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds: When raising venture funding, start-ups should generally aim to raise enough money t...  Read story

Web Awards 2000: Innovation

The winners in the Innovation category of the 2000 Inc. Web Awards employ cutting-edge multimedia and clever Internet concepts to attract and keep c...  Read story

How do I value my Internet start-up?

Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds: Valuation of young companies -- especially Internet start-ups -- can be tricky. In f...  Read story

Valley Guy

Guy Kawasaki tells you where to meet and what to eat in Silicon Valley.  Read story

The Best Small Business Blogs

Check out these business blogs for advice from entrepreneurs who have been there and done that.  Read story

The Business Owner's Bookshelf

30 books you should read and put to use  Read story

The Complete New-Business Survival Guide

Inc.'s catalog of the best books, agencies, networking groups and information sources for the self-educating CEO.  Read story

19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now

We scoured the Web and came up with a list of the smartest business bloggers. Their advice just might help you run a better company.  Read story

Network: Reader Responses

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read story

How to Start a Business for (Almost) Nothing

Now more than ever, it's possible to start a great company for peanuts.  Read story

How to Get Funding Now: Two VCs Weigh In

In the September 2001 Inc story, More Strings Attached , Jill Andresky Fraser tells ...  Read story

How important will my management team be to venture capitalists?

Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki responds: The strength of your start-up's management team is absolutely critical to your succe...  Read story

Microsoft Hosts Online Small Business Summit

March 16, 2007 -- Microsoft is offering a free online summit for small businesses covering technology, financial management, sales, and m...  Read story

Fiscal Therapy

At a two-day "boot camp" for high-tech start-ups, CEOs thought they'd be learning how to attract Silicon Valley investors. What they got was even more import...  Read story

Upstarts: Start-Up Services

A look at several companies that sell "start-up-in-a-box" services designed to help new businesses hit the ground running.  Read story

When Is a Law Firm Not a Law Firm?

Craig Johnson, founder of Venture Law Group, redefined what a law firm can do for a start-up by helping companies develop business plans, find financing, and...  Read story

Financing: Where to Find It

Finding financing is a more complicated matter than during the dot-com years when money seemed to flow freely for any good idea that crossed the transom. Tod...  Read story

NASVF Announces Investment Conference

Oct. 1, 2004 --With angel investing becoming an increasingly important capital source for small and start-up businesses, the National Asso...  Read story

Horse Race: Searching for the Next Digg

Start-ups jockey for position to be the authority of what's hot on the Web.  Read story

Are U.S. venture capitalists willing to invest in tech entrepreneurs who target foreign markets?

Finance & Capital mentor Guy Kawasaki's response: The advice varies and depends on the country in which the start-up is located. U....  Read story

Web Awards 2000: Judges

A list of the judges of the 2000 Inc. Web Awards.  Read story

The Incredible Shrinking Web Site

Remember the "level playing field" theory of the Web? How in cyberspace size didn't matter because even the most picayune start-up could conceal its lack ...  Read story

Financing and Where to Find It

Finding financing is a more complicated matter than during the dot-com years when money seemed to flow freely for any good idea that c...  Read story

Financing: Where to Find It

The hunt for financing is on. Only a year ago, venture capitalists seemed willing to throw money at just about any dot-com business plan. But funding toda...  Read story

Six Ways to Position Your Company for Success

What do you think the most important trend affecting small business will be? How best can owners position their companies to take advantage of it? We pose...  Read story

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