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Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva and the creator of Guy Kawasaki\u2019s Remarkable People podcast. He is an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley), and adjunct professor of the University of New South Wales. He was the chief evangelist of Apple and a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation. He has written Wise Guy, The Art of the Start 2.0, The Art of Social Media, Enchantment, and eleven other books. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University, an MBA from UCLA, and an honorary doctorate from Babson College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva and the creator of Guy Kawasaki\u2019s Remarkable People podcast. He is an executive fellow of the Haas […]
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