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Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People

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Guy Kawasaki is on a mission to make you remarkable. His Remarkable People podcast features interviews with remarkable people such as Jane Goodall, Marc Benioff, Woz, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Bob Cialdini. Every episode will make you more remarkable. Using his decades of experience in Silicon Valley as a Venture Capitalist and advisor to the top entrepreneurs in the world, Guy’s questions come from a place of curiosity and passion for technology, start-ups, entrepreneurship, and marketing. Listeners of the Remarkable People podcast will learn from some of the most successful people in the world with practical tips and inspiring stories that will help you be more remarkable. Like this show? Please leave us a review -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Episodes

Shellye Archambeau: Tech Entrepreneur and Fortune 500 board member

One of the first Black female CEOs in Silicon Valley, Shellye Archambeau's path to success has been defined by ambition, resilience, and planning. Listen to Shellye share stories of her successful five-year plans, how she handles imposter syndrome, and what it's like to be one of the first Black women on a Fortune 500 Board of Directors. Insightful and engaging interview on this week's episode of Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast. I hope you enjoyed this podcast, would you please consider...

Dec 09, 20201 hr 1 minEp. 54

Dr. Anne Rimoin, epidemiologist and Professor of Epidemiology at the UCLA

Dr. Anne Rimoin is a top U.S. epidemiologist and professor of UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Infectious Disease Division of the Geffen School of Medicine. She has published 70 research articles and book chapters. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, WIRED, Discover, Scientific American, Popular Science, Forbes, National Geographic, Nature, and Science. Dr. Rimoin was recently inducted as a fellow o...

Dec 02, 20201 hr 17 minEp. 53

Tim Kendall: Former Facebook Exec, Former President of Pinterest, and Former Wrestler

This episode’s guest is Tim Kendall. In my humble opinion, Tim’s greatest claim to fame is probably that he was an intern who worked for me. That said, since then, Tim has held somewhat important positions at other companies you may have heard of such as Facebook and Pinterest. And he was much more than an intern at both. He is the person who created Facebook’s monetization strategy as the director of monetization. This was way before the current monetization strategy of enabling foreign governm...

Nov 25, 20201 hr 1 minEp. 52

Sarah Frey: Founder of Frey Farms, Author, and "Pumpkin Queen"

This episode’s guest is Sarah Frey, founder of Frey Farms. Sarah is an American farmer and entrepreneur, and author of The Growing Season. She is the CEO and owner of Frey Farms, which she founded at age sixteen. Frey Farms is the largest H-2A visa employer in Illinois as well as the largest grower of pumpkins in the United States. Sarah was branded The Pumpkin Queen by the New York Times. Frey's business negotiations with Walmart have been featured in a Harvard Business School study. In this ep...

Nov 18, 20201 hr 8 minEp. 51

Dr. Sinan Aral: MIT Professor and Social-Media Scientist

Dr. Sinan Aral is the David Austin Professor of Management and Professor, Information Technology and Marketing at MIT. He’s a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Northwestern University. He has Master’s degrees from the London School of Economics and Harvard University. And he has a PhD from MIT. He recently published a book out called The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health--and How We Must Adapt. In short he is an expert in social media and its impact on s...

Nov 11, 20201 hr 4 minEp. 50

Dr. Vivek Murthy: Author and doctor. 19th Surgeon General of the United States

This episode’s remarkable guest is Dr. Vivek Murthy, the former Surgeon General of the United States in the Obama administration. On Monday, November 9th, President Elect Joe Biden announced the leadership of his coronavirus task force — the first public step in what aides say will be a focus on confronting the pandemic that has claimed almost a quarter of a million American lives. It will be led by Dr. Vivek Murthy, a surgeon general under former President Barack Obama, who has been a key Biden...

Nov 02, 20201 hr 7 minEp. 49

Shea and Syd McGee of Studio McGee and Netflix's Dream Home Makeover

Syd and Shea McGee of Studio McGee and McGee&Co This episode’s guests, yes plural, are the delightful Syd and Shea McGee. They are the power couple behind Studio McGee and McGee & Co. With a vision that beautiful design can be approachable, Studio McGee has become one of the leading innovators in the interior design industry. This is the first wife-husband interview on Remarkable People. While they are individually remarkable, together they are unstoppable. Their business includes a home...

Oct 28, 20201 hr 4 minEp. 48

Kara Goldin: Founder and CEO of Hint, Author of Undaunted

This episode’s guest is Kara Goldin. She is the founder, CEO, and chief taster of Hint, the lifestyle company that sells bottled water and hand sanitizers Prior to Hint, she has worked for are AOL, CNN, and Time. And, well, technically, the TeePee restaurant in Arizona. She is a graduate of Arizona State University. The episode starts with a story about an executive from a large beverage company in Atlanta addressing her as “sweetie” and how that was a pivotal moment in her undaunted quest to st...

Oct 21, 202055 minEp. 47

Robert Rosenberg: Former CEO of Dunkin Donuts and Author of Around the Corner to Around the World

Today’s guest on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People is the former CEO of Dunkin Donuts, Robert Rosenberg. Shortly after his graduation from the Harvard MBA program in 1963, he took over a family business named Universal Food Systems. He was 25 at the time. This small, but diversified organization, morphed into Dunkin Donuts--now named simply Dunkin. You’ll find out why its name changed, actually. He ran Dunkin Donuts from 1963 to 1998. At the time of his retirement, Dunkin Brands represented 6,500...

Oct 14, 202055 minEp. 46

Sal Khan: Innovative Educator and Founder of Khan Academy

While working at a successful hedge fund Sal Khan began tutoring his cousin when he learned she was struggling with math. After realizing that the social aspect of learning can add pressure, he started creating video lessons. His cousins loved learning by video and could rewind challenging sections. He started writing code to help track student progress and keep track of their goals. Sal democratized education by scaling what he learned about tutoring to create Khan Academy which is currently se...

Oct 07, 202059 minEp. 45

Tim Ferriss: Best-Selling Author of The Four Hour Work Week, Best of iTunes Podcaster, and Tech Investor

Tim Ferriss discusses being an online influencer, a multiple best-selling author of The Four Hour Work Week and four other books, depression, and why physical exercise is so important to him. People sometimes refer to him as the Oprah of Audio because his podcast has been downloaded more than 500 million times. He’s also got the angel investor golden touch with stakes in Uber, Facebook, Shopify, Duolingo, and Alibaba. But this episode isn’t completely feel good, pixie dust, and unicorns. We delv...

Sep 30, 202057 minEp. 44

Dionne Searcey: New York Times Reporter, Author, and Pulitzer Prize Winner

This episode's guest on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People Podcast is a remarkable international journalist named Dionne Searcey. She won a Pulitzer Prize with The New York Times in 2020 for International Reporting: Russian Assassins and her contribution from the Central African Republic. In 2014 Boko Haram kidnapped 250 girls from the Nigerian town of Chibok. This inspired the #Bringbackourgirls international campaign. Dionne went to northeastern Nigeria and into Cameroon to investigate the conve...

Sep 16, 20201 hrEp. 42

Julie Lythcott Haims: Author, Activist, and Educator.

Julie Lythcott-Haims speaks and writes on the phenomenon of helicopter parenting and the dangers of a check-listed childhood — the subject of her book, “How to Raise an Adult.” Her viral TED talk on the same topic teaches parents not to overparent. Julie is a former corporate lawyer and Stanford Dean with degrees from Stanford, Harvard, and California College of the Arts. So much to gain from this interview on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast with Julie Lythcott-Haims. See Privacy Policy...

Sep 09, 20201 hr 17 minEp. 41

Lisa Leopold: Professor of Education and Storyteller

Lisa Leopold is an associate professor and program coordinator for The Middlebury Institute’s English for Academic and Professional Purposes Program. She brings over a decade of experience teaching survival and academic English to adult immigrants, refugees, children, and community college, university, and graduate students on five continents. Professor Leopold has delivered over 50 presentations at international conferences. Professor Leopold’s scholarly work has appeared in the TESL Canada Jou...

Sep 02, 202044 minEp. 40

Scott Galloway: Professor, Author, Entrepreneur, and Investor

This week on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast, he interviews author and Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, Scott Galloway. His book is called The Algebra of Happiness. Guy says he's the most outspoken guest he's had yet! You'll have to list to find out what he thinks about Facebook. He tells it like it is throughout the episode. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Aug 26, 20201 hrEp. 39

Kathryn Finney: Author, Entrepreneur, Activist, and Advisor

Kathryn Finney is an author, researcher, investor, entrepreneur, innovator and businesswoman. She is the founder and CEO of digitalundivided, a social enterprise that leads high potential Black and Latinx women founders through the startup pipeline from idea to exit. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Aug 19, 202058 minEp. 38

Guy Kawasaki: How to Product Launch Like a Boss.

Usually Guy Kawasaki's podcast features interviews with remarkable people, such as Jane Goodall, Steve Wozniak, Arianna Huffington, Margaret Atwood, Martha Stewart, Sir Ken Robinson, Roy Yamaguchi, Kristi Yamaguchi, Stephen Wolfram, Gary Vaynerchuk, or iJustine. But every once in a while, he likes to change things up and provide a mini keynote. The goal for these mini keynotes is to help you become more remarkable as easily and quickly as possible. This episode's topic is how to launch your prod...

Aug 12, 202012 minEp. 37

Melanie Perkins: CEO of Canva

This week's remarkable person is Melanie Perkins, CEO of Canva. Melanie co-founded the start-up from her mother’s living room. Canva, an online design software company, is based in Australia, thousands of miles from tech’s Silicon Valley power corridor. Getting a meeting—much less funding—proved tough. Perkins heard “no” from more than 100 investors. Let's listen to Melanie talk about how Canva got its humble beginnings and how she handled all the no's that they heard over the years. See Privacy...

Aug 05, 202049 minEp. 36

How to be a Remarkable Innovator

Don't miss this Remarkable People podcast where you hear straight from Guy Kawasaki! He's going to share how to be a remarkable innovator - one of his most popular speeches. Who Is Guy? Guy Kawasaki was the chief evangelist of Apple and currently the chief evangelist of Canva, an online design tool. He has authored fifteen books including The Art of the Start, Enchantment, and The Art of Social Media. He gives over fifty a year on technology, innovation, and evangelism. He is also a brand ambass...

Jul 29, 202012 minEp. 35

Karen Mullarkey: Photo Editor

This week's remarkable guest is Karen Mullarkey. She's worked at esteemed publications like Life, Rolling Stone Magazine, and Newsweek. She's guided some of the world's most famous like Annie Liebovitz, Richard Avedon, Robert Maplethorpe and more. She won the Joseph A Sprague award for her lifetime work in the field of photojournalism. You will be dazzled by her stories and amazed at her remarkable career. And you don't want to miss her Anna Wintour story! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com...

Jul 22, 20201 hr 28 minEp. 34

Nancy Gianni: Founder and Chief Belief Officer of GiGi’s Playhouse, Author, and CNN Hero

This week's remarkable person is Nancy Gianni, Founder and Chief Belief Officer of GiGi’s Playhouse, Author of GenerationG, and CNN Hero. After her daughter GiGi was born with Down's Syndrome, Nancy started GiGi's Playhouse to change the way the world views Down syndrome and to send a global message of acceptance for all. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jul 15, 202054 minEp. 33

Jamia Wilson: Author, Activist and Feminist

This week's guest on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People is Jamia Wilson. Jamia wears many hats--and all of them well. She is a feminist, activist, writer, and speaker. She is also the director of the Feminist Press at the City University of New York. Jamia is destined to do remarkable things in her career. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jul 08, 20201 hr 11 minEp. 32

Dr. Jerome Kim: Director General of International Vaccine Institute (IVI)

This week's remarkable person is Dr. Jerome Kim, Director General of the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, Korea. Formerly, Dr. Kim was Principal Deputy and Chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis at the U.S. Military HIV Research Program. He is working to help push forward its effort to solve one the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century, the decoding of the human immune system, specifically the coronavirus but also working on HIV and other viruses...

Jul 01, 20201 hr 13 minEp. 31

David Ige: Governor of Hawaii

Governor David Y. Ige was sworn in as the eighth governor of the State of Hawai‘i on December 1, 2014. Governor Ige is focused on improving the lives of Hawaiʻi’s people and making the islands a place future generations choose to call home. He is increasing affordable housing, reducing homelessness, moving toward the state’s 100% renewable energy goal, and remodeling public education to prepare students for the innovation economy of the 21st century. Under his leadership, the state has aggressiv...

Jun 24, 202041 minEp. 30

iJustine: Digital Influencer, YouTuber, Tech Reviewer, and Gamer

iJustine is became one of the Internet's first-and most popular-"lifecasters," inviting people around the world to watch her every move, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Within ten days of release, her "300-page iPhone bill" had garnered more than 3 million views and international media attention. These days, iJustine is a one-woman new media phenomenon: The popular techie, gamer, vlogger, and digital influencer has an army of nearly 8 million subscribers across multiple YouTube chann...

Jun 17, 202045 minEp. 29

Sam Wineburg: History professor, author, truth-seeker, and Wikipedia fan

Sam Wineburg teaches us how you can tell what’s credible from what’s not on the internet. Wineburg directs Stanford’s PhD program in History Education, the only program of its kind in North America, http://sheg.stanford.edu His interdisciplinary scholarship sits at the crossroads of three fields: history, cognitive science, and education, and has appeared in such diverse outlets as Cognitive Science, Journal of American History, Smithsonian Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times. See Privacy Policy...

Jun 10, 202055 minEp. 28

Martha Nino: Fighting for the American Dream - One first generation families success story

Meet Martha Nino. She was born in a grass shack, her parents picked cotton, they had very little education and her only role models were laborers. She was also not legal in this country for fifteen years. Today she is a Senior Marketing Manager at Adobe, one of the biggest technology companies in the world. What you'll learn from Martha is with proper guidance, an opportunity, and a positive outlook we can do hard things. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not...

Jun 03, 202057 minEp. 27

David Aaker: “Father of Modern Branding” and AMA Marketing Hall of Fame® Inductee

This week on Remarkable People, Guy Kawasaki interviews David Aaker, hailed the “Father of Modern Branding,” serves as Vice-Chair at Prophet, a global marketing and branding consultancy. He’s a recognized authority on branding, has developed several recognizable concepts including the Aaker brand vision model and has received numerous awards for his contributions to the science of marketing. In 2015, David Aaker was inducted into the American Marketing Association Hall of Fame for his lifetime a...

May 27, 202051 minEp. 26

Kristi Yamaguchi: Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion Figure Skater, Author, and Philanthropist.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to train for the Olympics? You'll get to find out with this episode's interview of Remarkable People with Olympic Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi. In 2005, she was inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame. Kristi’s story is one of years of sacrifice and hard work—the power of grit is a theme that we’ve heard over and over on this podcast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-in...

May 20, 202045 minEp. 25
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