Guy Kawasaki Is An Asshole
- Posted on: May. 5, 2007
- 59 Comments
NSFW due to extremely foul language.
Guy’s Wisdom
“The following year I entered the MBA program at UCLA. I liked this curriculum much better. While there, I worked for a fine-jewelry manufacturer called Nova Stylings; my first real job was literally counting diamonds. From Nova, its CEO Marty Gruber, and my Jewish colleagues in the jewelry business, I learned how to sell. The jewelry business is the toughest business I’ve encountered.”
59 comments
Fuck Guy Kawaski the fucking puke fuck.
I have hated him smelly assface ever since his stupid “Rules for Revolutionaries” that chapter “Don’t Worry, Be Crappy”.
Guy advocates “ship shoddy, but ship first.” This was embraced by the mediocre fucks in Silicon Valley, who push their “Beta” shit all over the web, forcing early adaptors to be Free Usability Analysts.
Guy Kawasaki, the motherfucker, is the worst thing that ever happened, that cocksucker, to the web.
ReplyHis being anti-semetic, like assface Smell Gibson, is no shock. That rotten bastard fuck shit puke jerkbag.
Replyyou are too funny vtg. I guess I did curse a bit huh.
Replyvtg - I calm now.
ReplyLoren have you ever considered decaf?
Replydecaf is for pussies.
ReplyWhoaa. Loren, they call me a redneck for saying shit like that.;-)
I watched the video interview of Kawasaki by Jennifer Jones. Can’t stand the smug, self-satisfied giggly persona the ‘guy’ has.
I can smell the foul putrescence of his rotten soul from here, but frankly, I was more disgusted by Jeremiah Owyang’s ass-licking homage to the schmuck.
I have to take a shower now, I feel dirty.
ReplyAgreed, the fake giggly little school girl thing is pathetic.
ReplyI’m not the least bit interested in what this guy has to say. I have seen up close and personal the effects of the ship-it-fast mentality and I have no respect for anyone who thinks it is an ethical way to do business. Glorifying shoddy work is nothing to be proud of.
As for the Jew thing, the Jews I’ve known have been suspiciously like normal people. To be fair to this bonehead though, lots of Jews ARE canny businessmen. I don’t think making a statement like that has to be anti-Semitic, but I didn’t hear it in context so I can’t say.
Now if he was saying that shipping shoddy products is OK and he learned to think that way from Jews, THAT I would certainly find offensive. And I’m not Jewish.
ReplyIm so not sensitive about the jew thing, but this just smacked me in the face a bit.
ReplyI don’t understand. I have an older Jewish friend/mentor that is teaching me manufacturing. If I were to say that it is from him and his Jewish friends that I am learning it from, would you be motherfucking me up and down?
This guy your talking about sounds like super-douche, but….
I’ve been watching you for a couple months…am I missing something?
Probably am. Sorry if it went over my head.
are you allowed to get that pissed on the internet?
ReplyYes you are missing something. It’s a blatant stereotype. Your not implying anything by talking about your mentor. He’s simply a guy who knows manufacturing. Why would being a jew matter? It wouldn’t. Why couldn’t his mentors just be good salesman? Why would being a jew make them better?
Get it?
Also I am allowed to get as pissed as I want on the internet. I got a special badge some guy gave me.
ReplyYou consider this anti-Semitic? Wow, knock me over with a feather. You can call me many things, but I don’t think anti-Semitic is one of them.
Guy
ReplyJust like watching Goodfellas
Replygetting it.
don’t let anyone get hurt.
ReplyPlease excuse my ignorance. But you mentioned religion on your monologue, not Guy. He says “my Jewish colleagues”. Nothing about religion. It’s more of a beef about racism than religion. Just a thought. But I see where you’re coming from, Loren.
ReplyGuy
I call it stupid. A simple stereotype. It’s a simple stereotypical statement as stupid as the ones I said in the video. I never said you were anti-semitic. Just dumb. It’s just a ridiculously stupid statement and yeah it kinda does kinda have a certain undertone that perhaps you don’t see. I’m so not super jew by a long shot and this immediately stood out to me
Did jews ever teach you anything else or just sales?
Why do you think the Jews are so good at sales?
Should Yahoo hire a Jew sales force to compete with those Jews at Google who are of course better salesman?
What about Wasps? What are their strengths in web 2.0 other than a flair for good design?
ReplyDiego
Jewish is a religion. WTF is the matter with you?
ReplyLoren,
Yes, of course. Got it totally wrong. Excuse me. *whacking myself over my own head*
ReplyLoren, just to tell you what I was thinking… was that to me religion meant Judaism. Where someone could be Jewish but not always adhere to the Jewish faith (Judaism). So I thought Jewish refered to the race, Judaism to the religion. Hence Guy mentioning Jews didn’t mean he was talking about religion, which you did in your post. Anyway, that’s what I thought. Sorry if I got it wrong. But like I said, I understand where you’re coming from in your post nonetheless.
Replyits fine Diego relax and take a breath. I gotcha.
ReplyWhat a remarkably hate-filled rant against someone you don’t know. I suppose that it is entertainment of some sort but I simply find it hurtful. Your point is lost in your spew.
I’ve known Guy for many years. I can only assume that you have no idea who he really is or you would have never said the things you said.
ReplyWill
ReplyMy spew brings attention to a hurtful passive aggressive comment that’s idiotic for a supposed expert and leader to actually write . Its not entertainment Will does it look like I’m fucking laughing.
I am a big fan of Guy’s and know him well. Trust me, not an antisemitic bone in Guy’s body.
ReplyI like Guy, but that remark is beyond stupid.
Let me tell you my sister likes to point fingers at jewish actors while watching TV, saying “he’s a jew”, “she’s a jew”, blah blah blah. Like who gives a fuck? If I’m watching Spiderman 2 do I care if one of the actors is a jew? It’s fucking irrelevant.
ReplyDamn, this whole thing reminds me of why I am a-religious. Jew, Gentile, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Christian, all the same to me. Defend your religion if you want, but if by cussing somebody out and threatening them is considered to be a true defense of any religion, then it just makes it that much easier for other people to say that religion, any religion, is a crock and full of stereotypes.
ReplyJust wondering whether you’d be as incensed if he substituted the word “female” or “black” for the word “Jew”?
The remark seems to more of a compliment than a diss…I wouldn’t be offended if he’d said that about women, or anyone else. Especially if he’s good at sales.
ReplyStill laughing 27 comments later at that first line from that first comment. Classic
ReplyLoren, Here Are Your words: “The problem with the black community is that they’re self hating. They’ve been self hating for years. It has nothing to do with the white guy… It’s like black people are so fucking lame, you have to handle them with kid gloves. If they were ever going to get it together, they would have by now.”
And just in case you want to say your words are being taken out of context, I am posting a link to the full video so anyone can watch the whole thing and judge for themselves. In fact, I suggest Mr. Kawasaki take a look at the video before responding further to your video.
http://www.1938media.com/black-and-blue/
I can only imagine the curses and threats you would have laid on Mr. Kawasaki if he had the nerve to say such a thing about a group of people you care about or identify with. Sir, you need to look in the mirror. I thought you were reasonable and I’ve enjoyed some of your videos, but I can’t keep supporting this kind of hypocrisy. You won’t go far with this attitude. Think before you post your videos.
ReplyLoren,
Did it ever occur to you that Guy is coming from a place of love and fondness rather then hate? Dude, Cali is not New Yawk. It’s not a grind. Guy iss you typical Vally guy who got hit by the lucky stick at Apple, knows it, and gives back. Generously. Read his blog and you will see it. Look how much he gives vs. takes.
I think you got it wrong my friend. Guy is a wonderful guy.
-Doug
ReplyLoren, bro,
You and Jvon said you like to watch Bill O’Reilly.
Doesn’t he come out with anti-semitic stereotypes?
ReplyWow, the quality of the blip player is stunning.
ReplyPompous asshole? Yup, and it seems to only get worse.
Loren, add to you take that the company Guy Kawasaki invested in, Bitpass, did some really shady shit with other people’s deposits when it closed down, and I wonder where Guy will say he learned that from?
Details here:
Replyhttp://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070502/4460/
Here’s my final thoughts on Guy, I retract nothing, it’s anti semeitism wrapped in a compliment. Passive aggressive bullshit. I think he’s garbage, and if you my dear readers don’t care for my opinion you are more than welcome to go somewhere else.
ReplyVince
Bill is an entertainer,just like me. Guy passes himself off as a business leader. Thats the difference.
ReplyDouglas Turner: where did you learn such high falutin metaphysics?
Guy comes not from a nirvana of love and peace and Koombayah My Lord Koombayah, but of ship over-hyped junk, then once you’ve conned people into buying the revolutionary shitty product that barely works at all, but has great promotions and hope, you then laugh all the way to the bank and the users have to wait for Version 2.0 to get anything out of it.
ReplyLearning how to make people afraid of contributing user generated content.
ReplyBitpass. google it.
Replyknock you over with a feather.
no, it won’t be with a feather, when someone does so. feathers are for tickling people to make them laugh and not notice the “don’t worry be crappy” tripe you feed them.
ReplyThis is what’s grate about the Internet. Everything you say and do and are associated with can be held against you. What’s so wrong about saying “Oh shit, THAT was an effing mistake!” How about it Guy? I have to do this sort of thing almost every day with my kids when they call me on the dumb stuff that comes out of my mouth. Pride is for losers.
ReplyO’Reilly? Anti-Semitic? News to me.
I think, generally speaking, people are a little too sensitive about their ethnic and religious groups being talked about. I don’t view that as a good trend at all.
That said, if anybody has good reason to be concerned about it, it’s Jews. I think Guy probably didn’t mean anything by the comment, but what people don’t realize is that the stereotype of Jews being clever and “good with money” feeds into the BS that Jews somehow control the banking industry (a recurring theme in some circles even here), which was used by the Nazis to justify slaughtering them. They were seen as an existential threat to the Reich. The same rhetoric exists today in the Arab press; google MEMRI and you will see for yourself.
The threat is real, and people should be careful not to feed into it.
ReplyI totally agree Jvon and thank you for being so eloquent when I could not.
ReplyPoint taken.. Loren does not like Guy - and probably vice-versa now.
Replyloren,
your the fucking douchebag. Guy is giving your religion a compliment. I puke everytime I hear about a sucessfull jew. It nauseates me that The sucessfull jews wife spend the money at barneys and bloomingdales instead of giving tsedaka. Some of your own people are wallowing in poverty, and you sit by and go and spending sprees on shabbas.
ReplyGet a job.
Replyprimitive responds to a primitive statement. On what drug are you all high over there talking this bullshit? i´m fucked on weed obliviously that i can bare the time to watch this nonsense. cheers
ReplyLoren,
You’re misinformed about what’s Jewish.
Judaism is a religion. Jewish is more. According to Jewish law a Jew is the child of a Jewish mother or a convert. Converts–okay, that’s a religion. But child of a Jewish mother–whether or not that child believes any Jewish concepts or practices any Jewish traditions–how is that a religion? If Jewish is a religion, what’s a Jewish Community Center? Basketball, swimming, arts & crafts. If Jewish is a religion, what’s Jewish food? If Jewish is a religion, what’s a Jewish state?
ReplySo Jews shouldn’t have a distinct culture because they’re a religion? Is that what you’re saying? It’s an interesting point. You should run it by the Muslims and see what they think.
ReplyGuy is my hero, notice how Jew rhymes with Screw. Ever been not screwed by a Jew, not too many people can say NO.
ReplyFuck off motherfuckin kike
ReplyIs this actually a joke…your humor is really disturbing…first technigga now this. Maybe you need to get some help.
ReplyIts is clearly conspicuous to me that missed the point Guy was making. However I have watched most of your videos and you are not an angel either. Your tone towards women and blacks is repugnant and dehumanizing.
Chicken come home to roast. MoFo
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