Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People

Maxine Bédat is the founder and director of New Standard Institute, a think-and-do tank dedicated to turning industry into a force for good. She is a former lawyer and the cofounder of ethical fashion brand Zady. She is an ambassador at the Rainforest Alliance and has spoken at the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, and the Clinton Global Initiative. Important topic this week on Guy Kawasak...

Make sure to follow the show so you don't miss upcoming episodes! Past guests on Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People Podcast: Dr. Jane Goodall, Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff, Netflix’s Dream Home Makeover stars Shea and Syd  McGee of McGee Studios, Daniel Pink, Tiny Habit’s author BJ Fogg, Dave Evans author of Designing your Life, The Artist’s Way author Julia Cameron, Entrepreneur and host of Smart Pa...

Dr. Jacqui Lewis uses her gifts as an activist, author, preacher, and theologian to advocate for racial, gender, and economic equality. Her books include: Ten Essential Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Congregation, The Power of Stories, You Are So Wonderful!, and her newest book, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to a Better Life and a Better World. Jaqui’s own experiences of being a woman in a tradi...

Henry Gee is a paleontologist, senior editor at Nature and the author of several books, including Jacob’s Ladder, In Search of Deep Time, The Science of Middle-earth, and The Accidental Species. Paleontology lies on the border between biology and geology but differs from archaeology in that it excludes the study of anatomically modern humans. He has appeared on BBC television and radio and NPR's A...

Get ready to start thinking more creatively and be more curious! Listen in to Guy Kawasaki interview Sarah Stein Greenberg on this week's Remarkable People podcast where they dig into design thinking and creativity. Sarah Stein Greenberg is the author of Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways and the Executive Director of Stanford's d.school. She le...

Patti Sanchez is the co-author of the award-winning book, Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies, and Symbols, and the author of Presenting Virtually: Communicate and Connect With Online Audiences. Patti leads an expert team of communication consultants and creative writers who help clients move their audiences in one powerful moment or in a movement over time. There are f...

Get ready for some down-to-earth, practical advice from power podcaster Pat Flynn on this week's episode of Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast! Pat Flynn is a father, husband, and entrepreneur who lives and works in San Diego, CA. He owns several successful online businesses and is a professional blogger, keynote speaker, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and host of the Smart Passive...

Join Guy Kawasaki on his 100th episode of the Remarkable People podcast with marketing legend Seth Godin. It's an insightful look into how Seth has built his marketing legacy with plenty of actionable ideas. Get ready to take notes and be inspired by Seth and Guy!

I love cars. This isn’t a mid-life crisis kind of thing for me. It’s been true since I was growing up in a poor part of Hawaii and has never stopped. In fact, my love of cars has been a powerful motivational factor throughout my life. Join me with special guest Linda Zhang – Product Manager of the highly anticipated Ford F150 Lightning.

Jenn Lim is the CEO and Chief Happiness Officer of Delivering Happiness which she co-founded with Tony Hsieh, a company that inspires people to achieve passion, happiness, and purpose. Her motto is "change your world, then change the world." Jenn recently wrote Beyond Happiness: How Authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth and Impact. Great conversation on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkab...

Olympia Yarger filled a knowledge gap in my brain: the beauty of maggots. I never fully appreciated maggots, particularly of the black soldier fly, until I interviewed her. We also chatted about her husband's military career and the challenges of being a military family with a touching story about one of their family dogs. Olympia is helping reshape waste management as the founder and current CEO...

Tech and innovation lovers - this one's for you! Listen in as Guy Kawasaki interviews Chris Messina, inventor of the hashtag and star of The Social Dilemma, about being the number one Hunter on Product Hunt and how he feels about open source technology. So many interesting nuggets!

Silicon Valley expert Robert Chesnut teaches that companies that do not think seriously about a crucial element of corporate culture--integrity--are destined to fail. He has written a book called Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution. It provides a six-step process to foster and manage a culture of integrity in organizations. This week on Remarkable People, Guy...

Do you struggle for time to be creative and just think in your day? This interview with Juliet Funt, author of Time to Think, is here to give you more space, enhance your creativity, and help you be more productive. She's worked with teams of big companies to help them be more successful. You'll be inspired to find more white space in your day after this interview on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable Peop...

“Public health saved your life today―you just don’t know it,” is a phrase that Dr. Leana Wen likes to use. You don’t know it because good public health is invisible. It becomes visible only in its absence, when it is underfunded and ignored, a bitter truth laid bare as never before by the devastation of COVID-19. Leana Wen―emergency physician, former Baltimore health commissioner, CNN medical anal...

Adam Curry was one of the VJs (video jockeys) of MTV back in the 1980s. In this position, he “interviewed” some of the most popular musicians of the time including Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. Adam is an early tech adopter and pioneer because he embraced the web and podcasting long before other people. He helped make podcasting “a thing” by collaborating with Dave Winer on podcasting techno...

Hollywood Storyteller Jon M. Chu, director of Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights, is this week's guest on Remarkable People podcast. He shares how his passion for creating video started and his love for Macs, much to Guy's delight. Jon also talks about the cultural importance of Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights. A must-listen for creatives, storytellers, and movie lovers! Tune into Remarkabl...

Mark Schulman has performed for more than a billion people in his 30 plus year career. He’s been the drummer for some of the greatest musical artists in history, including P!nk, Foreigner, Cher, Billy Idol, Stevie Nicks, Beyoncé, Tina Turner, and many more. In his first book, Conquering Life’s Stage Fright, through entertaining stories and innovative exercises, Mark reveals three core concepts tha...

Erica Dhawan is an internationally recognized leading authority, author and advisor on 21st century teamwork, collaboration and innovation. Named by Thinkers50 as the “Oprah of Management Thinkers”, she is the author of two books Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence and Digital Body Language. This week on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People, Guy talks with Erica about how to be...

You'll be blown away with this interview with speechwriter Cody Keenan, former Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama. President Obama said he relied “on Cody not just to share my vision, but to help tell America’s story.” “He’s a brilliant writer," Mr. Obama added. “He’s relentless.” Listen in as Guy Kawasaki talks to Cody about his years working at The White House this week on the...

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be an author and publish a book? You'll get to find out in this episode's interview with Hugh Howey. His two dreams were to publish a book and to sail around the world and he’s been wildly successful at both. You’ll learn about self-publishing, writing, and how Hugh reached his dreams on this week’s episode of the Remarkable People podcast with host Guy Kaw...

Jodi Kantor is prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and a best-selling author who broke the Harvey Weinstein story with Megan Twohey and Ronan Farrow. They broke the story of Harvey Weinstein’s decades of alleged abuse towards women winning a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service which kicked off the #metoo movement. Ms. Kantor’s investigations into conditions at Starbucks and A...

Dave Winer is considered to be the father of blogging and the RSS feed AKA Really Simple Syndication. He's been connecting the dots and closing parentheses in Silicon Valley since the beginning of the tech industry. He pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at...

Meet Haben Girma, the disability rights attorney, who became the first deafblind woman to graduate from Harvard Law School in 2013. Haben has made it her mission to advocate for equal opportunities for people with disabilities. Inspiring episode of Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast!

Have you ever wondered what it's like to run a start up or be in Silicon Valley? You'll get to find out with this episode's interview of Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast with Steve Blank. Blank's customer development methodology is a cornerstone of the lean startup movement, popularized by Eric Ries whom Blank states was "the best student I ever had." Steve and I talked about: What should...