Word: kawasaki
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...Narita International Airport on May 19. One girl, from the Hachioji district in western Tokyo, was feverish on the flight but a quarantine test showed her to be negative for the new flu. A test taken Wednesday night at a Hachioji hospital confirmed H1N1. Her classmate, who is from Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, was confirmed with the swine flu the same night. (Read "Battling Swine Flu: The Lessons from SARS...
...recent years, many young people have been drawn to sport bikes by Honda, Ducati, Kawasaki and Suzuki. Harley-Davidson also owns a line of products under the Buell brand. But it may make sense to transport some of those products to a new sport-bike line bearing the Harley-Davidson brand, pricing them at roughly the same point as its Sportster line, or less...
...Kawasaki should know, of course. He has a formidable résumé: author of eight other business books (including the best seller The Art of the Start), entrepreneur, venture capitalist and blogger who rose to fame at Apple. In his new book, Kawasaki takes the role of mentor and big brother to those in start-up mode or even restart mode. At times he sounds like an irreverent Silicon Valley Emily Post; his highly readable book is an encyclopedia of proper behavior for entrepreneurs. The author eagerly teaches readers "how to suck up to a blogger," "kick butt on a panel...
...Kawasaki likes his rookie entrepreneurs to be young, hungry and determined and sleepless. "Success takes crazy passionate people who believe they can change the world," he says. "Success doesn't take 'professional' and 'proven' people." His ultimate role models are megasuccessful outfits such as Apple, Microsoft, eBay, Google, HP and YouTube. The author delivers inspirational tough love to his minions: "My theory is that when you're young, you should work 80 hours a week to create a product or service that changes the world...
...calls "bull shiitake" and urges others to wise up fast. Toward that end, he lists the "top lies" of venture capitalists, lawyers, engineers, partners and CEOs. At nearly 500 pages, this tome is obviously not intended for a sitting; rather, dip in and out as the subjects move you. Kawasaki more than meets his stated goal of providing "hardcore information to hardcore people who want to kick...