In 1983, Kawasaki got a job at Apple through his Stanford roommate, Mike
Boich. He was the chief evangelist for four years, until he “started
listening to [his] own hype, and wanted to start a software company and
really make big bucks." In 1987, Kawasaki was hired to lead ACIUS, the US
subsidiary of ACI, which published the popular Apple database software
system called 4th Dimension, that still remains popular today.
He left ACIUS in 1989 to further his writing and speaking career; during
this time, he wrote columns that were featured in Forbes and MacUser.He also
founded another company, Fog City Software, which created Emailer, an email
client that sold to Claris.
He returned to Apple as an Apple Fellow in 1995. He is a founder of Garage
Technology Ventures, a venture capital firm that has made investments in The
Motley Fool and D.light Design.In 2007, he founded Truemors, a free-flow
rumor mill, that sold to NowPublic.He is also a founder at Alltop, an online
magazine rack.
= Year 2013 =
On March 1, 2013, Kawasaki announced the move on his Facebook fan page:
"I love mobile devices, Android, and Google, and Motorola is at the nexus (
no pun intended) of these three passions," he wrote. "So I've accepted a
position as an advisor to Motorola. My focus is on product design, user
interface,marketing, and social media"
In the Facebook post, Kawasaki said one of his first moves was creating a
Google+ mobile device community, which you can check out here, and he is
listed as a moderator.
Kawasaki was an early employee of Apple, where he helped marketing the
Macintosh, then returned to the company as an Apple Fellow in 1995.
In 1st March 2013 post, he added, "Motorola reminds me of the Apple of 1998:
a pioneer in its market segment, engineering-driven, and ripe for
innovation."