Gary Vaynerchuk builds businesses. Fresh out of college he took his family wine business and grew it from a $3M to a $60M business in just five years. Now he runs VaynerMedia, one of the world’s hottest digital agencies. Along the way he became a prolific angel investor and venture capitalist, investing in companies like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Uber, and Birchbox before eventually co-founding VaynerRSE, a $25M angel fund.

Gary also currently hosts The #AskGaryVee Show, a way of providing as much value as possible by taking questions about social media, entrepreneurship, startups, and family businesses and giving his answers based on a lifetime of building successful, multi-million dollar companies. The show is also available as a podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and SoundCloud.

A Few Steps Ahead:

• Don’t be crippled by trying to quantify success -- use all the tools at your disposal -- try to be four to five years ahead of everyone else

Technology and Innovation:

• The company’s of now will be done in eight years if they refuse to adapt and change -- to grow you have to ask dumb questions grounded in the future of business

Storytelling:

• Every business has a story to tell -- don’t disrespect social channels -- they are a living and breathing channel of communication

Transparency:

• We live in an ever-changing transparent world -- if you're company’s in the yellow-pages or newspaper because you're afraid of social -- then an opportunity will be missed

Humanise It:

• People will follow the story -- communicate the story -- humanise it -- where is the personality

Give or Push:

• Old fashioned rules -- you have to become a giving business through social channels -- before you ask and receive

Value-Proposition:

• A good value-proposition shows your consumer the value they will receive

How best to connect with Gary:

• https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/