The Nine Club #230 · Show notes.
Gary Vaynerchuk
About this episode
Gary Vaynerchuk discusses growing up in Queens NY before relocating to Edison New Jersey, hustling as a kid selling lemonade and baseball cards, seeing skateboarding explode in the 80’s, starting his media company Vayner Media, his take on marketing in the skateboard world, making decisions that are conflicts between the business opportunity and what your all about, keeping your authenticity, why TikTok is surpassing Instagram & how to utilize it by adding value, core skaters vs YouTube skaters vs TikTok skaters, what he would do if he skated a skateboard company and much more!
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The guest
Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk is an entrepreneur and media-company founder. He discusses marketing, authenticity and the changing media landscape in skateboarding.
Chapters
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- Gary Vaynerchuk joins The Nine Club
- Growing up around skateboarding
- Money, sponsorships and selling out
- Building the family business
- Patience and choosing authentic partnerships
- How generations remember skateboarding
- Core skaters, YouTube skaters and TikTok skaters
- Creating value through entertainment
- New technology and resistance to change
- News, perspective and fear
- East Coast and West Coast skate culture
- Identity and growing up skating
- Outside validation and building confidence
- Audience data versus industry awards
- Dealing with criticism
- Mental health and honesty on social media
- Participation trophies and competition
- School, success and happiness
- Communication and responsibility
- Knowing enough to hire for social media
- Attention, platform changes and supply and demand
Links
Videos / Articles
Gary Vaynerchuk — Wine Library TV, Episode 100WineLibraryTV
Gary Vaynerchuk — Wine Library TV: How to Taste WineWineLibraryTV
People mentioned
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Tony Alva
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