Gary Vaynerchuk on the best and worst advice he ever received

GaryVee September 26, 2024

• Why ignoring expert retail advice built a wine empire
• Lack of candor with people you like is a hidden leadership failure
• Cut the most negative person in your life — nothing else comes close

Your 20s are for risk: chase passion before practicality

GaryVee September 24, 2024

• You can afford failure now — that window closes fast.
• Dream first, passion second, practicality only after 29.
• Chasing success to prove others wrong leads to shortcuts.

I Sold a Full Slab of Cards for 5x Profits?! | GaryVee VeeCap Ep. 9

GaryVee September 19, 2024

GaryVee launches children's book on balance and resilience

GaryVee September 13, 2024

• Why teaching kids to lose is the most important parenting job
• Too much eagerness becomes sloppiness; too much patience becomes complacency
• Never say no to something you haven't genuinely tried

Why creative is the only variable that matters in modern marketing

GaryVee September 10, 2024

• Platform AI now measures creative quality better than any agency pre-test.
• Single organic social videos have sold out products across entire retail chains.
• Bonus structures — not knowledge gaps — keep brands spending the wrong way.

Social media, books, and accountability: Gary Vee's advice for CEOs

GaryVee September 4, 2024

• Books and social media work together — neither alone is enough.
• Radical accountability: every business problem is the leader's fault.
• CEOs must master organic social to drive customer acquisition.

How to use organic content as the engine for consumer brand growth

GaryVee September 2, 2024

• Every lo-fi post is an ad — test organic before spending a dollar
• Organic traction is the only valid brief for high-production content
• Launch influencer partnerships only after consumer cohorts are proven

GaryVee advises seven entrepreneurs on brand, growth, and marketing

GaryVee August 30, 2024

• Organic creative is underinvested; paid media amplifies bad content.
• Test your concept at the best location before buying real estate.
• Founders are the brand's best content asset — get on more podcasts.

Five traits that drive success in business and life

GaryVee August 27, 2024

• Fear — not circumstance — is the reason most people stay professionally stuck.
• Courage's only real regret is the jump you never took.
• Free social media distribution is a closing window; not using it will sting.

Why the ad industry ignores social media and what's coming next

GaryVee August 23, 2024

• Creatives avoid social because failure is instant and measurable.
• AI image recognition will make every video frictionlessly shoppable.
• Awards culture protects margins, not craft — and the reckoning is coming.

Why organic social beats TV for brand relevance in 2024

GaryVee August 21, 2024

• Big brands have awareness — relevance is the real problem.
• Organic social algorithms reduce creative risk before paid spend.
• Streaming and shopping will merge into frictionless commerce within years.

Building a roofing brand through content, gifting, and social media

GaryVee August 19, 2024

• Why roofing contractors relying on Google search are now dangerously exposed
• Teach homeowners how not to need you — and watch the leads flood in
• A $400 jersey sent to a wine buyer generated a $6,000 referral order

Building a women's wellness brand in an uncrowded market

GaryVee August 15, 2024

• Organic social now drives better performance than paid ads alone
• Stigma, not competition, is the real barrier in women's health markets
• Starting a brand in your 50s or 60s is a genuine structural advantage

AI's impact on marketing, media, and consumer behavior

GaryVee August 12, 2024

• Brands drawing hard AI lines today will cross them within a generation
• Algorithms on For You pages are already the biggest AI force in marketing
• Media fragmentation is causing real loneliness — and it's still early days

Self-awareness, attention, and candor as the foundations of entrepreneurship

GaryVee August 9, 2024

• Passion isn't optional — without it, the grind will break you.
• Social media attention is the only asset that leads to any action.
• Withholding honest feedback from employees was Gary's biggest leadership failure.