Answering Your Business Questions LIVE! | Tea with GaryVee Episode 66

[00:03] Keen with us um the questions are rolling in as you can see Ray Ray and chance what's that I'm TI to um Mark 1814 welcome and everybody on social uh

[00:17] Joey content GI on Twitter Kumar on LinkedIn if you want to get to the actual program that I'm on I'm on whatnot uh go to gary.com whatnot

[00:30] whatnot uh go to gary.com whatnot W ha a t n o t uh we're going to start getting into questions pretty quickly you guys are ready over there team you got a good sense uh all right let me get these mics

[00:43] on you have bad Vision I think so you lost it I lost mine already let's get into first questions we're t with Gary

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[01:13] welcome VR welcome Paragon welcome Lance welcome Cubs fan Cubs one fan welcome if you are on social YouTube twitch I see all of you up there on the screen please go to Gary v.com whatnot team Gary V please share the links everybody on Tik

[01:29] Tok and Instagram I see all of you the thousands of you Glenny good to see you thousands of you Glenny good to see you Ed in your head all of you on Instagram go to what not.com excuse me Gary v.com whatnot all

[01:43] right who do we have who do we have stats collect thank you for the raid raid raid on whatnot by the way I know a lot of you want the the Hat I loyal hat let's pin the loyal hat everyone uh I know people want to buy it

[01:58] everyone uh I know people want to buy it get it up Scott how are you brother holy [ __ ] Carrie what's going on brother great to see you you too hey thank you for the opportunity I got two questions

[02:10] but they're kind of roll around the same thing and it deals with long-term versus short-term building a brand okay what I've been listening to you for five six talking about Brands and I intellectually I got it but I never

[02:25] really got it in my gut until this like September October I've been looking for a job for two years so I said wait a second I think Gary was right I think I should be building a brand and pulling people to me versus pushing yeah instead

[02:38] of in instead of asking it's not even pushing you're asking and when you're asking in life you're on your back foot you're in the non-leveraged position when you're asking absolutely so then I I built my socials built the BIOS linked

[02:54] them all together I did all that stuff did it right I was about to start posting then you started doing whatnot yes and I said and I've been sitting on this idea of a sweatshirt company for whatnot and I thought that was fantastic

[03:06] right again I should have been building a brand the last six years so my a brand the last six years so my question is this I'm I would love to use whatnot I'm thinking middle of May so two questions is how do I walk that fine

[03:20] line between building up my brand to make what not worth it in like May or make what not worth it in like May or June but at the same time do the get paid because I've been looking for a job so how do I walk that fine line by

[03:35] doing both it's like think about working out or think about getting healthier if you if this was a health show and you're like Gary I'd like to lose 20 pounds and get stronger you have to both actually go in the gym and work on gaining muscle

[03:51] while also eating a very different way than you've been eating two very different activities for the same goal right you're asking for a financial goal right and so you've got to ask and build brand and parallel both at the same time

[04:08] what you've been not doing is building brand right you've been asking I I realized but by the way by the way don't get crippled by late to the game this to the game I've heard you talk about this for seven years Gary I'm like okay

[04:24] but like just like getting into shape by the way I was late to the game in my health and wellness this I didn't start getting serious until I was well into my getting serious until I was well into my 38th birthday I wish me and Mike my

[04:37] trainer who I was with this morning joke all the time that if I started at 28 I'd look like a [ __ ] Adonis but instead I look halfway decentish you know like and so yes there you look pretty good I respect that so thank you but but that's

[04:51] the punchline brother like you you can't dwell please don't dwell that you're late to the game please just start [ __ ] doing the right thing which is writing articles making videos putting out content on LinkedIn the end but I

[05:06] don't want but I I understand the long game now you know I feel it in my gut like like I said intellectually before yeah did we pin that I'm sorry brother did we pin the Hat I see somebody bought a hat a loyal

[05:19] hat I know everybody wants these loyal hats we're trying to get them up in the pinned all right I know people have been trying to buy them you know why they're trying to buy them you know why they're trying to buy them we're 50 bucks and

[05:31] they're 150 bucks on eBay people are flippers in this [ __ ] all right question I know you got a lot of guys waiting in terms of whatnot so I talk to both of them build up the cohorts I read your book many times so

[05:46] focus on you know I guess the left hooks if you will for the short-term finances focus on building the brand in terms to make what not makes sense whatnot first of all first of all whatnot is amazing and I love it and we're on it right now

[06:01] and I love it and we're on it right now I would say that if Tik Tok isn't banned or if someone's watching right now that's not an America or India Tik Tock shop does both because when you go on like right now I'm on Tik Tok there's

[06:14] 380 people on everybody on Tik Tok we're on whatnot go to gary.com whatat night but Tik Tok if you don't follow me or you don't know who I am say first time right now on live who are you first time who are you what you're going to see

[06:28] brother is a lot of these people are on for the first time because Tik Tok just randomly shows you to people you can be found on whatnot but not in the same way that you can on Tik Tok so I would get on Tik Tok for sure if I'm you but how

[06:43] do you make what not work you sell something that's good or interesting all right the Loyals hats are sold out do we have gritty hats uh 29 what oh they're not out yet do we have any other hats we're sold out of hats white one yet

[06:57] all right the white one's um 10 only 10 on the white ones so brother I I think you got to find something that people want to buy and and make Tik Tok and Instagram content to drive people to your whatnot and and

[07:14] make good thumbnails on whatnot you know when you open up the thumb the whatnot the thumbnail matters too you got to just keep practicing so it's like Tik Tok I could be found I don't need to come in there with a thousand 5,000

[07:27] rather you do but Tik Tok shop you need a th don't you have a requirement to go live on Tik Tok a thousand yeah that that's the issue much I don't have a th I can go live you can go live can you go and you can go live and you can have a

[07:41] look at that anyway I'm going to go to more questions I'll get you more info on this brother so start so start with Tik Tok shop build up the brand keep doing media content for free you don't need [ __ ] don't even worry about [ __ ]

[07:56] selling a sweatshirt right now make [ __ ] content about you stay well thank you all right everybody who's joining let me give you a recap it's t with Gary ve on this beautifully cold day in New York big shout out it's

[08:09] it's your first time on whatnot put first time welcome for everybody on social Fred C on YouTube Stratton Anderson on Facebook IC John 2221 on Instagram dad that's not that bad on Tik Tok all of you need to come to gary.com

[08:26] whatnot it's pinned on Instagram I see that Tik Tok let's pound it everybody on linked did and Facebook Sherry I see you cities and flavors I see you please go to Gary b.com what not what is happening here

[08:39] worries um all right a lot of first timers everybody who's a first- timer please follow vriends up here let's do a giveaway I'm giving away a free pack of vriends cards think of these as Pokemon

[08:51] cards if you go to eBay you'll be blown away you've got to start collecting the vriends uh rips let's put up this giveaway a free pack of V friends cards that I'm going to open and sign on the show I'm going to sign one of the cards

[09:04] it is up right everybody click up top it's right there click up top to enter the giveaway who's this my friend what's your

[09:16] Nate how are you brother hey how's it going Gary good mate where you from uh Gettysburg Pennsylvania my man it's a real pleasure to see you how are things cold yeah it's cold as [ __ ] in New York I live right by the Hudson it's

[09:30] frozen I see ice in it we're we're we're uh we're we're cold today what's your question my friend so I got a a small scale um card flipping business I guess is the best way to put it I sld trading cards love it you know I love that I

[09:44] love that brother go ahead yeah Pokemon Magic Gathering Digimon all that stuff I gotta get I got to get you into vriends this spring vriends tops Chrome coming out every hobby shop in the country big deal I got to get you on it right on man

[09:58] I'll be on that actually seen your stuff at a couple shows I've been to I just it's hard to like I've got a small business so yeah it's also it's also been by the way it's also been expensive vriend stuff is expensive the new Topps

[10:11] Chrome is actually incredibly affordable so it's going to be a massive deal but go ahead how do you my my question is just like how do I scale from like just just like how do I scale from like just being myself as like a solo operator to

[10:23] just getting a little bit bigger um with little to no uh money uh money yeah basically I I think the best way to do that believe it or not is add more things to your flip game so have you been have you been going through the

[10:37] been have you been going through the thrift store you know uh garage sale thrift store you know uh garage sale flea market flip life yet or not yet um just basically I've stuck with cards for right now

[10:49] like one it's expanding have you started your own whatnot channel on this platform yet no 100% you've got to do that 100% right on right right away because you're going to be able to move inventory that's one of the biggest

[11:03] problems with trading cards and anything when you're selling it for my dad at the wine library right now is sitting on inventory you can't sell but when you things up for auction even though you might not sell it for top dollar you're

[11:17] going to be able to turn it into liquid yeah and got you and that's right now where a lot of your money is sitting is in your inventory that hasn't sold right right I want you on whatnot this week okay doing

[11:30] auctions got you starting this at a dollar and uh yeah you you'll build from there brother yeah cuz I started on like the website TCG player yep last year I actually started going to like uh show card shows for my first time also good

[11:45] and uh but there's no card show tonight brother nope there's not you're right and tonight at 7:30 what are you g to be doing otherwise taking my daughter to be doing at 8:30 uh picking you're out actually you

[12:00] know what I I promise you I'll do it um today Wednesday so i' do it tomorrow I love you I'll look for it I'll give it a share good luck to you brother action solves everything you're welcome friends it's all action there's no pondering

[12:14] debating there's only action for example everybody who is not on whatnot right now like Judith on Tik Tok or chiefs three repeat or Ad work not worry on Instagram all of you have to leave my

[12:27] social media right now and go Gary v.com whatnot get in here download the app learn it social shopping social shopping is the game only a minute 25 left to get this free pack and get me signed half of

[12:41] you have not entered there's 253 of you it's literally right up here it's [ __ ] free reps you just click it and only two loyal hats left we have your hat wait the only one we have left is mine outgoing how many of those do we

[12:55] have 17 oh nice I don't want to sell that many cuz I want to raise the price I'll put up once these two are price I'll put up once these two are gone 150 right yeah I know I know this I

[13:08] saw two sell for 150 uh all right let's go to next question everybody get over to Gary b.com whatnot James Casper you're not getting you're definitely not getting uh ignored but I want you over here get

[13:21] over here get over here get over here who's who's on their first show ever put first show ever in here who's who's next CSV CSV CSV what's that who else bring can we

[13:35] that we try to put on the same time go at the same time they would go up at the same time got it all right let's go quickly all right fix this fix fix

[13:50] sold out all right so you're putting out the outgoing my hat only 20 available my hat if you go to eBay uh yeah it's a retired hat right doesn't have to be retired hat right doesn't have to be 55

[14:09] next web alustin web one won oh atin one Austin let's go who let's open this up before we get somebody up I'm gonna rip it let's see

[14:21] what's in here be friends think of this is my Pokemon the Wy wabby look at this is my Pokemon the Wy wabby look at this look how cute the wall H the forgiving horn cross the

[14:37] cross the serious sperm whale and finally the legit llama all right my friend what's your name hey hi Gary I'm Arun n I'm a big

[14:49] fan of yours you really inspire me daily and uh with your book uh the uh I'm out of excitement I'm not getting the the name also jab jab jab right hook y i

[15:02] yeah I followed the same strategy and I was posting free job openings uh in a WhatsApp group and I accumulated over thousand people over there and now I just hit my job and that's why I'm going to quit go all in I am okay to fail for

[15:18] the next five years because I know I'll still be under 40 and young as ever so uh I'm going to start my own HR Consulting firm because I have people I'm going to connect them with uh the network that I have built over the years

[15:31] I'm going to reach out to companies one by one start by scratch because I'm open by one start by scratch because I'm open to fail I'm ready to try daily so just want to ask you what framework should I follow once I start my HR Consulting

[15:46] firm meaning when you say framework like what value should you be providing for them or what for example I have the people who are looking for job and I in my LinkedIn contacts I know the people who are looking for hiring but I want to

[15:59] reach out to company in such a way that they give their openings to me and I directly uh filter and provide them the people so how do you suggest me uh you

[16:11] give me an advice of how do I go ahead with this in the best possible way I like you know it's it's you're you're in you're sitting in the middle on a two-sided Marketplace people are coming in and then you're giving them

[16:24] recommendations so I just think what I would say is high touch right High touch would say is high touch right High touch is what I would do uh um you've got to you've got to make sure you're giving the level of

[16:40] customer service customer service make sure that you're interacting on the sure that you're interacting on the phone on zoom on email like make sure you're making the people that are using you feel valued make

[16:54] you feel valued make sense yes yes that's the game My dis you is that I ensure that there is a personal touch in whatever I do I guide them personally that's it and and then as you get bigger you want to hire

[17:08] people that capture your essence that capture your essence you essence that capture your essence you know like are like you understand got it all right brother good luckk thank were we not filming tell the truth but not on

[17:24] there what do you guys have to say for yourselves sorry anything that great anyway you got very lucky that I that I was rough that I right let's get to the next one all right [ __ ] the outgoing hats are going

[17:42] rips there's only two left yeah they saw that $150 sold on right who's next here we go who's this arabis oh yes I'm trying

[17:56] to get camera to swap no worries I love Flor there we go how are you I'm doing great how are you Gary I'm excited to talk to you I am excited to talk to you where are you based ATA I in Austin Texas very nice I'm a massage therapist

[18:12] Texas very nice I'm a massage therapist and a an energetic healer and moving and a an energetic healer and moving into creating Tik toks Instagram and I'm also an artist so I'm trying to Brand um and then we're kind of like you we're

[18:24] into all sorts of Collectibles as well so I'm I'm struggling creating my LLC so that we can protect our personal stuff what do you mean you're struggling to create your L overthinking names and trying to figure out names don't mean

[18:39] [ __ ] hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on hold hold on hold on hold on hold on what do you mean you're struggling to to create your LLC you're you're you're struggling to

[18:52] come up with the name yeah which is stupid because I'm an overthinker yeah don't like using stupid you're not stupid but you are overthinking it nobody do you know what the LLC name of wine library is my dad's liquor store no

[19:10] it's Stan and Walker LLC because he bought it from Harry Stan and John Walker he bought the liquor store in 1983 from Harry Stan and John Walker and

[19:23] 1983 from Harry Stan and John Walker and the LLC name of wine library is Stan and [ __ ] Walker it means nothing do you know what my personal LLC is that one of the ones that I use um I know you've got um Gary ve

[19:39] vayer media no no no you know what the world knows it as but the registered LLC is attention at scale means nothing okay what what's okay what's your favorite color green and what's your name first

[19:54] color green and what's your name first name again Rhonda I literally want you name again Rhonda I literally want you to Reg green Rhonda Austin LLC that is the name of your LLC I just named your LLC it's called Green Ronda Austin gr

[20:08] spend $267 or whatever the [ __ ] it is register your [ __ ] LLC your LLC is called Green Rhonda Austin here's why what you

[20:21] sell in front of that LLC can be a totally different brand name I don't need you to overthink your LLC that's silly do you understand yeah yeah yeah perfectly that's it great great mission

[20:39] accomplished thank you you're welcome love you all right keep this going it's action friends today's show's about action rips what did you put up the minis I hav't all right you can pin them they're 18 bucks right we got minis in

[20:54] the store right now if you need by the way just like we're doing now these little desktop toys the reason I did these was here's a good one common sense cow you put this right on your table and while you're

[21:09] working and you're not like Common Sense what vf5 oh vf15 I forgot about that it's your first show can you spam the chat everybody vf15 if it's your first show and you've never bought anything and you want to buy a mini for 18 bucks

[21:23] you can actually get it for three bucks three bucks on these little minis and they're some good characters too the genuine giraffe the patient Panda you got to get these for your employees for your own desk collect them all what's up

[21:35] brother heyy man how's it going good man what's your name where you from DJ from where no TJ from uh Indianapolis but I'm at uh in Orlando Florida in the Uber right now watching you so we have uh good to see you TJ we're at the yeah

[21:50] nice to see you too man you're my hero so this is this is like crazy pleasure to meet you hey so my question is so everybody go follow carts on whatnot um where I started a Golf Cart Company Because of You Gary ve I sent you a DM

[22:04] you need to check it out okay um but anyways it's it's big but anyway so my question is what do you see that uh the future of What Not are live shopping on bigger purchases I think it's going to be huge we're going to be ready but uh I

[22:17] the future right now it's a lot of small things but what's your out outlook on that yeah I think QVC and Home Shopping Network prove this infomercials prove this I think you're right I think people will buy 700 $900 I mean we've sold $800

[22:30] will buy 700 $900 I mean we've sold $800 vending machines on whatnot uh very easily so I think if you have a good product um and you know how to Market it you know and obviously with live streaming what's amazing is you could

[22:45] literally take the phone with you and go driving around in the golf cart get people excited and that adrenaline creates a higher percentage of converting um you know that opportunity and so I I'm a big believer that in

[23:00] 20225 this year that many people are going to sell items that are over $1,000 a unit on whatnot on Tik Tock shop on all the other live streaming that I predict will come out live social shopping excuse me and so

[23:15] absolutely right we' we've taken on Instagram um for EA cards no we've taken uh EA cards we've taken your path with social media we're about to sign like we're about to sign them check it out you have to check out the whole thing

[23:29] we've sign good good brother TJ listen to me TJ listen to me there's nothing stopping you from next week when you're back from Orlando or whenever you're where the business is held right yes Indianapolis Carmel Indiana so I think

[23:44] I don't think there's anything stopping you other than figuring out shipping and mean I think you should be on whatnot pretty quickly almost weirdly in the same way you are are you [ __ ] driving no so we're in the Uber we're

[23:58] go thank God cuz you were just looking go thank God cuz you were just looking at me way too long consistently um uh I basically do the same exact thing and sell on sell on whatnot I

[24:14] think you should be somebody should be driving the cart while you're on live you step out you show it like I I think you have a very good chance of doing it well yeah no I I think you're absolutely right I think the the thing is what I as

[24:26] I've been telling people is like hey want to see the Apple car play we can questions so even if we don't make the transactions yet today future we will be transactions yet today future we will be here's my thing don't don't guess or

[24:40] Ponder if it's right do the action to find out if it's right 100% agree yeah that's fair I think that's great advice that's it just do that just try it next week and let me know how it goes all right no no I

[24:53] message I don't want no favors I don't want you to follow us I don't want any you're you're you're on to something and luck to you you'll be proud I'm already proud see you later all right let's

[25:07] a lot of people that are if you're confused about what's going on this morning like why am I on different platforms how are people on these social of the way I've got it set up so now they're hearing it they can't see they

[25:19] can't see but they can hear that's cool if you want to see the videos everybody so here's what's happening this is T with Gary ve I'm live on all my social platforms I see you LinkedIn Ronald wman I see you John Opa I see you I see you

[25:33] Instagram I see you black Dove I see you Alexis Vega and I also see you Tik Tok middle Kate I see you Ali Bella I see you but the show the action the way to get free stuff I'm giving away another free pack another free pack rips put it

[25:48] up free giveaway in whatnot is to go to whatnot Gary b.com whatnot now what is vriends cuz I know a lot of you don't know vriends is my Marvel meets Disney meets Pokémon Universe nfts are the ultimate collectible but we have

[26:01] physical Collectibles as well trading cards in fact this April or May or June depending this spring I'll say this spring we have tops Chrome trading cards

[26:13] hitting every hobby store in the country if the hobby store is smart enough to if the hobby store is smart enough to order it so that's coming um we've got cartoons team put up the URL for the cartoons vs.com cartoons we have a kids

[26:27] a cartoon made by the people that make Coco melon we have epic epic stylish street wear that flips on eBay heavy who's this my friend who's up yar Yara Yara how are you what's up and [ __ ] sells on eBay all

[26:45] day Yar you got to fix your Wi-Fi brother um oh these are cards selling on eBay all day hello hey I can hear you better yep y one sec one second brother one second one second for all the people on

[27:00] whatnot finally who are asking how to get on the show you ask a question you ask a question use the question mark you can see it right now that your questions come in in yellow versus comments uh tops Chrome is not going to

[27:15] be a TCG treasure scoot all right go ahead Yara where you from uh I'm from Morocco very nice and I'm currently living in France yeah um so last year I launched the company with my friend uh so basically what we do is

[27:32] we go to people that have airbnbs and we take care of the Airbnb like we clean it take care of the Airbnb like we clean it we uh change prices I know um everything and uh we're launching this week actually and we have a small problem

[27:47] which is that we don't know how to lead people to be 100% in it you know like we work with people and we always have to go back and say please can you like can you do this again like can you do it a bit better and like we don't know how to

[28:03] lead without being rude and without actually leading like our what we want to do is want people to uh lead themselves and like we

[28:16] own the company as much as we feel that we own it they can't feel that they own don't own it employees can't act like owners if you want them to be like owners you have to give them equity in the

[28:34] you mean cuz cuz um like uh me and my friend like did the the most the like the hardest job of setting the

[28:48] the like the hardest job of setting the website of trying to find clients okay and uh and we are actually working with other friends to just help us actually other friends to just help us actually on the logistics and to not just them we

[29:02] will give them oh you you'll give them Equity yeah okay well then good then you that are good how many people have you tried

[29:16] tried yeah uh we tried uh two people great we yeah uh we tried uh two people great we let one person go cuz um cuz he wasn't let one person go cuz um cuz he wasn't working well we left with one great you

[29:29] need to you need to try 55 more people until you find four good ones okay more people more people that's all you're just you're just early yeah okay

[29:41] you're just you're just early yeah okay you hiring or partnering is guessing once you know promoting and firing is knowing but hiring or partnering is guessing and so you've got to guess more there is no

[29:57] right way you're guessing doubling down on someone or firing them and getting rid of them that's

[30:12] luck brother so oh go ahead try as much as possible to the result that we want that's right try as try try as many different people as possible but when them and when you have someone bad get rid of them

[30:32] team I rips I want to do a rapid fire there's so many questions I want to do a five minute rapid fire right now the questions are just going to come in let's get two or three people here let me just answer um so like literally look

[30:46] at the screen first one is when are you going to do one outside ofing when am I going to do a tea with Gary ve outside of normal working hours of normal working hours um probably never you know weekends are

[30:59] pretty sacred with the family I am thinking about tea with Gary ve I'm working on a consistent schedule where tea with Gary ve is actually 10:30 to tea with Gary ve is actually 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. why um because I'm completely

[31:11] changing my entire schedule evenings are going to be now for the next three to four months focused on getting tops Chrome to be the biggest thing ever for V friends which is going to eliminate my nights to have meetings I want to

[31:25] I'm giving myself an extra 30 minutes in the morning for longer workouts stretching has been gamechanging but I have to move my CMO and vaynerx meetings from the evening to the morning so I'm going to go 9:30 to

[31:38] 10:30 breakfast meeting now new game for me breakfast meeting after workouts where I'm really lifting I can egg protein the [ __ ] out stretching or cardio I could just drink coffee then I come here 10:30 to 11:30

[31:55] I'm excited about it I'm working on the final touches it be my new schedule all right let's let's R off oh by the way if you're just R off oh by the way if you're just joining us go to gary.com whatnot get in

[32:07] here download the apps live social shopping everyone on Tik Tok Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Twitter Facebook it's the wave in 2025 you need to learn it so

[32:19] right let's keep uh I need rapid questions let's go go ahead how should I being how do I handle being Let Go by an

[32:32] employer because I got fired because I asked for a promotion by being by asked for a promotion by being by kissing the ground and being thankful that you figured out that your employer is a piece of [ __ ] and you're out of

[32:45] that toxic [ __ ] [ __ ] loser company anyone who gets fired for the single if they're telling the truth one that gets fired for asking for a

[32:57] promotion is so lucky to be the [ __ ] out of there promotions for me and I've explained to them why not but it got me excited about

[33:09] trying to teach them a path of getting there that's good intent that boss is scaring that employee and every other employee so that they don't ask for more money that is a manipulative [ __ ] up toxic

[33:22] [ __ ] company and that person how should they react by [ __ ] saying how should they react by [ __ ] saying how [ __ ] product what is the best way to leverage a bigger name than your brand to drive

[33:37] brand and sales get as much content out of them as possible as many posts on every social network as many live streams as possible sheer hours of streams as possible sheer hours of awareness sheer output volume of

[33:55] dealing with so much pressure and negativity at home after my dad passed away that's a tough question you know like dealing with your job and your side like dealing with your job and your side hustle while mourning the loss of a

[34:09] hustle while mourning the loss of a father is a game of patience and Grace to be much more graceful to themselves when dealing with mourning everybody Mourns differently some people go head first

[34:24] into their work the next day literally the next next day other people need an the next next day other people need an entire year to really calibrate the loss you can't judge yourself in either if people around you are like Joey you're

[34:39] just jumping back into work and not dealing with your feelings that's okay that might be true but don't feel the pressure of other people's opinions on how you mourn everybody Mourns their own way if you're also not productive for a

[34:52] year your business is down your productivity is down don't beat yourself up we all mourn differently give yourself Grace but there is a point where you have to convert back to acting like a

[35:09] functional human being the person that you lost would be devastated if you used their passing as an excuse for entitlement and non-action after a certain period of time and you must be accountable to that truth there's too

[35:24] many people that are looking for an excuse whether it's being fired from a job or the loss I always say many people have lost a family member uh when people start didn't want to go back to work in the office and they were like one of the

[35:40] main excuses early on was I have an elderly parent I'm like everybody has an elderly parent like that you know like no [ __ ] you have an elderly if you're elderly if you're in your 30s 40s 50s 60s 7 you know but that doesn't mean you

[35:55] can't go to work that can't be your excuse use um because prior to co if you just sat in your parents house like so we need to be careful of not activating

[36:08] excuses which has become a true pandemic um excuses and entitlement are destroying not just gen Z everyone loves to pin this on gen Z the amount of [ __ ] non-accountable lazy hiding

[36:23] behind whatever the current excuse people that sit in Millennials Gen X and people that sit in Millennials Gen X and Boomers is a very high number as Boomers is a very high number as well the the black s says I'm a somier

[36:37] wine industry moving in 2025 so I can position myself for collaboration and higher income uh I love the blacks first of all second of all bro I think you need to do more content on trending things

[36:50] unlimited content on natural wines when that's popping on unlimited wine on Rosé when the spring comes unlimited wine of whatever oh Joey holiday with the random gift I love when people buy these little things for people randomly Joe Hollywood

[37:05] excuse me um so you know I would say where is it moving he knows like the the trends are obvious whether they're natural wine Rosé uh people getting into Old World instead of new world just much more content much more

[37:20] content Ray 2 asked when's the time you would choose to save an employee over losing business when's the right time to choose saving when's the right time to choose saving an employee over losing business because

[37:33] of them yes that's a rough question and a great question because I've I've always done too much save the employee and I would argue that 8 out of 10 times it was the wrong call my bleeding heart and compassion was wrong the problem is

[37:49] the two out of 10 times that I was right it paid for the other eight wrong that's the one that people don't get good

[38:02] good intent good behavior has a funny thing has a funny way of working itself out in the end and so I would say this we're not running a nonprofit you're running a business so if you're running a business

[38:16] you got to make tough business decisions sometimes but rips what are you doing um sometimes but rips what are you doing um but but but leaning towards good intent uh things of that nature I think is a good idea at all times all right can I

[38:31] get somebody on the phone one more question what's that go ahead one more question yeah go ahead how do you investors and partners after a fied project so they so they will work with

[38:44] you again how do you keep a relationship with your investors and partners after a failed project uh humility accountability at the top right uh and

[38:56] tenacity so I oh there we go hat you got to put your hat on if you failed and you you again or Partners to work with you again you got to put on your hat you've got to lean into humility so you've got to own it with humility and

[39:10] accountability can you guys fix this I don't know where this went uh and then you've got to be tenacious about overc communicating to them the truth the got to give them a good deal the next time I mean so many kids have come out

[39:26] to me after I've lost money investing in them and we're like invest in me again I'm like why you know especially if they did it poorly so all right let me get this question Hello darling what's your name hi Gary hi it's

[39:39] darling what's your name hi Gary hi it's n how are you hi I'm from Germany sard pleasure pleasure I'm sorry I didn't catch I didn't catch your name what's your name Mila Mila pleasure go ahead what's

[39:51] your question um so I'm a content creator and question um so I'm a content creator and uh in the Niche EP gentics and Longevity and I was wondering how can I integrate what notot do you sell any physical

[40:05] product Mila not yet I'm waiting for my studies to be done by the end of this year and um I will be selling coachings and um

[40:17] I'm writing a book also yeah when you have something to sell then I think whatnot becomes a very smart you know platform for you um but in until then I would rather see you go live on Tik Tok to have people discover you when you go

[40:33] live on Tik Tok it shows your live in people's for you page and then they'll discover you and I think right now as you're building up your profile you need discoverability does that make sense all right yeah but how can I build

[40:48] a following on whatnot do not become overly emotional about whatnot as excited as I am for everyone about whatnot I'm excited if you are selling something physical understood all right um yeah

[41:04] but so I want to make sure that you don't force it just cuz Gary ve is saying Beyond whatnot if your product doesn't fit it right now what you need to focus on is you have to be on Tik Tock live you have to be on Tik Tock

[41:22] live okay all right so you're prior prioritizing Tik Tok live yes more than Instagram and tell and teaching people about all the knowledge that you have all right all right okay thank you very much good luck all right uh I want

[41:38] to go back and forth in between like I think I like that because we can get a getting someone up new even if I get one or two questions in let's try to get that Cadence down everybody please go to Gary v.com whatnot get over here right

[41:52] now to ask your questions uh and also we've got minis in the store right right now people are asking for more outgoing hats rips let's put up 15 more outgoing hats they saw the $150 resale

[42:06] value they're like [ __ ] it that's right these hats that I'm wearing right now selling for 150 bucks on eBay we're selling for 65 they'll be up in a second there's no more loyal hats Loy K collects loyal hats are now eBay only

[42:20] but the gritty hat is coming soon how do they get on the grd friends caps.com friends caps.com let's put up that URL pin it Chef everybody in the other platforms please share friends with an S caps with an s.com put in your email to

[42:36] somebody said they want to buy 100 copies of our comic book for book. we'll talk about that later but Comics are coming this year it's going to be a crazy spring wait till they find out what

[42:50] comic number two is comic number one only the gift goats graded that's the alpha but comic 2 coming I can't wait till they people see we're going to sell them here all right who's my next question or ask me a question somebody

[43:04] questions I got a question go ahead is it is it better to have a schedule or better to have a it's better to have a schedule because because you could break your schedule if you're in a flow mood but that just sounds like someone who's

[43:20] like not really locked in you know what I mean like it dep and there's a million things to that if you're in full creativity mode it's better to be in a flow if you're in operations mode it's better to be [ __ ] in a place where

[43:33] somebody who are you where you from Brother hello Gary hello I'm Poland love to be here pleasure that's right I see two people the other person will wait till this gentleman's done uh where are you from my friend from Poland Poland

[43:48] very nice what's your question my friend uh what kind of content should I create uh what kind of content should I create as a beginner rapper you're a rapper as a beginner rapper you're a rapper um I can say so yeah like I'm I'm trying

[44:02] to get in well then you've got a rap like you've got to put out your [ __ ] freestyles I mean yeah but about Tik Tok at example like what kind of content at example like what kind of content should I create to make it pop yeah be

[44:17] should I create to make it pop yeah be good at they have this saying but the saying goes you can't put lipstick on a

[44:30] pig if you make the Tik Tok flashy and cool and great but you're not good at rapping it won't succeed if you don't make the Tik Tok special but you just sit down and you rap into the camera and you're very good it will

[44:46] you're very good it will work there's no tricks you're either good or you're not good got it you got it yeah

[44:59] welcome very much I hope everybody [ __ ] heard that in every genre why am I still here there's been a million versions of me that have popped out we some questions and we'll get the next one there's a million versions uh of me

[45:13] that have popped up through the years we can we get them off we're on it uh but they haven't stayed around because they didn't have the

[45:25] skills we have three people want to just oh just goes go ahead all right go all can click yourself off let's go to the next question uh my have a members only golf simulator business what would you do what would be your recommendation to

[45:41] grow memberships and build a weight list content on social this way there we go my friends Almost everyone's question is can we put up

[45:55] Gary b.com attention can we pin that and whatnot and everywhere else gary.com attention if you don't have the 18 bucks to buy day trading attention my new book then [ __ ] download the [ __ ] deck that's free how many pages it 47 what oh

[46:12] [ __ ] I had it in my head a 47 page free deck the answer to almost everyone's question is more free content on more social platforms and being good at it yes the audiobook is awesome bab I agree uh rips did you put up the outgoing hat

[46:28] oh [ __ ] they're almost already gone there's only four left did you put up 15 11 went that fast we got only four left of the outgoing hat they're in the next person up or ask me a question team oh here we go my man how are you where

[46:41] you from hey what's going on Gary I'm actually in Brick New Jersey but I grew what did you go to Edison I or did you go to JP Stevens no I actually went to pvt I went to Vocational High School very cool what about Middle School uh

[46:55] that was Thomas Jefferson TJ and what about I went to John Adams and what and about I went to John Adams and what and what about what about uh Grammar School uh Lindon now no I went to Martin Luther King Elementary all right brother I love

[47:09] it we're from The Roots talk to me yeah so I have uh I have a couple of growing startups here um some pretty groundbreaking stuff I have a um a 3D interactive uh Studio that I'm running online we're doing some crazy stuff I

[47:22] got to show you I'm not kidding what we do is insane very rad immersive 3D incredible websites beautiful along with that we do just about anything digital that you could imagine dude so we have also engineered our own proprietary hold

[47:36] on one second we have a winner is this for the pack the cap the cap yeah what cap great we gave away a gritty cap yes cap great we gave away a gritty cap yes I said that maybe who won the kid Kevin

[47:49] the kid Kevin and I'm doing the auto the Blue on Blue kid Kevin let's clap it up for the kid Kevin with the auto gritty hat the gritty ghost by the way people gritty ghost first so they don't have to pay three times more on eBay it's

[48:04] friends caps.com friends with an S caps with an s.com put your email in everyone I expect all 700 of you on whatnot and everywhere else all 2,000 of you to sign up right now let's pin that in whatnot friends caps everybody all right so go

[48:18] ahead brother so you have a service business you do sites you do digital how many full-time employees do you have it's three of us right now beautiful and then get some Freelancers if you need something Rando absolutely we Outsource

[48:30] what we need to we don't Outsource much we would prefer to learn ourselves all know this game well H here dude but what what the issue is is that we're kind of having to deal with some um smaller lower-end clientele and there's a huge

[48:43] gap in understanding and what we do the value in it again um I know we have here we need to get in front of how much are you posting on I got it I got it imagine cuz I built V I built Vayner from zero people to 2,000 people zero

[48:59] Revenue to 350 million a year this is my life I hear from you every day here's let's break down the answers Number One MH how much content are you producing

[49:12] for the cont company on LinkedIn on an everyday basis don't [ __ ] me I have been living on LinkedIn dude I built a beautiful profile I did it myself I've finally just as of yesterday to the point where warm inbound leads are

[49:25] coming to my in box and the page is working for me so it's beautiful more more and when you say working it are you cold emailing or are you making content are you replying to comments what are you doing all of the above but right now

[49:37] I'm at the point where my page is set up nicely so I'm engaging to try to um obviously get more people and more what's what's the name of the company it's mxnn creates and our AI research division is szo and again we have our

[49:50] own proprietary AI model that we've already developed it's an uh V1 Alpha and we're using it on every one of our projects and and one more time your when you said my page is now set up yes uh Bonita bris that's right friends

[50:05] Bonita bris that's right friends caps.com not friends. caps friends caps right there you see the URL um brother are you it's your personal account that's posting the content or the two companies posting the content posting

[50:20] the content I have the company Pages up I haven't really worked on that much I just focused on myself first because of you know my credibility my work history all that really and you yourself if I go to your LinkedIn right now I will see

[50:33] posts from you multiple times a day absolutely dude I have a lot of dude quality of my posts is insane but I'm not getting a lot of Engagement well that means that means not true not true not true excuse City USA okay okay uh

[50:48] very important and very important like what the the second you own what I'm about to say is the second you're going to explode okay okay when you say the quality of my content is

[51:01] insane but I'm not but I'm not getting the right immediately you're in that place that I'm trying to get everybody out of my team will tell you all these out of my team will tell you all these characters they will tell you I secretly

[51:14] do well like right now the last three or four posts on Instagram I'm like H and I get like fired up because I love the humility that comes along with it I never think my content's insane unless it gets a fuckload of views fair enough

[51:29] um and so you know your [ __ ] I can feel it even in just the words yeah doesn't creation yet doesn't mean that you figured out LinkedIn and back to figured out LinkedIn and back to humility it es and flows there's like a

[51:43] Instagram the last four months of this the team the other day I'm like we blow at Tik Tok we got to figure it out Aaron and the team has done a great job of

[51:55] Direction Mesa came in and our LinkedIn got like like it es and flows and they'll all tell you they themselves have had good moments of months and bad moments of months on Facebook LinkedIn here's why it's constantly changing so

[52:09] yes you may feel confident in knowing how you trained your AI you may feel confident in your coding ability your front end your UI ux but that doesn't mean that your content's insane it actually means that it might be mundane

[52:24] known it so you've got to really think about the first three seconds the thumbnail the headline the copy and then the other thing because I heard you say yes so I'm going to believe you going into searching more on LinkedIn on

[52:37] things you know about and leaving very thoughtful comments on posts that are doing well what we call Cassie at vaynerx comments as creative going and being very thoughtful it's good advice for everyone whatever genre you're in

[52:52] going to a social media post consuming it in your business and then leaving a very good comment whether it's very funny and that's good for your brand those are usually the ones that get to top or in his scenario

[53:05] just [ __ ] six sentences breaking it down while the person's 90% right but did they think about this one thing humbly but with authority and somebody reads that and goes who the [ __ ] is this guy

[53:17] that absolutely no I can totally dig that man I I definitely appreciate that advice love you bro I got to I got to run to a transition we'll talk again a lot of this [ __ ] and I'll see you in the comments say I'm the brick Edison

[53:29] right rips get over here we're transitioning we're transitioning all right everybody hats are sold out but good news if you're a pin collector or if you got a kid that loves key chains let me give you a little preview rips

[53:44] everybody oh we're on vriends we're here yeah yeah oh I'm not even sending right um I think or we are sending we're sending to me and then to you yeah okay follow that's fine everybody you're about to follow me on my account uh

[53:59] of fun stay with us everybody get over here this product is about to be for sale on the vriends channel that we're about to go live on check this out they're 25 bucks I love this thing you get three things you get first where's

[54:14] my disc there it is what do you call these again challenge discs the challenge discs love this little little collectible you see those on eBay then you get the PIN kri kangaroo

[54:28] right right very nice little pin this is the core not a special one but a good one and then the part that's got everybody going crazy the keychains and this is the decisive duck

[54:41] keychain These are nice anyway these are about to go and the packs and the packs I know a lot of you who's here for the first time on whatnot and is ready to collect vriends is loving this community and is excited to learn about vriends

[54:56] and is excited to learn about vriends right now now with rips and crew give me right now now with rips and crew give me uh first first first show and ready to and ready to collect are you sting everybody to you and then we're coming

[55:10] back go ahead let do that guys come on over to Gary's own channel Gary's we go raid all right has everybody been raided there we go all right hi everybody first of all all of you everybody in Social I'll see you as are we done with social

[55:25] we shut it all right everybody in Social get it all right everybody in Social get over to whatnot um here we go um everybody following me first let's focus on that because a lot of you follow V

[55:38] friends but not me follow me first let's do that make sure you get my surprises we're about to send you back over to be friends in a second ready to go go ahead friends in a second ready to go go ahead send them it's fine I don't need the

[55:56] should be good am I going to end the show not yet here it goes there we go we're live I'm going to need a phone stand I don't know where a phone stand is I well you can take this yeah take this this is out this is out

[56:12] you don't need the mic of the headphones anymore okay are we live we're live I'm anymore okay are we live we're live I'm going to raid back over wait we're we're