Stepping into the National Sports Collectors Convention 2023 in Chicago (Rosemont), IL with VeeFriends Cards was like a trip down memory lane. It brought me back to those good ol' days at Wine Library, selling wine and reorganizing the layout to get the maximum attention 🍷
But you know what else it reminded me of? Those epic lemonade stand moments from my childhood – strategically placing signs, chasing after perfect spots. And let's not forget the weekends spent at baseball card shows, all in the pursuit of that perfect flip 💰
I love selling and analyzing where the attention is, and this was just a perfect start to the 4 days at the convention.
QOTD: What's your favorite VeeFriends Character?
Music:
Ragtime - peerless
Professional Dreamer - Matt Large
Project Bulow - Lukas Got Lucky
To Live & Die in U.A - Matt Large
Dirty Treasure - Amber Splill
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NFTs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwMJ6bScB2s&list=PLfA33-E9P7FAcvsVSFqzSuJhHu3SkW2Ma
Business Meetings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wILI_VV6z4Y&list=PLfA33-E9P7FCTIY62wkqZ-E1cwpc2hxBJ
Gary Vaynerchuk Original Films: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfA33-E9P7FAvnrOcgy4MvIcCXxoyjuku
Trash Talk: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfA33-E9P7FDelN4bXFgtJuczC9HHmm2-
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Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur, and serves as the Chairman of VaynerX, the CEO of VaynerMedia and the Creator & CEO of VeeFriends.
Gary is considered one of the leading global minds on what’s next in culture, relevance and the internet. Known as “GaryVee” he is described as one of the most forward thinkers in business – he acutely recognizes trends and patterns early to help others understand how these shifts impact markets and consumer behavior. Whether its emerging artists, esports, NFT investing or digital communications, Gary understands how to bring brand relevance to the forefront. He is a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, Snapchat, Coinbase and Uber.
Gary is an entrepreneur at heart — he builds businesses. Today, he helps Fortune 1000 brands leverage consumer attention through his full service advertising agency, VaynerMedia which has offices in NY, LA, London, Mexico City, LATAM and Singapore. VaynerMedia is part of the VaynerX holding company which also includes VaynerProductions, VaynerNFT, Gallery Media Group, The Sasha Group, Tracer, VaynerSpeakers, VaynerTalent, and VaynerCommerce. Gary is also the Co-Founder of VaynerSports, Resy and Empathy Wines. Gary guided both Resy and Empathy to successful exits — both were sold respectively to American Express and Constellation Brands. He’s also a Board Member at Candy Digital, Co-Founder of VCR Group, Co-Founder of ArtOfficial, and Creator & CEO of VeeFriends. Gary was recently named to the Fortune list of the Top 50 Influential people in the NFT industry.
In addition to running multiple businesses, Gary documents his life daily as a CEO through his social media channels which has more than 34 million followers and garnishes over 272 million monthly impressions/views across all platforms. His podcast ‘The GaryVee Audio Experience’ ranks among the top podcasts globally. He is a five-time New York Times Best-Selling Author and one of the most highly sought after public speakers.
Gary serves on the board of MikMak, Bojangles Restaurants, and Pencils of Promise. He is also a longtime Well Member of Charity:Water.
But you know what else it reminded me of? Those epic lemonade stand moments from my childhood – strategically placing signs, chasing after perfect spots. And let's not forget the weekends spent at baseball card shows, all in the pursuit of that perfect flip 💰
I love selling and analyzing where the attention is, and this was just a perfect start to the 4 days at the convention.
QOTD: What's your favorite VeeFriends Character?
Music:
Ragtime - peerless
Professional Dreamer - Matt Large
Project Bulow - Lukas Got Lucky
To Live & Die in U.A - Matt Large
Dirty Treasure - Amber Splill
Thanks for watching!
Join My Discord!: https://www.garyvee.com/discord
Check out another series on my channel:
Keynotes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vCDlmhRmBo&list=PLfA33-E9P7FCEF1izpctGGoak841XYzrJ
NFTs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwMJ6bScB2s&list=PLfA33-E9P7FAcvsVSFqzSuJhHu3SkW2Ma
Business Meetings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wILI_VV6z4Y&list=PLfA33-E9P7FCTIY62wkqZ-E1cwpc2hxBJ
Gary Vaynerchuk Original Films: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfA33-E9P7FAvnrOcgy4MvIcCXxoyjuku
Trash Talk: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfA33-E9P7FDelN4bXFgtJuczC9HHmm2-
WeeklyVee: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfA33-E9P7FBPjdQcF6uedz9fdk8XKn-b
Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur, and serves as the Chairman of VaynerX, the CEO of VaynerMedia and the Creator & CEO of VeeFriends.
Gary is considered one of the leading global minds on what’s next in culture, relevance and the internet. Known as “GaryVee” he is described as one of the most forward thinkers in business – he acutely recognizes trends and patterns early to help others understand how these shifts impact markets and consumer behavior. Whether its emerging artists, esports, NFT investing or digital communications, Gary understands how to bring brand relevance to the forefront. He is a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, Snapchat, Coinbase and Uber.
Gary is an entrepreneur at heart — he builds businesses. Today, he helps Fortune 1000 brands leverage consumer attention through his full service advertising agency, VaynerMedia which has offices in NY, LA, London, Mexico City, LATAM and Singapore. VaynerMedia is part of the VaynerX holding company which also includes VaynerProductions, VaynerNFT, Gallery Media Group, The Sasha Group, Tracer, VaynerSpeakers, VaynerTalent, and VaynerCommerce. Gary is also the Co-Founder of VaynerSports, Resy and Empathy Wines. Gary guided both Resy and Empathy to successful exits — both were sold respectively to American Express and Constellation Brands. He’s also a Board Member at Candy Digital, Co-Founder of VCR Group, Co-Founder of ArtOfficial, and Creator & CEO of VeeFriends. Gary was recently named to the Fortune list of the Top 50 Influential people in the NFT industry.
In addition to running multiple businesses, Gary documents his life daily as a CEO through his social media channels which has more than 34 million followers and garnishes over 272 million monthly impressions/views across all platforms. His podcast ‘The GaryVee Audio Experience’ ranks among the top podcasts globally. He is a five-time New York Times Best-Selling Author and one of the most highly sought after public speakers.
Gary serves on the board of MikMak, Bojangles Restaurants, and Pencils of Promise. He is also a longtime Well Member of Charity:Water.
This is where my garage sale Yard Sale Wine Library 1991. get me some tape and a Sharpie and I'll build you an Empire Ed Attention and build businesses back a little bit. Yeah, it's got wheels on the back Yeah team. The nature of how much room we have is not conducive to how many team members we have.
so a lot of the time for a lot of people is going to be to be at the other table. We have Addison sports cards where we're going to set up a whole thing. We got to get rid of a lot of these boxes and I think I want to take them to Edison So we're going to help to do that. All right.
We need a lot of help from you guys on this. So eight base 16 open sign 240 bucks. What's up brother? You sold it. Really gone.
It's a beast. Love this card. Thanks for you guys! We've only seen about half the dimensions. Interesting whole new section that's massive.
Me and AJ crushed it. We went around and just gave 30 40 50 slabs to kids just being nice. People are so happy. I think I'm giving away too many.
like if I'm thinking now like one at a time, help me, You got it. We are at the booth. We're building three, four, five six. so 30 30, 60, 91 240 So we're gonna be 11 short.
Who's got the key smelling? Easy Six Easy Right Easy Six I Think you're doing it right. Yep, that's it. We're doing it Like reading a book. Like reading a book.
Perfect. That's it. Corso's taking control of something very important he's gonna do build this wall. Who's got the best handwriting here? James is confident I think it's so funny Allison All right you and Allison are doing a battle battle right now.
Give me the circle stickers 9.5 and 9. Dash with the dollar amount I would like to see how both of you do it. Oh James you won I could see it already when you said it I saw it. Yeah I Did see a little confidence in his eyes too.
Okay, you're gonna do the pricing of the characters. All of these Corso have to be a 10. Yeah, we have one. Yep, that's right.
That's right. you guys are ready to go. Inspirational! Thanks man on your ground. Thank you brother! Real take care of yourself ribs.
These are ready to get graded right. It's so powerful as a visual, but that's exactly what happened and what's in there. Zach This is garbage too. Yep, let's get it out.
These were the original drawings. then we had to convert them into something I could do cartoons and toys with. Only way these were available was when you got the Nft. There was no other way.
These wizard packs were selling for 20 bucks exclusive at the National. I'm gonna get you started with a beef. Well we gotta get Germany into V Friends cards. it's for you.
You're welcome. My brother needed. how are you good to see you? Series one is done incredibly well and series two. Because of the Nft market, we're starting to get our together.
I Think we should put the play mat against these right here and right here with a price. This way they don't take up all the space like I Think we should sell the play match from here and literally tape them here and have a price. Yep, all right this is where my ghetto garage sale yard sale Wine Library 1991. let's get me some tape and a Sharpie and I'll build you an Empire Yeah dude it's really happening like you're gonna took a look on eBay and be like what the going on yeah I need this to Edison Sports Can anybody execute it So we didn't really get that many. We got like 50 boxes out of there was only a thousand made to a thousand. There's only a thousand of them who did not know that and they become a whole thing. Okay all right let's go get organized on that my man. I got you.
it's for you. Thank you. Have a good show my man I got you. What's up Bro Yeah thank you.
Appreciate it. Stay well bro it's for you bro. Thank you. Figure out what's going on there.
Oh my God is for you. Thank you. Enjoy it. that's for you for you bro.
Have a great show! This show is so much bigger I Tell you what's up brother it's great to see you again. Could not appreciate you more. Thank you bro and the show is enormous! We'll see you around. Hope you guys have the best show where we're set up over there in a big Way come back of course one each gotcha.
It's gonna get busy. one for you and one for you dragons. Legit! Cowboys Legit. You can see them all on the wall.
they're alphabetical. Let's see what the prices are. Master Bath: Yes I know who you are Brother: Yes I Do brother I've been to the trenches all the time. Yes I am Really? yes dude I Live in contest Oh wow so if that grades of 10 it's 180 180 dollars.
This is insane. Did you see this? Brandon it's not that big. it's an audio Jolly Jekyll And Garyvee I also like to compete friends. This man owes you money.
Oh okay I owe you this. Okay I did what you said I was a superintendent and I opened the shop two months ago. That's my first hand I owe that to you I'm proud of you I watched it all and I did it. It took me two years I'm proud of you brother thank you I'll keep I will cherish this Yes I Remember it's good to see you again.
This is for you I Hope you have a great show! Okay, you're welcome yo Rip's got that girl I Hope you have a great National It makes me so happy. This is just amazing. Thank you brother thank you! It's great that read that team. let's use this as a moment till I gather our thoughts.
What do we feel? What do we need? What are we thinking like where are we at? Where is that feedback coming from people? just hear it so we fill like pins all in here I Like okay pins please and for you thank you so much! Can you take advantage of that line right now and hook up people? Whoever you think is looking like just got it. You know what to do. One, two three Brandon Big Trade all his hits including some serious ones in exchange for 20 minutes in New York He crushed me on it. but we need more ammo for the kids. Watch this! Andy Boom thank you Yeah, All right as a business owner I Love it. So this went from common to Like Flying On eBay Think about what's happened to this car in the last 48 hours. This is a good car brother. no oh no.
tens or two. they're too hard to get a grade. Got it? Yeah? I Would this specific Community has been incredibly supportive and consistent and obviously I've been very behind the scenes working, working, working. It's it's coming together.
It's really coming together I Hope trade that for a Plinko board play over there brother. All right. Yep, um he's wearing a Bill's Jersey make sure his Plinko board does not do well. Um anyway, you know what the first one created was.
You know what's funny I Brought that up the other day we actually filmed recreating the whole thing I don't actually know but we're gonna go back and look at it. I've watched your like garage videos so they started my car my card account. it's awesome brother. there's only 55 wizard Golds and it's in here I think it's in there.
Thank you brother I Love them I'm about to go do one soon. Did you look these up on eBay yet? I haven't Let's do it right now. Go there right now and put three friends super stickers completed I Got you! Wow! Wow Wow! These guys have no idea. First guys should take sticker signs.
Thank you Sure! thank you for paying for my VIP tickets. It's a big one brother. I Got the elf too man. So I've done all the successes I Love what you're doing man.
Thank you brother. We're going to keep working here. We go my friend. 60 over here.
You go in cash or you go in Carter I'll take it I'll take it Yeah. check this up on eBay right now right now before I sign it, you need to fill it up. Uncompleted device of course. First of all, make sure you make your money in a proper way.
How you make your money yes is more important than how much money you make. That's the first point. Second, try to make money on things you like because when you like it, you'll work hard enough to make it happen. Look at this kid.
Look at this kid. Get over here. Brandon Look at this dude. why didn't you roll up like this dude just taking a photo who's taking the photo I could do it.
Yeah, All right. all right, that's great that's been out. Whose camera last summer I was going my first national I'm like oh Garyvee's going to I want to give him something and I made you this and then on the way to the show you're like so long I'm heading to Germany will you sign yes my new tattoo Whoa! oh wait, where's the camera? Pretty epic brother pretty Epic I asked you why'd you left your family's business and then you told me something and I did it I started my own company in May and I've done more and safe than I ever did in life I Remember that day in Macy's very well brother. think about how you feel now versus two years ago. now. think what's going to be hit in two years. In two years, it's gonna burn and eventually you're gonna burst I remember very vividly I'm proud of you I saw you in line yeah and I saw your face I'm like I think this guy jumped. Wow! Any advice: podcasting, chopping pieces of it? yeah to put out on social where you'll get awareness yes and reaching out to bigger guests that you think you can get and hoping one says yes.
We're really happy with the way it's going. Very nice step by step. A real pleasure meeting you bro. Come here.
What are you doing here? Where are we right now? I Really want to create this world? an intellectual property I did it through an Nft launch, but I also do trading cards along the way. Series one and Series two yes compete and collect which is the predominant execution we're doing. here is a trading card game. We launched our game format.
We have a big tournament this weekend, so collectible card. It's an intellectual property. Think of it as Pokemon meets um Sesame Street where's Dustin I grew all these I threw every one of these. Wow! And then when we knew that we were gonna make animated films and cartoons and take it to the next level I converted them from this to this.
That's so very cool. Yep, thanks again I Know who you are brother. It's a pleasure Legend A pleasure pleasure. Really one of the 10 best hockey players of all time.
Smart you won Thank you. Stay well have a great show. Go! Eight bucks for all that I need you in the be Friends game? Do you know many people lack? Common Sense Oh my. God So I with common sense do you love that will always work out Tons of I Do doesn't work but as long as I'm not dead, it gives me a chance to do something else.
and I just want to keep doing stuff I want and some people like me like to do a lot of things. you might want to just do one thing. it's all good. but just like it because you're gonna die and then what.
Thank you so much. Of course they're all wizards. bubble gum, bubble gum, grown men getting upset about Bubble team. We're gonna have to wrap it up because they're gonna kick us out and we gotta lock up and I want to figure out our strategy so let's let's be nice.
Gary Be epic tomorrow. Who's got the key? Gary B Epic. Whoa. yeah, it's gone.
I'm a little bit upset about that I told you that. Yeah I know. but I'm still sad there's only 25 of them I Just want to say thank you I Just my team has been raving the the the work speaks for itself. All right, let's wrap it up.
let's wrap it up. Team All right Day one, in the books. we are building this intellectual property Rome is not built in a day. It's something you hear a lot at this point in my career and some of you might be feeling this pressure because I've had a lot of successes.
People expect every new thing for me to happen immediately, but that's not how it works. It takes time, but it's very clear to me what we're building here and more importantly, seeing the smiles on kids faces I Think we'll look back at these early days of doing this and uh I'm enjoying it I'm really enjoying it working hard so big day then it's just Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday still left feet.
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I'm actively engaged in the process, Gary. It entails a considerable amount of effort, often keeping me up late into the night, but I'm dedicated to persevering. I firmly believe that one day, although I can't pinpoint exactly when, I will attain complete freedom.
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Gary, it's so infectious to watch you in the flow of this high energy.
Corso! Good to see you, man!
If you’re not betting on Gary and VeeFriends, I truly believe you will live to regret it.
If you need any volunteers for 2024 in Cleveland please let me know!! Would be willing to do anything
This dude is so humble. Literally playing store manager running shit
It had been quite a while since I watched Daily Vee, really really inspired and get me motivated 💪💪wanted to get out and execute my stuff and remind ourselves, take time to build! Love the inspiration Gary!! ❤
I was kind of hoping theyd fuck with him and put him in the corner again😂
Love. This. Guy.