This London Fireside chat comes from Gary's trip to Europe during June of 2019. Gary talks about the best way to build a brand, the role of influencers, the only thing consumers care about, and more! There are also some interesting insights into the current state of Gary's most recent endeavors; including Empathy Wines and K-Swiss sneaker collaborations.

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1:10 | How Empathy Wines started
3:55 | Year 2 of Empathy: act more as a brand rather than leveraging a personal brand
4:10 | Is Instagram the most important platform for Empathy?
5:00 | Why most of the brands you love will collapse
6:45 | Dollar Shave Club Strategy and building brand equity
8:15 | Top spenders on Facebook
9:00 | Being one dimensional is scary for brands
10:00 | Retail can still be a huge leverage for brands, consumers only care about convenience
11:00 | K- Swiss GV 004's campaign
13:30 | The role of influencers in DTC
14:30 | How to measure the success of the business
16:45 | Gary will be extinct in the UK in 2050
17:30 | History repeats itself
18:00 | When voice becomes the tollbooth, most brands are in trouble

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My direct to consumer winery, Empathy Wines: https://garyvee.com/EmpathyWinesYT
My new K-Swiss sneaker: https://garyvee.com/GV004

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Gary Vaynerchuk is the chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the globe. He’s a sought out public speaker, a 5-time New York Times bestselling author, and an angel investor in companies like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber.
VaynerX, also includes Gallery Media Group, which houses women’s lifestyle brand PureWow and men's lifestyle brand ONE37pm. In addition to running VaynerMedia, Gary also serves as a partner in the athlete representation agency VaynerSports, cannabis-focused branding and marketing agency Green Street and restaurant reservations app Resy. Gary is a board/advisory member of Ad Council and Pencils of Promise, and is a longtime Well Member of Charity: Water.

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