Gary Vaynerchuk Quotes

In 2006, the Blockbuster board got together and said, ‘Do you know anyone using Netflix.’ …Look how that worked out. That is what happens when you put ten 80-year-old guys in a room…Be on record. Be on the right side of history. You don’t want to be the person that supported the Blockbuster decision.

Augmented reality is not ready. But context is ready. I invested in Path. Everything is open, I wanted restrictions.

I’m very passionate about traditional media. I don’t think it’s dead. I just think it’s overpriced.

If you look at the data, in the 1950s, the pet dog was an outside animal. Now Spot is inside the home. Now he’s in the bedroom. Now he’s not only in the bedroom, he’s in the bed. He eats gourmet food. He wears better clothes than you. Now we’re going to humanize brands.

It’s context, my friends. This is not Frank from Comcast. This is not the story of Zappos. I will die if this space (of people at SXSW) decides 10 years from now that what Zappos did is ‘the Golden Rule’.

There’s only two problems that I care about when I’m looking to invest in a start-up: 1. Do you really have a grasp of the problem you’re looking to solve. 2. Do you care about the end user?

Even though I’ve said, ‘Do stuff after hours. Don’t quit your job,’ when people write me and say, ‘I quit my job.’ I say, ‘No. No. No. No. No.’ For all hype, I’m obnoxiously practical.

Content calendars suck....it's like going to a cocktail party with a script.

Embrace what you're good at. Lebron didn't try to become a professor.

How do you go from on the fence to being somebody who gives a s**t? Try. Effort is grossly underrated.

Never ever waver. Be on record. Don't be on the wrong side of history.

We're sharing things in our lives everyday that we wouldn't have picked up the phone to talk about ten years ago.

If you do not care about your end user immensely, especially in the next few years, your brand will die.

You will love brands when they love you first.

Caring is scalable now.

There were people walking around saying the internet was a fad, and weren't joking. They won't admit it now.

Social media is not a fad because it's human.

Putting up a Facebook or Twitter logo on your commercial is like putting up a picture of a telephone. Put your number on there!

It's ridiculous that we are being asked to justify the ROI of social media when traditional media metrics are full of s**t.

I'm not against traditional media, I just think it's incredibly over-priced for what you get.