Gary Vaynerchuk Quotes

You have to understand your own personal DNA. Don't do things because I do them or Steve Jobs or Mark Cuban tried it. You need to know your personal brand and stay true to it.

Storytelling is the game. It's what we all do. It's why Nike is Nike, it's why Apple is Apple, it's why Walt Disney built Disney World and it's why Vince McMahon makes a billion dollars.

Stop whining, start hustling.

The reason I became successful is because I touched. I touched my community.

Part of why you love your parents is because they loved you first. Brands need to do that.

I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.

I'm concerned a little bit with the culture of celebrating the fundraise. My dad taught me that when you borrow money it's the worst day of your life.

Do what makes you happy. Keep it simple. Do the research. Work hard. Look ahead.

Company culture is a religion, not a sermon.

Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.

Company culture is the backbone of any successful organization.

Be reactionary. React to what the market wants. And the market wants one-on-one real time engagement. Now that we have the tools to engage, I'm going to continue fighting for the end user.

There is never a bad time to start a business - unless you want to start a mediocre one.

No one makes a million dollars with minimal effort unless they win the lottery.

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

I think of customer service as an offense and not a defense

It's lonely at the top - if you don't like that, then you don't start a company.

I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.

Vince McMahon is one of the greatest storytellers of all time, but WWE's not striving for the kind of innovation it's capable of.

You can't put out projects that you don't use yourself.

I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.

One out of every five page views in the United States is on Facebook!

The problem is, we’re all using social networks as distribution instead of native platforms to actually tell stories.

One of my biggest flaws is I don't take advice.

A lot of people can play the piano, but not everyone can be Billy Joel.

Care Immensely or Die: This is a bigger culture shift than you realize.

I have never listened to authority. It is not in my DNA.

Pinterest is like window shopping 3.0.

Innovation doesn't care about anyone.

I have no interest in going to Egypt and seeing the pyramids. I'm just not that kind of dude.

Publicly, they claim to be thrilled to have the opportunity to engage directly with their customers; privately, they suspect, maybe even fervently hope, that Facebook and its spawn are fads.

While companies were getting comfy cozy with the idea of being on social media platforms, social media transcended those platforms, and few businesses have followed.

Social media is like crack-immediately gratifying and hugely addictive.

I don't want anybody to not recognize how appreciative I am of the volume of e-mails I get.

Now, if you truly understand how marketing works today, you know there is no individual six-month campaign; there's only the 365-day campaign, during which you produce new content daily.

2006, I started 'WineLibrary TV.' To build 'WineLibrary TV,' I started using Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter in 2008.

Business is a marathon, and most of society thinks it's a sprint.

Passion is contagioius.

From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.

I'm an entrepreneur first and a wine critic second.

I am thinking about launching a wine website where there is a deal and the crowd can dictate how cheap it can get.

I don't know how you can justify leaving any engagement behind in the social Web of 2011.

Beaujolais is so underrated.

I measure my success by how happy I am, not how big the business is or how much money I've made.

Patience is grossly underestimated.

I have as big of an ego as it gets, but I have, stunningly, a lot of humility considering some of the accomplishments I've had.

I spent all my time in the clouds or the dirt and that is why I think I’m successful

We are living at the beginning of the humanization of business.

My natural inclination to be improv rather than an educated character serves me well.

The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real.