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Gary Vaynerchuk Keynote at Big Omaha

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Re: Gary Vaynerchuk Keynote at Big Omaha

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Being an Omaha-native, I attended this event and it was excellent from start to finish. Many creative people, entrepreneurs, and developers in attendance.

Gary's keynote is definitely worth your free time. I might just watch it again the next time I'm bored.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk Keynote at Big Omaha

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I've occasionally bitched and moaned about Gary V as an entrepreneur - basically inheriting a family business makes it a heck of a lot easier - but he's a pretty good speaker. And that's a large part of it.

I'm gonna assume that you are not an immigrant that has worked in a family business. Because you don't inherit the family business.

I worked in the plywood plant where my dad worked when I turned 16 and I worked in all of his side businesses. My uncle that owns an electrical business put my cousins to work when they were 13. My uncle that owns a chain of retail stores put my cousins to work starting at that age, too.

You don't inherit a family business if you grew up in an immigrant family. And it's definitely not easy. It's hard work from the day you are born.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk Keynote at Big Omaha

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By the way it's GaryVee, not Gary V and it's not necessarily just inheriting the family business that counts, it's what you do with it after it is in your hands and GaryVee is Awesome, phenominal and brilliant!!! He's doing it his way.. YES!!!!! You are going all the way to the top and you deserve it!!!!

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk Keynote at Big Omaha

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I found the first half of this talk to be a little crass and not very substantive. The second half contained a few interesting answers in the q & a. Gary brings so much energy though that this is a decent keynote if you're looking to be motivated.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk Keynote at Big Omaha

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I've occasionally bitched and moaned about Gary V as an entrepreneur - basically inheriting a family business makes it a heck of a lot easier - but he's a pretty good speaker. And that's a large part of it.

I'm gonna assume that you are not an immigrant that has worked in a family business. Because you don't inherit the family business. I worked in the plywood plant where my dad worked when I turned 16 and I worked in all of his side businesses. My uncle that owns an electrical business put my cousins to work when they were 13. My uncle that owns a chain of retail stores put my cousins to work starting at that age, too.…

its much easier to build a $4 mil/yr business into a $40 mil/yr business, than it is you build one from 0 to $4mil.

Those people that inherit their parents business, may have worked their ass off since they were young, but they start off ahead off the curve, simply due to the ground work laid down by their parents.

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