Origin story unlocked 🔓✨
@garyvee breaks down how he and @ajv built VaynerMedia. From humble beginnings as social media and community managers to leading a global agency powerhouse.
2008 vibes feels like 2026 … feels like I was In a Time Machine … this is me talking about live streaming .. ( upstream vs twitch ) and me talking about big brands wasting money on traditional marketing … these were the vibes that lead me to create @vaynermedia … what a time .. what vibes are you feeling today ???? #marketing #socialmediamarketing #garyvee
Talking to the interns at @vaynermedia ( <- follow :)) but this is a concept a lot of you could apply to your return to school 🏫 ;) share with someone in your family ♥️♥️❤️
PS : text me for any follow up questions at tel:1-212-931-5731
#backtoschool #backtoschoolseason #networking #garyvee
If Gary Vee lost everything tomorrow — VaynerMedia, his followers, his reputation — here is his exact plan to rebuild from scratch.
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Two people worth knowing in this clip:
Gary Vaynerchuk is the founder and CEO of VaynerMedia — a $200M+ annual revenue agency with 800+ employees, clients including PepsiCo and Toyota. He co-founded VaynerSports, VaynerX, and VeeFriends. He made early investments in Facebook, Twitter, Uber, Snapchat, and Venmo. Net worth estimated at $220 million. He grew up as a Belarusian immigrant in Queens and built his first business by taking his family’s $3M liquor store to $60M online.
Marina Mogilko is a Russian-born entrepreneur, angel investor, and host of the Silicon Valley Girl podcast — a weekly AI and tech podcast with 1.48M YouTube subscribers that interviews the world’s top CEOs including Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, and Aravind Srinivas. She has 18M+ followers across platforms, built two 8-figure businesses, and was the first creator to receive personal VC investment from Slow Ventures. Featured at Davos 2026.
She asked Gary one question: if everything crashed tomorrow — what would you actually do?
His answer was 30 seconds flat:
Keep the knowledge of how to make content. Build a $5-$50/month app or product. Make unlimited organic content on LinkedIn, Twitter, and TikTok. Get customers.
No ads. No team. No funding. Just the knowledge of how distribution works — and the discipline to execute it relentlessly.
That is the only unfair advantage that cannot be taken from you.
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#GaryVee #Entrepreneurship #ContentMarketing #AIBusiness #StartFromZero
"I'd rather own a trading card or a comic book and have that go up in value than the same equivalent of a stock, 100 shares of Tesla is not as interesting for me going up, as one rare rookie card or a collectible," says VaynerMedia CEO @garyvee of the value of diversifying your investments.
Read more via our link in bio.
Okay, besties! What are we voting: Is @vaynermedia giving brand slay or nay? 💅🐴
(we clearly think it's a slay, but we're open to a friendly debate 😏)
Here's our case for awarding social media snaps:
🏆 Top tier EGC content
📤 Relatable = shareable
🌟 Original, nostalgic & a total trendsetter
Who shall we review next? Tag their account below! 🫰🫰🫰
Social media is dead — interest media is in, according to @garyvee.
After the success of @vaynermedia, @vaynerx is doubling down on the big leagues.
He rebranded to form @chukmedia — and they’re shifting focus exclusively to enterprise giants like Subway and Utz.
Comment "INTEREST" to see more from his exclusive interview with Entrepreneur editor-in-chief @heyfeifer.
Gary Vee and Brandon Steiner! #garyvee #garyvaynerchuk #vaynermedia
In my 20s, I was waiting tables in NYC where @garyvee from @vaynerx @vaynermedia was a regular, all while dreaming of a career in social media.
As an immigrant on my own in the US, his story and success convinced me that I could make it too. I’ve watched his videos on repeat and read all his books; he’s a digital marketing genius and has always been my idol. He emphasized the importance of community and giving back, principles I adopted early in my social media journey, which are a big reason why I’m so connected to my audience, my Boujee Besties. ✨
Now, I’ve met him as a fellow entrepreneur at a marketing conference @possible.event 🥹 I was literally tearing up watching him speak on the stage. I worked so hard to be in that room.
Few leaders have shaped modern marketing like @avery.akkineni. From building @vaynermediaapac from scratch into a 150+ person powerhouse across Asia, to launching @vayner3 and now serving as CMO of @vaynerx, Avery has consistently been ahead of the curve on what’s next in digital, AI, and emerging tech.
In this episode, Avery and I dig into:
- Building and scaling global teams
- Navigating emerging platforms like AI and Web3
- Leading bold, culture-driven campaigns for the world’s biggest brands
This one’s packed with insights you won’t want to miss.
🎧 Link in bio to watch the full episode.
#podcast #hawketalk #hawkemedia #vaynermedia #vaynerx #reel
What happens when your entire business model changes in a single day?
The way that the world operated yesterday isn’t always the way that it operates today. Can your business adapt to the change?
@tyler tells the story of when @vaynermedia needed to adapt to a major change with Facebook’s algorithm, and what @garyvee did next.
#BusinessAdvice #GaryVaynerchuk #vaynermedia
ChukMedia is officially joining the Vayner family (hey twin @vaynermedia 👯♀️)
As The Sasha Group, we learned a lot throughout the years by working closely with brands and seeing how demand for social-first marketing grew. Now, as the new and improved ChukMedia, we’re evolving as an agency.
Jason Loomis, SVP & Head of ChukMedia explains that this is more than just a rebrand. It’s a revolution.
And we’re just getting started. 💥 Check out the full article on @adage and the link in our stories.