Hey, everyone listening to the podcast. This is Ari, and as you can tell, this must be a podcast extra because I'm talking you directly. It's not just the start of the TV show. You have told us, many of you, that you like these longer in-depth interviews we do, and so we're sharing them with you as podcast extras. That means it's stuff that has not aired on TV. It's special for you guys. Everyone out there, I appreciate that you're interested. This one really goes down some interesting nooks and crannies. It's with Gary V. Discussing how this entrepreneur got his start, being an entrepreneur in the digital age, something called hustle culture, his sort of revolutionary and somewhat politically independent view of a lot of change going on.

This is stuff we don't often even get into on the news, like digital currency, Bitcoin,

why he says the establishment will love him. And even if you're thinking, okay, do I really

need to hear another rich person talk about how they made money? Well, we invited Gary here

for this conversation you're about to hear because he's pretty different than that.

And he got his start trying to upend the wine industry and making homoid videos, which is something that literally most people can do. I mean, if you do have a phone, you can put that video on YouTube. And he was trying to demystify wine, challenge the incumbents. Then he's moved into a bunch of other interesting stuff. As for the criticisms of capitalism and hustle culture,

well, we get into that too, because this is still a beat event. So you know I had to push him and play some stuff, and he had some interesting push back. So all that is up ahead. If you want to ever connect with me, you can find me on social media at Ari Melburgh, or you can subscribe to my free newsletter at Ari Melbor.com. Go to to Ari Melbaugh.com, pick the free option,

and I'll keep you posted on this kind of stuff, beat stuff, and other stuff. Now, without further ado,

here is my extended podcast extra discussion with Gary V. This is The Beat with Ari Melbert, and today

we are joined by the entrepreneur, author, social media maven, someone you

might have seen if you ever go online, Gary Vaynerchuk or Gary Vee. How you doing, sir?

I'm doing extremely well. Thanks for having me on. Absolutely. We like to have some big picture

conversations. You are engaging more than one thing, which we're going to get into.

We also have some fun video. But let's start with those who may not know how you got started,

why it's so important to you, the ethic of hard work, and what you see yourself as now today

in the lines of business that you're in.

You know, I'm a great American dream story, right?

I was born in the former Soviet Union.

My family came to the States when I was three and a half years old in Queens.

We moved to Jersey pretty quick.

I grew up in Edison, New Jersey, very entrepreneurial kid.

Unlike most of my contemporaries that were immigrants, I was a poor student. So that meant a lot of

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