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Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief with Cameron Herold

Ep. 17 – VaynerMedia COO James Orsini

Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief with Cameron Herold

Second in Command with Cameron Herold

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Careers

4.9224 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Collectively, James Orsini has more than 30 years of finance and operations experience across a broad range of marketing and communications disciplines. Entering VaynerMedia as the Chief Integration Officer helping Gary Vaynerchuk execute his vision, James eventually stepped into the COO role when Gary’s brother and former COO was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. In a […]

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0:00.0

Welcome to Second and Command, brought to you by C.O. Alliance, where top-level COO

0:09.7

share the insights, tactics, and strategies that made them the chief behind the chief.

0:15.7

And now here's your host, Cameron Herald.

0:21.5

James Orsini is the chief operating officer for Vainer Media, a digital agency with a core forum on social media,

0:28.0

working alongside founder and CEO Gary Venerchck, or Gary V.

0:32.6

Who's well known for his bold and effective marketing style

0:35.0

and best-selling books such as Crush It.

0:37.2

Why now is the time to cash in on your passion

0:39.4

and crushing it, how great entrepreneurs build

0:41.9

their businesses and influence and how you can too just to name a few.

0:45.2

Prior to working for Boehner Media, James was the CEO and member of the board of directors of CITO

0:49.9

Mobile, he's also an executive VP and director of finance and operations for

0:54.3

Saatchi and New York, also with Publicist Group, the world's largest third largest

0:59.2

communication group. Working for Vainer Media was not the first time James functioned as a

1:03.8

CEO before joining Sachi and Sachi James was the CEO of Interbrand in North

1:08.9

America, the world's leading brand consultancy with 40 offices in 22 countries throughout the world.

1:14.9

Collectively, James has more than 30 years of finance and operations experience

1:18.8

across a broad range of marketing and communications disciplines.

1:22.2

And on this podcast, you will learn how someone like James can actually work with a character and a creative genius like Gary Vaner Chuck.

1:30.0

So James, welcome to the Second and Command podcast where we call it the Chief

1:34.3

Behind the Chief. Really interested to learn from you today in both in your

1:38.5

journey of working in entrepreneurial organizations as a second in command and

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