4.8 • 18.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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In this 2024 episode of the Stephen A. Smith Podcast, Stephen sits down with GaryVee to talk about adversity, serendipity, and what it really takes to succeed in business today. They explore Gary’s journey from humble beginnings to becoming one of the most forward thinkers in marketing and culture, while also digging into how attention, intuition, and hard work shape the future of business. A rare crossover conversation between two powerful voices in sports and entrepreneurship.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Gary Vee audio experience. |
| 0:04.5 | When I'm out, whether it's on a lecture circuit or any place else, I got this famous saying, |
| 0:09.7 | I'm brilliant because I know I'm not. |
| 0:12.4 | I simply learn from those who are and I take notes and I do it from there. |
| 0:18.1 | And that's a perfect segue into talking to my next guest because this is a man described |
| 0:23.3 | as one of the most forward thinkers in the world of business. |
| 0:26.7 | He's a serial entrepreneur, a strategist, and is considered one of the leading global minds |
| 0:31.6 | on what's next in culture, relevance, and dare I say, even the internet. |
| 0:38.3 | The one and only, Gary V. as in Gary Vaynerchuk. |
| 0:42.3 | My man. |
| 0:43.3 | What's up, my man? It's good to see you. |
| 0:45.3 | It's such a pleasure. |
| 0:46.3 | How you doing? Too good. |
| 0:47.3 | When you hear yourself described in that fashion, |
| 0:51.3 | tell me what comes across your mind. |
| 0:53.3 | Similar to your opening line, deep humility. |
| 0:55.7 | I'm detached from it a little bit. |
| 0:57.8 | I'm detached a little bit from it. I get that I've worked really hard and I've earned |
| 1:01.6 | and I got into a place where I can get some roses and some flowers because I've put some points |
| 1:07.2 | on the board. But, you know, I think a lot about like serendipity. |
| 1:11.5 | Why was I born with intuition that led to me being right about a lot of things? |
| 1:16.1 | You know, why was I fortunate to be born in the Soviet Union, come to Queens, New York, |
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