Hey guys, this episode is the audio version of a fireside chat that Gary did in LA for

startup grind in 2015. He talks about what motivates him in business, his former investments,

and more. Hope you enjoy.

Thank you so much, I'm super pumped to be here. Wonderful, amazing setting. A lot of familiar

faces and friends I've had for a long time. A ton of faces that I recognize, which is

nice because it's nice to see people are actually using their actual pictures on their

profiles. Not the best fucking picture you ever took in your life kind of stuff. So it's

fun for me to see already 10, 20 faces of people I've been interacting with for the last

six, 12 months. Obviously, you know, the Ask Gary V. Show has been an interesting thing

for me because it's expanded my reach to some new audiences and so it's fun to make

some new friends. And so thanks for having me and I'm thrilled to get going.

So normally we like to start these by just kind of hearing about your background. But

I kind of want to take it even farther back than that. So I don't know. Gary just did a

recent episode of the Ask Gary V. Show with his father Sasha. It was a personal favorite

of mine, but I think it really gave some context, much needed context to who you are and how

you're able to do what you're doing and make it look so easy. So tell us about your parents.

Where did they grow up and kind of tell us their story leading up to you.

So I fundamentally believe that my parents never should have been married, which is why

I'm so special. I really don't think my mom marries my dad if she wasn't a Soviet girl

and it wasn't like the old schoolways were like, you know, I really think my dad willed

his way into that marriage. My parents are super opposite. I think genetically, I used

to think I was 100% like my mom. I've come to realize it's maybe 70, 30 now. My parents

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