Stop Chasing Hacks and Start Building Real Content | Tea with GaryVee Ep #83
The GaryVee Audio Experience
Gary Vaynerchuk
4.8 • 18.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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In this episode of Tea with GaryVee, Gary breaks down why chasing the latest growth hacks won’t build a lasting brand. From a six-figure entrepreneur pivoting into streaming to creators struggling to stand out, he explains how storytelling, authenticity, and consistency are the real keys to growth in 2025. If you’re ready to stop cutting corners and start building something sustainable, this episode is for you.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, actually, if you're really hardcore listener, you know I never do this. But the truth is I'm like shitting the bet on this. Everybody else is getting people to review on Spotify and Apple. And like the Vayner Nation does none of that because I've never asked. So if this podcast has ever meant anything to you, please go to Spotify or Apple right now and leave a review. By the way, even if you give me a one star review because you think it's shit, I respect it. but just leave a review, an actual review. |
| 0:02.2 | Four or five stars and the actual details of why. Yeah, that would mean something for me, so thanks. This is the Gary Vee audio experience. All right, we are in the game. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to another episode of Tea with Gary Vee, episode 83, here live on whatnot, but simulcast on all my socials. Aaron, let's get the first question. This question is, when you're building your side hustle outside of your nine to five, when do you know the right time to jump and go all in on your side business? The second you can eat shit for a year. |
| 0:56.0 | Now whether that is you saved enough money and you're willing to go there or you don't give a fuck and you're willing to give up a lot of luxuries. |
| 1:03.0 | You can pay your basic needs like roof over your head and transportation, right? |
| 1:08.0 | But if it's really burning a hole in your heart, in your stomach, not your heart, |
| 1:12.6 | you may even decide to take public transportation |
| 1:15.6 | instead of having a car and you give up your lease. |
| 1:17.6 | This is about how much you're willing to be resilient, right? |
| 1:23.6 | How much do you love your passion? |
| 1:25.6 | But I will say this, Aaron, this is super common. This is incredibly common. |
| 1:29.2 | A lot of people do not jump. |
| 1:32.1 | Let me just paint you this picture. |
| 1:33.8 | You make 93,000 in your job, |
| 1:36.0 | and your side hustle is making $2,000 a month. |
| 1:38.7 | So you're thinking 93K and 24K. |
| 1:42.0 | But your side hustle is getting so little of your time because you have a job. If you're at 93K in income and 24K. But your side hustle is getting so little of your time |
| 1:44.2 | because you have a job. |
| 1:45.7 | If you're at 93K in income and 24,000 in side hustle, |
| 1:50.0 | you're likely when you jump gonna do 100K in side hustle |
| 1:53.8 | because you have so many more hours. |
| 1:55.2 | This is the math, this is the calculus |
| 1:58.1 | that most people don't get. |
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