Spicer Matthews » Gary Vaynerchuk http://www.spicermatthews.com Random Thoughts By Spicer Matthews Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:00:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Dush-Bag Or Brillant, I Say Brillanthttp://www.spicermatthews.com/dush-bag-or-brillant-i-say-brillant/ http://www.spicermatthews.com/dush-bag-or-brillant-i-say-brillant/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:55:57 +0000 Spicer http://blog.spicermatthews.com/?p=47 So I continue to not be sure if I am in Gary Vaynerchuk’s camp or not yet. He is too new. Will he be a voice and a business leader in 2020? I don’t know. I sure hope so. The problem and at the same time the driving force of Gary is the first thing everyone says is wow that guy is a “Dush-Bag”, but yet they keep listening. We are so instilled not to like someone like that, but yet this new world is changing our social norms. Yeah he comes on strong. Yeah he has a bit of a know-it-all fashion to him. I feel the same way about Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, and Donald Trump. Would you call anyone of those guys Dush-Bags now? All those guys have built empires. Gary has a long ways to go before he will be next to those guys, but the thing is he is very much like those guys. He gets it!!! He sees how the marketing world is changing. He see the power of content. He see the power of self branding. He also understands hard work. If you believe in him or not right now it does not matter, but if you do not realize this guy has a amazing view of business and one route you can travel with it, your a fool. Until I get to meet Gary, or until I can publicly trade his stock (that is when the truth comes out), I will continue to keep my Dush-Bag flag radar on, but will truly admire him as a business person.

I just watched the video below. This guy is dead on when it come to social media. Everyone that is interested in how the world is changing should watch this video.

]]> http://www.spicermatthews.com/dush-bag-or-brillant-i-say-brillant/feed/ 3 I Think I Am Going To Buy Crush It By Gary Vaynerchuckhttp://www.spicermatthews.com/29/ http://www.spicermatthews.com/29/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:37:35 +0000 Spicer http://blog.spicermatthews.com/?p=29 book header trans I Think I Am Going To Buy Crush It By Gary VaynerchuckI just watched a great interview of Gary Vaynerchuk by Rick Turoczy (@turoczy) at his blog Silicon Florist. I watch Gary a bunch on the internet but unlike many things I see seek out I have never drank the Gary Vaynerchuk Kool Aid. Often when I find a blog or some great site I get all hyped up on it and visit the site everyday.  I have always been a random passer by’er of http://tv.winelibrary.com so I never really understood why everyone was getting all jazzed on his new book CurshIt.

Lately my twitter client has been blowing up with talk about CrushIt. Had no idea it was about how Gary built his business. I thought it was more talk about wine. When it comes to wine I either like it or  I don’t. No idea how to classify it or talk all classy about it. So now I am interested. I am purchasing the book. I look forward to reading it. Maybe it will make the “Spicer Matthews Must Read List” (coming soon to a blog near you).

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