Jun 10
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Crushin’ It With Gary Vee
Just recently finished Gary Vaynerchuk’s Crush It! and feeling motivated. The message isn’t new: do what you love and you’ll never work another day in your life. Easier said than done. Gary does a great job of highlighting shifts in technology – the advent of the Web, instant publishing, and social networking, to name a few – and giving the reader a blueprint to not only achieve their goals, but to attack a niche that you’re passionate about and blow it out of the water. A die-hard business developer, Vaynerchuk runs WineLibraryTV and vodcasts constantly on his site about new business ideas, social tips, speaking gigs, and a general stream of (valuable) consciousness. The book is about 140 pages, and you’ll blow through it in a day; the only question is, what will you do with what you learn when you’re finished? If you plan on just reading the book to find some interesting tidbits or to learn some social media tactics, don’t even bother. But if you’re ready to REALLY get motivated, watch this keynote from Web 2.0 Expo NYC 2009 (it’ll get you acclimated to his style) and then go out (or to Amazon, Audible, Vook, or iTunes) and grab this book.
Other Fun Facts:
- I just signed up for Gowalla a few weeks ago, and I picked up the Crush It! book somewhere. Very cool!
- A small group of Drexel Alums are going up to the Wine Library on July 12th, and it’s going to be awesome.
