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Three things I learned from Gary Vaynerchuk’s new social media book
In March, I wrote a post about starting an entrepreneurial-themed book club in Des Moines. While we’re still trying to figure out some of the logistics, as of last week we wrapped up Des Moines’ Startup Book Club’s first book: “Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook” by Gary Vaynerchuk. I’ve never been a big fan of…
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Vaynerchuk presenting at free Sioux City event on Nov. 4
Need a dose of motivation? Have no fear, Gary will be here. Making a return trip to the Silicon Prairie, Gary Vaynerchuk is scheduled to speak at a free and open to the public event at 1:45 p.m., Friday, Nov. 4 in Sioux City, Iowa. As part of the Siouxland Social Media Conference organized by…
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Big Omaha Backstage Pass – Gary & AJ Vaynerchuk: Context & happiness
“You know,” Gary Vaynerchuk says, “I’ve always known that context — and I didn’t know how to express it — was the whole game, right? For example, you have a feeling towards me right now that is different than you have towards AJ because we engaged together last year, so we created context, right? And…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Gary Vaynerchuk of VaynerMedia
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you eleventh video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. This video features the one and only Gary Vaynerchuk of VaynerMedia and Daily Grape. In his talk, Gary brought a side of business and personality that only he can bring. He opened his…
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Innovation Chamber: The importance of positivity and determination
I have been to all three Big Omaha events, and they have all been special. However, this one particularly resonated for me on two key themes: positivity and determination. Both of these personal characteristics have been suggested as key components that differentiate entrepreneurs from the general public. Positivity At Big Omaha, we had the opportunity…
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Big Omaha – Gary Vaynerchuk: ‘For the first time ever, your ears matter more than your mouth’
The man is a Big Omaha institution — insomuch as a person can be considered an institution at an event that’s less than half a decade old. Making his third appearance at Big Omaha in three years, Gary Vaynerchuk said the conference is a special one for him. “This event means a lot to me…
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Big Omaha 2011: Friday speakers in the spotlight
Haven’t had time to study up on all of this year’s Big Omaha speakers? Not to worry; we can help you cram. We’ve combed the world wide interwebs to come up with a couple of stories, interviews, videos or otherwise noteworthy nuggets on each of our Big Omaha presenters so that you can brush up…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Extended Speaker Q&A
(Photo by Malone & Company) Today, we’re releasing the tenth presentation in our video series from Big Omaha 2010! This video features the “Extended Speaker Q&A” in which we brought back on stage six of our speakers: Jason Fried of 37signals, Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV and VaynerMedia, Scott Belsky of Behance, Dennis Crowley…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV
(Photo by Malone & Company.) Today, we’re excited to release the fifth video in our Big Omaha 2010 video series, that of Gary Vaynerchuk, founder of Wine Library TV, New York Times bestselling author of “Crush It!,” and co-founder of VaynerMedia. From the very first year that we had the idea for Big Omaha, Gary…
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Tahoe Tech Talk recap and takeaways
(Photo by Adam Copek via Flickr) This past weekend I attended Vaynermedia’s Tahoe Tech Talk event at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. The event kicked off with a reception on Thursday evening for the 150 attendees. On Friday, we heard from the eight speakers: Gary Vaynerchuk (host and moderator), Kevin Rose, Chris Sacca, Dave Morin, Travis Kalanick,…