Gary Vee invested his entire 20s savings into Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr
Gary Vaynerchuk · Gary Vee: My First 3 Angel Investments; Why I Changed My Mind on Facebook Video | 20VC #899 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jun 20, 2022 · at 6:42
Entrepreneur and investor Gary Vaynerchuk discusses the role of strategy versus luck in his early investment success during an interview on 20VC with Harry Stebbings.
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“Saving my money in my twenties And then deciding to spend all of it in a one year period on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr based on at that .10 years of very hard work, diligence of saving and not wasting my money and looking for the opportunity to strike.”
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