My Dream [THE GARY VEE SHOW]

Today's guest is one of the World's leading marketing experts And living proof that the American dream Is alive and well If you're willing to work your face off Life starts in being born in Belarus In the former Soviet Union i came to the US When I was three years old We were very, very, very poor I lived in a studio apartment With eight family members And my dad and my mom As you can imagine are very much my heroes My dad worked every hour of his life Being a stock boy in a liquor store I was a very entrepreneurial kid I was day trading attention from a young age I had six lemonade stands When I was seven years old And I would spend all my time Trying to figure out what tree and what pole To put the signs on Because I was watching people drive And trying to figure out what signs Yes, I was a very sick child When I was 12 and 13 I was selling baseball cards Which were very popular In the United States at the time And I was making one to Two thousand dollars a weekend selling them In the malls which was great and I was Rich for a young kid and it was fantastic But then my career changed My dad dragged me into the liquor store And I hated it at first but luckily I realized that people collected wine I was into collecting sports memorabilia That was my passion, that was the connection And I decided That I was gonna jump into my family business Open up 4, 000 liquor stores across America Sell the franchise one day And buy the New York Jets 'Cause that is my dream Buy the New York Jets american football team That is my dream buy the New York Jets American football team In 1994 I was in my dorm room in college My friend came over to me He brought me into a room It was the first time I heard, "coo-coo-ch" Which was the Internet I was very excited about it I didn't know what it was I said something stupid like "Is This the information superhighway?" I looked at it this was 1994 I literally stood there And watched people on the Internet for five hours it was that crazy It was just that insane it was so new And when I finally had my turn To go on there When I finally had my turn to go on there Within 20 minutes I landed on a message board Where people were trading and buying cards Baseball cards and I realized, "My God I can do business on this thing" 'Cause that is my dream Buy the New York Jets american football team That is my dream buy the New York Jets American football team You two stand up you two stand up Let's clap it up for these guys