We have a recycling program
that’s specific to our county. – You weren’t on Andy there. Oh but you caught him? Good, edit that, because if you saw Andy’s reaction as the paid performance guy
it’s a ludicrous question. It means that as a matter of fact, what I just said, ludicrous question, can
you guys impose Ludacris in between, like next to me. – [Ludacris] Move get out the way – I oh baby, it’s a ludicrous question if
you’ve been watching the show. Who asked that question?
– [Andy] Liz. – Liz, if you’ve been
watching the show for the last whatsoever, 130 episodes,
then I think you’re just mailing in your question, but I’m glad you got on the show, because it’s fun to be on the show, but Liz, it’s so simple. Facebook targeting. That’s it. You can literally put
your business address and run a radius around it, or everybody in the 07081 zip code or the 08802 Asbury, Jersey in the house. Zip code, and everybody will see it in that zip code, in that feed. It’s a piece of cake. You can do localized
ads with Instagram now. You can do localized ads with Twitter. It’s the only place you can do this kind of stuff outside of direct mail, which
is very, very expensive for the ROI of the attention, because everybody throws their direct mail in the trash. Like this question. Next.

I don’t love this question,
to be honest with you. I think that there’s 17,000 ways to make supplementary income. You can babysit, you can
collect cans on the street and return it for deposits,
you can go garage sale-ing and flip it, you can to all the
freelance sites in the world and do your thing if
you can design or video, you could become an
Uber driver, you can mow fuckin’ lawns, like what kind
of question is that, India? I think the answer to that question is, the way you make supplemental
income is to put in work. – [India] I thought you were
gonna tell ’em to quit school. – You can quit school, too, but I mean, that question stinks. It’s a stinky question, and
I’m sorry, I know you watch the show, I love you, I love you. This is straight tough love. It’s a mentality thing,
not a tactical thing. There’s eight billion ways to make money, we’re in god damn America. Or, if you’re not, 98% of the countries in the world, you can make money. Go work at McDonald’s. – [India] From Perth Champagne Club,

– [Voiceover] Christopher
asks, “You get questions “all the time, some you
like, some you hate. “Do you feel there is such
thing as a stupid question?” – Chris, I’m not going to
go cliche here, I think that there’s probably an enormous
amount of stupid questions. There’s a lot of stupid people
with stupid points of view, but nobody gets to be the judge
and the jury of that stupid. What maybe stupid to me,
is not stupid to Staphon and vice versa and so thus I
think the judge and the jury, the person that makes the
decision whether it’s stupid is making that decision
and so I think, I think 99% of the questions people
ask me are stupid at some level truthfully, especially
when they’re the things that come most naturally to
me, cause people aren’t asking me questions in biophysics or the weather or traffic theory, I mean like actual traffic, not web traffic. People don’t ask me a
lot of questions about things that I’m not
knowledgable in so I think all of us when we have
a depth of knowledge of something can think
things are stupid because we know them well and others don’t. Stupids an ugly word by the
way, I hate that God damn word. The energy of the question
is there’s a human that decides if it’s
stupid or not and I think the politically correct
answer to this question is no, you learn from it
or in all that and I’m into being PC, I think,
you know I’m sure some of the homies
here thought I would go that route with this
answer but not India but DRock maybe,
he get’s tricked sometimes. And so that’s that guys, yes
there are stupid questions. This question’s (beep) amazing, go ahead.

“Gary, how can I prevent angel investors “interested in investing in my enterprise “from potentially stealing our IP?” – Christopher, this is
a really interesting Monday morning show. Christopher, this is also a shit question. Ideas are shit, execution’s the game. People walk around going, “Gary, please sign this NDA
before I pitch you my idea as an angel investor.” Let me reenact it. India, I’ll get to that later, let me just catch up on my email. “Hey, Gary, I’m a really big fan and you’re the best guy I’ve ever met. Anyway, listen I’ve
got this big time idea. But before I pitch it to you, please see the following attachment and sign the NDA because I
just can’t let you see it. I don’t want it stolen.” Great, delete. Out of (bleep) business. If you literally think
in 2015 that your idea is so profound that
nobody’s ever thought of it, that when I sit with you and I pitch I go, you’re a dope, but
I’m gonna take this idea and give it to somebody else, you are lost in the
reality of the marketplace. Again, if that is where
your mindset is at, I just don’t see that as a winning mindset for 2015 and beyond. The days of patent or idea IP, every idea has been thought about. There is nobody who has come
up with a big time idea. I’m telling you, every idea
has been thought about. All of them, every one of them. People executing, or having the pieces in
place to be able to execute, or the right time in their career, the right resources financially, energy, skills, opportunities, those are the variables. Not the ideas.

” I have an app idea,
with my target market “willing to test it. “But I need to create an app
and I’m not a programmer. “Any advice?” – Jared, this question pisses me off because I’m asked this all the time. I probably get about 30,
40 of these emails a week. I’m not sure if you’re
trying to get on the show, or if you really mean it. This seems like the simplest
thing to do in the world. I mean, Meetup.com has 800
different developer meet ups. And if you want it bad enough,
you go to the closest one, even if it’s 75 miles away. There’s just 8,000 communities
of developers out there. Literally, when I get an
email from somebody saying, “Hey, Gary, I’ve got the next big idea, but I need a developer,” literally, immediately I go like this. I read it. I’m checking my…let’s reenact it. Oh, let me just catch up on my, DRock I’ll do that later, let me just read. Oh, let me check some emails. Hey Gary, love the show, you’re the best person I’ve ever met. Oh, by the way, I’ve got a big time idea except I need a developer. Out of (bleep) business. If you are not capable, if you’re not capable of finding your business partner developer, then how in the world are
you going to win in business? Ideas are shit, execution’s
the game, let’s move on. – [India] From Shady Giorgio.

– [Voiceover] Kelton asks,
“What would be the best way “to sample healthy energy
drinks out to 1000 people “by the end of the year?” – Kelton, I took this question
because I want to give you a shout out and give you
exposure to my audience, because I appreciate your hustle. On the flip side, your question is crap. Let me explain. To get 1000 people to try your
energy drink, I don’t know, just go to a crowded place
outside and start pouring. I would have a thousand
people try my energy drink literally within eight hours on a Saturday by going to Central Park. And maybe you live in some rural area, so get your ass into a car or a train and find a crap load of people. Get a goddamn stand and pour
to a bunch of little cups and you’ll hit your
thousand in eight hours. Shit question.

This is The #AskGaryVee Show. Ishmael, great question.
Not really, actually. I think it’s a very
below average question. I wouldn’t answer it unless
I thought your talent was so awesome, I basically
am answering this question strictly for two reasons.
One, you’ve been a hardcore part of my community for
the last nine, 10, 12 months at least. And two, that was
really rad. I love that video and I’m hoping people who
are watching this show might hit you up and have you
do something for 500 bucks for them, I think we should maybe
even use him for something. Nonetheless, yeah. I don’t know. Question of the day. What
is your Snapchat username?

“Who would you recommend
pitching an app idea to? “What steps would you recommend?” – Jamie, this is an awkward question. Let’s get an awkward alert here. (bell sound) I don’t know what you’re
gonna come up with, guys, (laughter) but I’m excited to see it. On my awkward alert, I don’t
even know what this means. I mean, this is such a basic question. I don’t know why Steve loves this. He was like, “I love this question.” I don’t love this question,
meaning, I don’t know? Who do you recommend pitching an app to? Well, first, if you need money, you pitch it to money
people: angel investors, VCs. If you need press to get
awareness because now you’re out, you pitch it to the media and press opportunities, influencers. (laughs) Listen, we know how much I love
the reverse engineer thing. Actually, I want to make
this crazy link up episode. Link, don’t we have like four? This is gonna take you a
while to get up, DRock. The Cyber Monday wine is
gonna be completely sold out by the time this episode gets up. (laughs) Let’s put up the reverse
engineer hoodie specifically, because that’s the one
I rock, to the page. Who do you pitch it to? Whoever you need at that moment. Everything you do in business life needs to be really strategic, meaning it’s gotta make sense. Who do you pitch an app to? You have an idea but you can’t code or
create an app for crap, so you need to pitch a
co-founder or a dev shop that you don’t want to
charge you a lot of money to actually build it. Then you need money. I
already answered that. Then you need to get it out
there. I already answered that. Then you need to sell it, so then you pitch your
app to a strategic buyer. This is a very, very, and I don’t wanna pick on you. This is more … Show Steve. This is more on, more on– – Can I defend myself?
– [Gary] Yes. – Okay, you were just on Seth Meyers because you invested in Delectable. So, if somebody thinks, “Well, gee, have a really cool app idea. “Gary invested in apps.” I think that would be why
they would ask the question. Right? How did Delectable
come to your attention? – A VC pitched Phil, who vets my deals. It’s obviously in the wine
space, so it came with context. Steve is saving himself
and it’s pissing me off, (someone laughs) so I’ll answer this. It’s very strategic to
understand ones history to predict their future. Obviously coming from the wine world made me more susceptible to
be interested in Delectable. That’s the real answer. (exhales loudly)

and I was actually born in
Russia like you were as a baby. I’m 14 years old, and here’s my question. I wanna be an entrepreneur
when I get older, but I don’t know where to start. Like, what actions should I
be taking right now as a kid? Thanks. – B, listen to me. First and foremost, by
asking this question and knowing what The #AskGaryVee Show is, you’re putting yourself in a
position to be an entrepreneur. I like that. What I don’t like is the question because what you should know if you’re a purebred entrepreneur, so wanting to be an entrepreneur versus being an entrepreneur are
two very different things, and I have no interest
in giving the medicine to a 14-year-old, especially
’cause I gave the medicine to a 14-year-old Steeler’s fan yesterday, and it wasn’t pretty
and I’m not proud of it. On this show is probably the
second most competitive place I live in, and so what I
want to tell you is this. Look, if I were you, I would sell that Under Armour sweatshirt
that you’re wearing in the video to some other
kid in the neighborhood. I would go back in the woods
in the video that you just had and find some rocks and sell
’em to some nine-year-old girl. That’s what I did. I was that raw. Now, we’re not all the same. What I’m trying to tell you is the best way to become something
is to act like something. So, you wanna be an entrepreneur? Start acting like one, meaning start a business,
start selling things. Both will work, or find a mentor. Find the 18, 19, 20,
21-year-old kind of entrepreneur in your neighborhood and
start helping her or him out for free just to learn the
hustle, to taste the game. You’ve gotta put yourself in the position. There’s no reading about entrepreneurship. There was a question today that
came through for #AskGaryVee that said, “Gary, name the first, “name the four best business
books you’ve read this year.” And I laughed my ass off because I don’t think I’ve read
four books in my life, and definitely not four business books, and so there’s no reading, my man. There’s doing, and so sell
the shirt off your back. – [Voiceover] TJ asks, “As
a fellow son of immigrants,

– [Voiceover] Chase asks,
“How can you stand out “on LinkedIn with all the chatter from “the “social media
gurus” that are spamming “everyone’s feed?” – Chase, I took this question because I need to razz you and everybody else who asks a question like this, but I want you to know that I love you and I apologize. This is a loser question. If you’re worried about everybody else, you’re not worried about yourself and that’s the bottom line. It is stunning how little
I know about anything else, except my world and you guys. Period, end of story. I don’t know how everybody
else’s podcast is doing, I don’t, I’m not listen
to anybody else’s podcast or video show or anything else. I’m aware, I know that
I’m between 60 and 80 on the podcast ratings, but I don’t look at
Tim Ferriss who’s higher or somebody else, I listen to it and try to figure it out. I focus on my stuff. Way too many people cry, “Oh, these social media
gurus are so loud.” Their loud but if they don’t have depth they’re going to weed themselves out and so if you spend one minute looking at what anybody else is doing versus spending all your time
about what is your audience care about and how are they
reacting to your stuff, you know what I spend my hour on? When I’m like winding down. Instead of looking at
who’s ratings are higher and then trying to copy their moves or complain that they’re putting out shows longer or better or different things or get guests or this and that. Instead of focusing on their context and their competitive advantages or what they’re doing well. What I do, is I read my comments. That’s what I do, because I really care about
what you guys are saying about this show. Where the value prop is, what your opinion on the website is, what your opinion about chugging is, what your opinion about banter is, because that’s how I’m collectively trying to make this show better. I’m focusing on the people
that give a crap about this and so, instead of worrying about what everybody else is doing, I don’t… It’s crazy and I think you
can see my energy on this. I know this is a huge, huge, you know, in lieu of the marathon coming
to New York this weekend, I am not a runner who looks around me. I’m like straight ahead. That analogy that people
use, that’s not my analogy. I have a lot of my own. Oh, by the way. We have the reverse engineer shirt, right, let’s link that up. That’s up. Did I blow it? You put it on TeePublic and it only has like 72
hours where it’s 14 dollars then it goes to 22. – [Steve] That’s right. – So we need to like…
I need put it… – [Steve] You got it. – Do I have a BSU? Can I post it? I need to put… I’m going
post this on Facebook, it’s already up by the time you watch this because DRock’s got some editing to do. Drock, did I ruin your Halloween, did we start to late here, like what time’s this going to be done? [DRock] You’re fine. Okay. My friends, stop paying
attention to everybody else. Who gives a (beep)! I need a lot of beeps in this episode because I want to keep
it clean for the podcast. Who gives a crap, what every
other social media guru and expert, if they’re attracting an audience, maybe they’re doing something right. It’s not up to you to decide
that they’re a fluffy, crappy guru and they don’t deserve it. Clearly, they’re hustling
and putting out stuff and clearly they’ll stay. Don’t forget, I’ve been around since 06 under this kind of monarchy and this is the interesting thing, there’s a lot of people
that were the social media technology gurus in 2007, eight and nine, that you’ve never heard of. They come and go if
they’re not good enough, and if they’re good enough they stay. – [Voiceover] Kahlil says, “Sup?”