– [Archana] Hi, Gary,
– [Gary] Hey! – My name is Archana, and
I’m a relatively new follower but I love your work, thank you so much. – Thank you so much. – I’m the founder of a company
called Happy Heart Kid and it focuses on making activity kits for teaching kids different values. – I love it. – And one of the things we say is that entreprenaurs need a lot patience. – Yes. – And then the second
thing is that you know, whatever it is you can
market a shit product. – Yes! – I just started this company
and it’s relatively new. so I’m kind of stuck
between those two positions I actually got samples for you here. – Thank you. – And I was wondering if you
want to try it with Misha cause it’s perfect for her age and I also know that you
have invested in a company that is very similar. – How similar?
– [Archana] Faithbox. – Because if it’s competitive
to something I’ve invested in I want you out of business. (audience laughs) – [Archana] (mumbling) – Got it, got it. So, yeah, look, first
I have to text the CEO of Misha’s activities
named Lizzie Vaynerchuk I know my role, but of course,
I’d love to check it out I’m thrilled and thank you
and I appreciate the hustle which is the biggest reason
I’ll probably check it out. And so is there a question there or were you pitching your product? – [Archana] I was actually,
I brought it here to try and give it to you, I know that you are going to another event but kind of wanted to make
sure it gets to your house so you can try it. – Yeah, you’re really getting
into very granular terms. (audience laughs) – (mumbling) be able to see me, but I’m actually holding it up. – I appreciate it, I’m sure everybody who is watching this can see it and so, I think, yeah, I’ll
definitely get it home. I appreciate the hustle, I love the pitch and I’m going to the Mets game tonight for a business meeting as some of you know and I’ll definitely get
it home, don’t worry. I’ll give it to Stunwin
cause that makes me laugh. All right, let’s move on. (audience laughs)

– Oh, hi, how you doing, Gary? – I’m from Edison, New
Jersey, your hometown. – I love that, what’s your name, bro? – My name is Alex Romero. – I love it.
– [Alex] I’m an app developer. I’m currently working
on an app called Haptap which is for happy hours. – Okay. – But the big question I have for you is more related to billboard marketing. Are you behind the Tom hashtag Tom Shady? You’re a fuckin’ genius. – I wish I could take credit for that Tom Brady hazing
billboard, but I’m not. But thank you so much for
bringing up that question so that we were able to
talk about it here today. I want the loudest claps for that, man, except for the two Patriot fans here. (audience cheering)

– We need to get this guy into the office. What’s he asking? – Pizza. – What’s that? – Pizza, what’s the best pizza? – [Voiceover] Hey Gary, what’s
a good place to get pizza? – What’s his name? – Aeson. – He’s so cute. (laughs) – Look on the computer. – All right. Clearly the VaynerNation is
falling in love with Aeson, like who cares about Gary? It’s all about Aeson. Aeson. I got some good news for
you, and bad news, my man. First of all, you’re adorable. Second of all, you should
be Xander’s friend. Third of all, if you
become Mischa’s friend, she’s gonna boss you around,
so stick with Xander. Fourth of all, Mike doesn’t
let me eat pizza anymore, so I have no goddamn idea.

?Do you ever have dreams at
night about your business?” – Dr. Laurie (laughs). I think I’ve had too– I mean, I dream about
business all the time. Even though I go to sleep and I’m like, okay dream about Jets Superbowl
and in like two seconds I’m like in a meeting
with Stunwin, you know. (laughs) Not as much as I am. (laughs) I dream about business all the time. And then I dream about all sorts of stuff but I don’t recall most of my dreams. I’m not sure what percentage
of dreams I can recall. What percentage of your dreams do you think you recall, Steve? – 25% maybe, not a lot. – [Gary] India? – More like 5%. – [Gary] Staphon? – [Voiceover] 2 1/2% percent (laughs) – [Gary] DRock? – [Voiceover] Same, two. – By the way, I think all
four numbers are grossly high. I think if you net, net the game out, I bet you it’s like .00 something. If you think about how many dreams you probably have in a night. Oh, I bet you there’s– Google it up somebody, real quick. I bet you the number’s insane. And then if you think about
how many nights you sleep, you know, all of them. I think you’re gonna be far,
far, far pressed to get to 25%. – [DRock] About a hundred, you know a hundred something dreams. – What’s your first Google result? – [India] Some people dream at least four to six times per night. – Great. – All right, so maybe a little– (laughs) – Concept. – [Steve] I can be dreamer, that’s fine. – He’s a dreamer, folks. – [Voiceover] Fwarg asks,
“How can the communications

“You’ve repeatedly mentioned your love of root beer over the years,
why root beer specifically? Any we should give a whirl?” – You know I grew up a huge root beer fan. The flavor just hit me right. I grew up drinking coke
and root beer heavily, really grew up on soda,
which is why it was so hard to siphon off of it. It’s crazy, I’m about
to hit a one year mark of not drinking any soda,
which is insane to me. Yeah, I actually pulled up a list, because I wasn’t recalling what I love. But here’s some of the ones I’ve- I mean, Henry Weinhard’s is incredible, like just incredible root beer. I’m also a very, very, very big fan- where is it here, I’ve already
forgot, of Hosmer Mountain. Big fan of that, it’s in Connecticut. You were shaking your head, you know that? – [India] No I’ve just heard of it. – Got it, cool. Pirate’s Keg root beer,
which is in Rochester. Love that, huge fan. Thomas Kemper, I’ve drank
a lot of that root beer. Huge, huge, huge fan of that. Virgil’s is a good one that I think a lot of people can find, but
more like an entry-level out of that group. And, that’s it. So there’s a couple of root
beers for you guys to try.

“What should I get my
mom for Mother’s Day?” – Corey, I think the big
strategy for Mother’s Day 2015 is for people that are
watching the show to recognize a lot of their moms are on Pinterest, and that they should go to
their mom’s Pinterest board and see what mama has been pinning and buy her something from there, and so if you’re not
lucky enough to have that, where your mama is pinning,
then I would highly recommend looking at her social media and looking at what she’s tweeting or Facebooking, which will not be as good as Pinterest, but you might find the
diamond in the rough, and then, if you can’t do that, the move that so many don’t do that I highly recommend for
you and the VaynerNation, is to randomly call
your mom’s best friend, the one that you might have
not talked to in a long time, or it might be your aunt that
you only talk to once a year to wish a happy birthday
or whoever it may be, and ask her what, or him,
what you should buy your mom, because friends know, and I
think that would be thoughtful. I think putting in the effort
to try to really buy your mom something she wants for
Mother’s Day is the move. I feel like I’ve inspired three or four of you,
because that’s about as high as I think this will go,
but that makes me happy, because three to four of your moms are gonna have a better Mother’s Day because of the #AskGaryVee Show.

asked a very important question of “Star Wars or Star Trek?” – Green Stripes Auto, I am way, I mean, I don’t like Star Trek at all, and Star Wars is the only
thing that I like in Sci-Fi. I love the story; I grew up on it. Empire Strikes back, 1981, 82. What was I, five? 81, right, it was in 80. Movie came out 81, the toys. I think for my sixth birthday, with Misha’s sixth birthday coming up at the end of the month,
this is kind of an emotional nice thing to think about. Which is insane. My parents bought me two Star Wars figures for my sixth birthday; I’m pretty firm that that’s when it was. And I remember completely being blown away because we didn’t spend money on toys. We were fairly poor still,
grinding, trying to make our way. And I remember being stunned that they were willing to
buy me two action figures. It was a big deal for me. Star Wars was a big part of my six, seven, eight year old culture. They were my first, kind of,
toys that we could afford. I was a really, kind of, chaotic kid, so I’d lose the lightsabers immediately. I was in toothpick culture. Immediately, I used to have to use toothpicks as lightsabers. I’m a big fan. Return of the Jedi was something
I was really amped up for because, and we moved to
Edison, I had friends. 84, super pumped, opening night, midnight for when it came back. I’m not even mad at Jar-Jar Binks. Whatever, Binks, and then so, I’ve been into it, I’m into the story. I will definitely go Christmas
day to see the new one. And I don’t like Star Trek at all. I never watched any of the movies. I’ve collected some of
the toys and flipped ’em. But that’s just that Ebay-culture. But I’ve never liked that stuff. I don’t like Star Trek at all. I dislike you, Star Trek, I’m sorry. And that’s that, question of the day.

– [Voiceover] CJ asks, “What’s
your favorite airport?” – CJ, this is a great question. My favorite airports are
always like small ones like in Des Moines, or like,
you know, which I’ve been to. Or you know, where is that,
you know, South something. Somewhere in Greenville, South Carolina. You know, Montana, some
of the places I’ve done, Arkansas, some of the stuff I’ve done, Chattanooga, Tennessee. You know, the airports you walk in, oh when we had Green Mountain Coffee as a client, the Vermont airport. I mean, you know, the airports that you could literally roll up to and be at your gate within,
I don’t know, four minutes, with no pre-check. You know, I like those places. I also clearly feel very, I mean, Newark, JFK, and Laguardia have, and in some weird way
SFO, I know everything about LAX, SFO, LGA, JFK, and Newark. I know those airports, I
probably know the nuances of those airports better than I know the office of VaynerMedia. They’ve become my home. Big shout out to Johnny at LGA. I mean, these people
have become my friends. It’s really quite sad,
like I almost feel like they’re breaking TSA rules,
like they don’t even need to check my ID, they’re like, “Hey Gary.” I’m like, “Hey.” You know, like it’s, you know, so I, the really sad
answer to this question, the actual real authentic
sad answer to this question is all of them. The coziness that I feel at an airport is disturbing at best.

– Gary, since the robots
seem to be taking over in about five years, where do you see the role of mankind in an economy where physical productivity isn’t really even an issue any more? – David, the robots are not
taking over in five years. Not even close. The robots may take over in 55 years. And so since that’s so far out, I can’t wrap my head around it. But if the robots take over, I’ve got to be really
dead honest with you. I’m not worried about the productivity. I’m scared crapless that
the robots took over. – Hey Gary, it’s DJ Vallauri
from Lodging Interactive.

– Hey Gary, Mottel from Twitter
here and I wanted to ask you I have a kosher Latin food
truck at South by Southwest. How can I best promote it? And how can I get you to
stop by for a free taste of some of our great kosher Latin food? See you in Austin. – You know, the best way
you could promote it is to get on the #AskGaryVee Show, check. Can I stop by, yes, check. It’s double check, M! – Gary, since the robots
seem to be taking over