My First Million
My First Million

How Gary Vee runs 7 businesses

May 19, 2026 · 51 min

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Episode 826: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with Gary Vee.

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Show Notes:

() Intro

() Nick Dio, VP of friendships

() How to invest $1M on yourself

() being long term greedy

() Gary breaks down his companies and revenue

() day in the life of Gary v

() breaking down the 15-minute meeting

() eat shit and firefight

() picking projects

() 5-year bets gary is making

() missed fat pitches

() vetting shady people

() Mimetic rivals

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Links:

• https://vaynersports.com/

• https://www.vaynerwatt.com/

• https://winelibrary.com/

• https://empathywines.com/

• https://resy.com/

• https://vcrgroup.com/

• https://vaynerx.com/

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