Old-School Thinking is Killing Your Business – Here’s How to Fix It | GaryVee Q&A

The GaryVee Audio Experience

Gary Vaynerchuk

Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 18.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

If you're in business and avoiding technology, you're in trouble. In this episode, I dive into why contractors—especially roofers—need to stop resisting tech and embrace the tools that will keep them competitive.

I break down:✅ The brutal truth about technology in business
✅ How to overcome resistance to change and get your team on board
✅ The real way to use social media for local business growth
✅ Why brand beats sales (and how to build yours)
✅ The one video every roofer should make today

If you're still thinking old-school marketing is enough, this one's for you. Let’s get to work! 🚀

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is the Gary V. Audio Experience.
0:04.0	If you're a business owner or work at a company that could benefit from AI, then this is the
0:09.0	episode for you.
0:10.0	Today, Gary is speaking at the Roofing Process Conference, the premier event for roofing
0:14.5	professionals to learn, network, and elevate their business.
0:18.0	In this fireside chat, Gary is joined by CEO and founder of Rilla, Sebastian
0:22.0	Jimenez, and serial entrepreneur Lance Bachman. You'll hear him break down the truth about why
0:26.6	AI and social media marketing aren't optional anymore in 2025. He lays out exactly how to adapt,
0:32.7	get your team on board, and shares the consequences of what not changing with the times are.
0:37.2	What you're about to hear right now is what Gary's response would be to someone who just
0:40.6	doesn't like technology and isn't interested in using it in their day-to-day work.
0:45.1	I get you. I was the same way. I grew up a business kid. I liked selling lemonade and sports
0:51.2	cards and then wanted to build a big business for my dad's liquor store.
0:55.7	And when I was 18 and dreamed about doing that, I thought I was going to open up first
1:01.0	10 liquor stores in New Jersey and then 10 liquor stores in New York and then Florida.
1:06.5	And then I was in a dorm room and I heard co coo, coo, and I saw this internet thing,
1:11.9	I'm like, fuck.
1:13.3	Like, I'm gonna have to learn this.
1:15.1	Like, I got an F, F, in typing class
1:19.6	in my sophomore year of high school
1:21.4	because I'm like, I'm never gonna type
1:23.0	on a fucking computer.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -20 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Gary Vaynerchuk, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Gary Vaynerchuk and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.