The Best Things to do When Starting a Business | Q&A

The GaryVee Audio Experience

Gary Vaynerchuk

Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 18.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

🔥 How to Start a Business (Even If You Think You Can’t)

Starting a business? You need to hear this. In this episode, I break down the best way to start—from working for someone in your industry to making sure you actually like what you're doing. Trust me, if you're only in it for the money, you're going to quit.

We also dive into:
✅ Why procrastination is actually a sign you’re in the wrong game
✅ The REAL reason businesses fail (it’s not marketing)
✅ AI fears vs. AI opportunities (HUGE perspective shift)
✅ How I deal with burnout—and the one thing I wish for every young person
✅ Why failing in business is actually a good thing

Plus, I get real about the hustle mindset, making money young, and how to actually shift your perspective to stop feeling stuck.

🎧 Hit play and let’s get into it!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is the GaryVee Audio Experience.
0:05.0	I think the best thing to do when you're starting a business is two things.
0:10.0	One, work a job for someone that's already in that business because they're going to pay you to learn.
0:18.0	Even if it's a shitty job, even if you're getting very little, if you go work
0:22.4	for somebody for a year that's in the general idea, do you have your business idea?
0:27.6	Not yet. Not yet. So I think first you have to start a business without an idea is crazy.
0:36.6	That's like driving with your eyes closed. So first try to To start a business without an idea is crazy.
0:37.5	That's like driving with your eyes closed.
0:40.6	So first try to figure out, but if you,
0:42.7	but if a lot of you are trying to think about
0:44.7	starting a business, I would highly recommend
0:47.5	starting with something you like.
0:49.8	So if you like sneakers, sneaker business.
0:52.4	If you like music, music business. If you like cooking, cooking, business. If you like music, music business.
0:54.2	If you like cooking, cooking, like, do business as hard as shit.
1:00.9	Like don't let entrepreneurs on Instagram confuse you.
1:03.9	It's hard.
1:05.8	So if you're gonna do something hard,
1:08.0	you might as well like it.
1:10.3	If you like it, you might actually do it for 12 hours a day.
1:13.0	If you're doing it just for the money, you will quit.
1:16.4	So first do something around something you like,
	...

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