Gary Vay-ner-chuck
While I would not go to the point of saying he is my hero, Gary Vaynerchuck has been a great person to follow and learn from. A very successful traditional businessman, he is also a best selling author of Crush It and a massively accomplished web entrepreneur/social media maverick. As I learn and dive into the new world of social media, Gary has been a guiding light. He doesn't focus on SEO, web analytics, adwords or all the little details that go into maintaining social netoworks. Instead his absolute focus and teaching is on giving a shit; giving a shit about blog readers, customers, friends, twitter followers, etc, whether or not you have one of them or a half million (like him). In the numerous posts and keynotes I have seen of his, this is the message he drives home and I believe it is a message that can be applied in many areas of life, not just the web. By passionately caring about something or someone, we can start a movement.
Anyways, I'm not interested in writing a biography on him but I just wanted to share someone who has had a great influence on me and I encourage you to check him out at his site.
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