Gary Vaynerchuk – Keys to Being Successful in Business

Some of you may have seen this posted on John Chow’s blog earlier, but for those of you who didn’t I wanted to post it here…in my opinion this should be required viewing for any business owner or for those wanting to start a business.

This is from a keynote speech by Gary Vaynerchuk at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York. And while this speech is geared to internet brand building, and social media, the concepts he outlines can be applied to any business, in any industry.

Some key takeaways from this for me were:

Don’t waste one second of your life on things you hate, life is too short for that
Have patience, businesses can build slowly, good things take time
Really care about your customers…and mean it!
Do the little things, do them well, and consistently
Build a community, not just a business
Keep “hustling”, and work hard to build your business
If you are not 100% into what you’re doing people will sense that and you’re likely to fail
You have to do what you love, if you love it you will win!
Focus on complete transparency with your business