Why I Paid $2,700 for a 5-Minute FaceTime Call With Gary Vaynerchuk
What might seem crazy to others might be the right move for you.
Yes, it is really true that I paid $2,700 to spend 5 minutes with serial entrepreneur and prolific content creator Gary Vaynerchuk (Gary V) on a FaceTime call.
Yes, that’s $540 per minute.
Yes, a lot of people think it’s ridiculous, stupid, and overvalued [insert how your word of choice, here].
If you want to read some of those comments yourself here’s the LinkedIn thread and here’s the Twitter thread where I asked readers for their feedback on that price point.
Little did they know, I’ve interacted with Gary V before and was able to calculate my historical ROI per 5 minutes of interaction with him, which I’m going to break down in this article.
More importantly, the journey I took of going from a product manager who hated his job and couldn’t get promoted to becoming a freelance writer, profitable blog owner, and eventual co-founder of a 7-figure start-up was in large part because of the interactions I had with someone more established.
It may seem crazy to shell out $9 per second for anyone, but if you’re thinking about ways to level up the success and happiness in your…
