Players on the University of Alabama’s football team heard from a special motivational speaker on Wednesday as they continue to prepare for their opening game against Louisville on September 1.
Gary Vaynerchuk, a renowned entrepreneur who was named to Fortune’s Forty Under Forty in 2014, shared powerful lessons from his life and his key to success.
You can watch a clip of the speech below.
Knowledge! @garyvee
Thanks for the amazing speech.#OutworkYesterday#Rolltide pic.twitter.com/44ZKJrDotC— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) August 8, 2018
Vaynerchuk is a self-made tycoon who grew his family business’ sales to $60 million annually while he was still in college. Now with 800 employees of his own scattered around the world, he is a mentor to young people across the nation.
He is also a five-time New York Times best selling author and has always had a keen sense for business.
As a kid, he cut the flowers in his neighbors’ yard and sold them back to those same neighbors at a profit. Additionally, he ran a lemonade stand and made thousands of dollars in one weekend peddling baseball cards as a teenager.
Sean Ross is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
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