Serial entrepreneur, early Facebook/Twitter believer; owns VaynerMedia (agency), VaynerSports (agency), V Friends (collectibles IP); invested in MLP pickleball (32x), slamball, whiffle ball, sailing league; predicts collectibles replace stocks/art for next gen.
no scored calls yet — needs a stated position or a categorical verdict, with a matured window vs SPY
Gary Vaynerchuk is building 'the next Disney/Pokemon/Marvel' called Be Friends, betting that collectibles will become a major lifestyle genre and marketing strategy for Fortune 500 companies.
Gary invested pre-COVID in MLP team at $500K; teams now trade at $16M; thesis: pickle highlights overindexed on social media, creating watchability and collectible demand (Anna Lee Waters rookie autos $5-8K); female star outperforms men, driving unique cultural narrative.
Gary Vaynerchuk claims collectibles are eating pop culture oxygen from stocks and contemporary art; predicts every Fortune 500 consumable brand will have collectibles marketing strategy in 10 years; V Friends aims to be the next Disney/Pokemon/Marvel, leveraging community and analog scarcity in AI abundance era.