GaryVee the month I met him, October 2007; photo by Erik Kastner

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   Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 23:08:04 JST Richard MacManus

   In the latest post in my Web 2.0 memoir, I reflect on the beginnings of "hustle culture." I met Gary Vaynerchuk in Oct 2007, early in his story arc of becoming GaryVee the social media star. Gary had even become a Read/WriteWeb sponsor earlier in 2007, probably to grease the wheels with the insider networks of Silicon Valley — being on RWW helped legitimize him in the tech industry. And it worked! Unfortunately, over time it evolved into 'tech bro' culture in the 2010s. https://cybercultural.com/p/024-readwriteweb-key-hire-hustle-culture/