► Subscribe to Gary's Channel Here - http://bit.ly/GaryVeeSubscribe #QOTD: Tell me your startup story. #TIMESTAMPS: 5:15 - How does a startup know when to add staff? What positions are most critical to line up first? 8:03 - What are 2 or 3 things that makes one pitch stand out from all the other ones? 11:25 - Ideas alone can only get you so far, but once you've gotten off the ground, what does an investor need to see to invest in a startup? 13:19 - For an early stage startup that just received 500K, 600K or 1 million dollars in capital, what are the critical things they should be looking to address? 16:19 - When assessing the scalability of a company, what are the things you look for? 19:43 - It seems like emerging startup markets are becoming increasingly viable. What are cities like Buffalo doing right? #LINKS: Contest Info Link: http://www.43north.org/competition/ Video submissions: Painless1099 - https://painless1099.com/ Plum - http://plum.io/ Energy Intelligence - http://energyintel.us/ -- Gary Vaynerchuk builds businesses. Fresh out of college he took his family wine business and grew it from a $3M to a $60M business in just five years. Now he runs VaynerMedia, one of the world's hottest digital agencies. Along the way he became a prolific angel investor and venture capitalist, investing in companies like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Uber, and Birchbox before eventually co-founding VaynerRSE, a $25M angel fund. The #AskGaryVee Show is Gary's way of providing as much value value as possible by taking your questions about social media, entrepreneurship, startups, and family businesses and giving you his answers based on a lifetime of building successful, multi-million dollar companies. Gary is also a prolific public speaker, delivering keynotes at events like Le Web, and SXSW, which you can watch right here on this channel. Find Gary here: Website: http://garyvaynerchuk.com Wine Library: http://winelibrary.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/gary Snapchat: garyvee Twitter: http://twitter.com/garyvee Instagram: http://instagram.com/garyvee Medium: http://medium.com/@garyvee