Gary Vee's Creative Director David Rock: Defining Hustle For The Next Generation | The Sagnik Show

David Rock aka Drock is the creative genius behind Gary Vaynerchuk's success on YouTube and social media. I wanted to find out how he went from freelancing out of his sister's basement to running the show for one of the best marketers of the internet era.

Show Notes:

0:00 Intro

0:15 Freelancing From A Basement

6:08 Cold DMing Gary

8:35 Test Project

11:10 Come Work For Me?

12:25 Frugality

15:47 Daily Vee & Ask Gary Vee

18:12 Let's Vlog!

20:55 The Aha Moment

22:52 Shop Talk

26:00 Putting in the time

28:13 Tyler Babin

30:31 Going Independent?

34:30 Creativity In Numbers

40:25 Education For Creative Kids

42:00 Creating For Different Platforms

44:27 Burnout

47:24 Anti-Hustle Culture

50:05 Drock Is Writing A Book!

52:25 The Impact Of Creating

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