VeeFam Sessions

For episode #040, I chat with comedian and content creator, Sean Millea. Throughout our conversation, Sean and I chat about his time working with GaryVee, why he left, life as a stand-up comedian, and about the time he pranked Beeple at Veecon in 2022. Sean is a genuinely funny and great dude. I hope you enjoy the conversation. Recording Date: 6/23/23 Follow VeeFam Sessions: ⁠https://linktr.ee/vee...

In episode #039, we chat with VeeFriends OG, and Co-Founder of "To The Moon Cards," Jason "IJayRob" Roberts. After its release in 2022, Jay was the first person to collect a full set of 235 Series 1 VeeFriends Zerocool cards. Jay is a loyal, generous, and active community member who is constantly educating the community on VeeFriends cards in the VeeFriends Discord and on his l...

For episode #038, I chat with JJ "Saugy" Saugstad, also known as "Saugy." After following Gary for years and feeling the positive impact of the flip life, Saugy stumbled into a Fanatics Live stream in October 2023. Not knowing a thing about VeeFriends, Saugy bought his first Series 2 box on Ebay on positive energy, intuition, and conviction in Gary. Roughly a month later, Saugy...

For episode #37, I chat with the Head of Community for VeeFriends, the one and only Mr. Daniel Donayre. During our conversation, we chat about Daniel’s origin into crypto and VeeFriends, and how consuming Gary’s content brought him closer to his father. What it was like winning a GOO (GO) Gratitude Gorilla in the Discord, why he chose to apply for VeeFriends from the hospital after the birth of hi...

For episode #36, I chat with VeeFriends content creator, writer, AI enthusiast, and day one minter, Ezra Fuller. During our conversation, the BC/GG holder and I chat about how an unsuspecting co-worker jump started his journey into crypto, content creation, and the Garyverse, What it was like to achieve the ultimate goal of working for GaryVee after only a handful of years after seeing the mission...

In episode #035 , I chat with brothers, VeeFriends, and business owners, Ben & Sam Harbuck ( @ibenkind & @wh1skyjak.) Throughout our conversation we chat about being homeschooled, who got who into @GaryVee, which ultimately landed them both deep in the @VeeFriends community. We also chat about why they ended up creating @VeeFriendsCards content and the unique way they handled getting scamm...

For episode 34, I chat with commercial real estate agent, content creator, and VeeFriend, Aviva Sonenreich. Throughout the course of our deep dive, the Gift Goat holder and I chat about her content creation journey and how she reached 1 million followers on TikTok. She also shares how Gary's content changed the course of her business and life, why she was so quick to jump into VeeFriends on Da...

For episode 33, I chat with one of the most recognizable people in the Veefriends community, the Brave Bison himself, Mr. Josh Courage. Josh is an OG holder of the Bison and this past year, he paved his way into becoming one of the pillars of the VeeFriends cards community by greenlighting his own Twitch stream he calls, the Courage Show. The stream which began as a place to highlight Veefriends c...

There's a very select group of people in the VeeFriends community that are instantly recognized when you say their first name. For episode 29, I chat with one a very special person is in that group. Katie aka Teacher96 is an OG Faithful Pheasant and is likely your favorite VeeFriend's, favorite VeeFriend. This episode, recorded back in June of 2023 is a true relaxed informal conversation....

For episode 32 , I chat with Veefriends Designer, Mikey Caloca. Mikey is responsible for many of the graphics and assets that we’ve seen at Veecon, on apparel, in social media, and most recently, the wildly popular Halloween Pin boxes. After getting into designing back in 2020, Mikey hustled working for content creators for free which helped him land a job at One37pm. In 2022, Mikey left his post...

For episode 31, I chat with all-time reseller & YouTube creator, Mike Rezendes, better known as Reezy Resells. Reezy started hustling and flipping from an early age to make it and then one day he came across a book called, CRUSH IT by a Gary Vaynerchuk. After initially dismissing it, Reezy not only consumed the book in a day, but executed on the books premise. Now, hundreds of videos and 470k...

For episode 30, I bring back one of the pillars of our community and one of the hardest working Wombats behind the scenes at Veefriends, Mr. Nick Corso. This conversation was recorded back in July 2023, just as Veefriends Cards "Cardboard Summer" was really starting to heat up. During our chat, the Legendary Lemur and I discuss Veecon 2023, the card community, how he and the team handle negativity...

For episode 28, I chat with Twitch streamer, card collector, entrepreneur, and OG Veefriend, Mr. Tom TGer. In the spring of 2023, Tom started the TGer Collector's Corner Twitch Channel for members of the Veefriends Card Community to gather for box breaks, battles, and conversation. Now only a few months into Tom hosting the party, his stream has become a pivotal part of the Veefriends Cards ec...

For episode 27, I chat with business powerhouse, advisor, founder, community member, and mom, Seema Alexander. After spending years as a brand strategist and advisor, Seema founded her own company, Disruptive CEO in 2014 to help founders and CEOs better strategize their plans and brands using her own UNIQUE method. Seema has been a holder and active community member since Day 1. She has been a pil...

For episode 26, I chat with Mike Hampton & Luke Fraser, founders of Bartbridge Clothing. After meeting Gary and getting a hat into his hands at Veecon 1 in May of 2022, less than one year later they are the first Veefriends collab to stem from the community. This past March, Series 1 holders of the 6 characters featured in the exclusive hat drop were given free hats, while Series 2 holders of...

For episode 25, I chat with one of the members of the original Veefriends Tech team, Cam Stewart. During our conversation, Cam shares the cool story of how tagging his friend Erik Zettersten in a Gary tweet started the domino effect of both of them working on the original Veefriends team, what they quoted Andy and the team to make the initial Veefriends website, Cam's biggest "oh shit&quo...

For episode 24, I chat with marketer, founder, and web3 personality, Ashley DCan. In our conversation, Ashley shares her journey into web3 and crypto, and the story of how she became the known as the "Titty Queen" of Twitter. Ashley also opens up about how her experience at Veecon has helped inspire her to rethink the content she puts out. Links:   Twitter: ⁠@AshleyDCan ⁠ Credits: Host:...

For episode 23, I chat with the one and only D-Rock. Mr. David Rock has been working for Gary Vaynerchuk since 2014 and in his time he was responsible for creating and executing some of your favorite GaryVee shows and videos including, but certainly not limited to, "Monday Morning Rant," "Clouds & Dirt," "Overrated, Underrated, and of course, "Daily Vee." Over the last 9 years, "DRock" the person...

For episode 22, I chat with someone who is a former assistant to both AJ & Gary Vaynerchuk. Currently he's the Office of the CEO at VaynerMedia, co-host of the CardTalkPod, and General Manager of ONE37pm. He is the one and only Tyler Schmitt. Tyler, who entered the Vayner universe more than 9 years ago as a community manager, shares about his early days at VaynerMedia, how he woke up at 4:30am...

For episode 21, I chat with Cypto Attorney and VeeFriends community member, Nicolle LaFosse.  I met Nicolle in Miami during this past Art Basel Week and loved her passion, energy, and kindness. During our convo, Nicolle shares her journey in becoming an attorney specializing in the web3 space and how she ended up in Veefriends land.  She is full of light, full of legal alpha, and someone that is w...

For episode 20, I chat with the host of the daily Web3Stoop Twitter Space, Ian Tyszka.  Ian and I talk about his origin story into the space, what inspired him to start the #veefriends helping #veefriends Twitter Space which has now known as the Web3Stoop, as well as many other topics. It was sincerely awesome  getting to know him more throughout the session. He is one of those genuine Veefriends...

For episode 19, I chat with the Community Success Lead of Veefriends, Nick Corso. Having prior experience in Discord, Corso found himself as one of the earliest volunteer mods in the Veefriends ecosystem in May of 2021 and eventually worked his way up the ladder becoming one of the most beloved and recognizable household names in the Veefam. During our conversation, Corso shares how he navigates b...

For episode 18, I chat with the President of VeeFriends, Andy Krainak. Andy who entered the Vayner universe back in 2013, where after tweeting at Gary, he ended up landing an internship at Vayner Media, and after working his way up to Brand Director for Gary, he eventually became Executive Vice President of Team GaryVee in 2021, before transitioning into his current role.  The Forever Phoenix...

For episode 17, I chat with NFT writer and fellow Veefriend, Alex Gomez. Alex runs a blog, CyberScrilla, where he develops hefty, yet digestible content on how to better understand the web3 and NFT space and is also writes for 137pm.  Alex's in-depth and value driven written content caught my eye and it was a pleasure getting to know him more. In our convo we chat about how he took a leap of...

For episode 16, I chat with 16-year-old Benjamin Wong. Ben, not old enough to check into his Veecon hotel is an entrepreneur, podcaster, public speaker, and humanitarian.  I had a fantastic time getting to know and chatting with Ben. During our episode, the Hungry Hammerhead fan shares about his early days as entrepreneur, his unique Veecon experience which including getting a really one of a...