Why Execution is the Game of Entrepreneurship with Jesse Itzler

0:00This is the Gary Vee audio experience.

0:04Hey, everybody, it's Gary again back with another episode of my new show that I'm super excited about called Interrupted by Gary Vee.

0:14Today's guest is Jesse Itzler, an entrepreneur, but I'm going to let him frame it up for you and then I'm going to fire away with a bunch of questions.

0:22But first and foremost, Jess, thanks for being on.

0:24Oh, thanks for having me.

0:25I appreciate it.

0:26So tell the main or nation that's listening right now who you are.

0:30Great.

0:31Well, I'm a serial entrepreneur.

0:33I started out in the music business.

0:35I was signed to a record label called Delicious Vinyl in the 90s.

0:39What year did you sign?

0:40I signed in 1990.

0:41I was 21.

0:42And what kind of artist were you?

0:44Don't laugh.

0:45I was a rapper.

0:46I'm not laughing.

0:47I'm not laughing.

0:48I was a rapper, believe it or not.

0:50I'm aware.

0:51I can see it.

0:52For everybody who's listening, you'll hear some laughs in the background and things of that nature.

0:55We're here at an off-site kind of conference thing, so we're just recording the podcast in between sessions.