Gary Vaynerchuk knows where he'd start if he were 16 and launching a business today

Gary Vaynerchuk, 50, says aspiring entrepreneurs should expend all spare infinitesimal mastering AI and satisfied creation.

During a Thursday appearance on the "Nude Project" podcast, Vaynerchuk shared how he would method starting a endeavor today as a 16-year-old alongside 1,000 euros in capital. The podcast is hosted by Bruno Casanovas and Alex Benlloch, founders of the Spanish streetwear brand Nude Project.

"I would make content," Vaynerchuk said. "The dollars don't scare me at all since it takes no dollars. I would expend all ounce of period learning AI. Like, from what OpenClaw is to Claude Code, to using it to think and ponder my ideas."

Vaynerchuk stated he understood why group were motionless weighing AI's enormous possible against its imaginable drawbacks, but believes it volition be a missed chance "to not obtain advantage of how profound this innovation is."

"Much akin the internet, much akin computers, much akin electricity, there volition be pros and cons to big technologies. That is the narrative of man. That is life," Vaynerchuk said.

"This is the most opportunistic innovation that has always been invented," he continued.

Vaynerchuk afterward pointed to the founders' own achievement as evidence of the internet's power, and stated that younger generations frequently underestimate its effect since they have never known a earth without it.

"For 7-year-olds correct now, they volition never comprehend how profound AI is," he said.

Vaynerchuk added that young group should use their liberated period to study satisfied creation, strategy, app-building, and how to use AI throughout their lives.

He stated AI tools and agents could automate chores, preserve money, and discover sold-out items at the finest price.

If he were 16 today, he would completely immerse himself in learning tools specified as Grok, Gemini, Nano Banana, and Higgsfield. "Everything, everything, everything. All of it," Vaynerchuk said.

The entrepreneur has lengthy been optimistic concerning AI's potential. In 2023, he stated the innovation was "coming fast" and that he believed workers could modify to the disruption it'd bring.

AI tools are lowering the barriers for startup founders and small-business owners to create promotion content, build first merchandise prototypes, and automate regular tasks that formerly required a bigger budget, specialized expertise, or additional staff.

At the identical time, as those tools rotate into additional accessible, ingenuity may be the defining factor in position out.