Each year Texchange hosts one big blockbuster event with a fantastic speaker that is open to the public (other events are for members only). This year on Sept 15th, we’re bringing Gary Vaynerchuk to Austin to speak at the AT&T Conference Center at UT. Gary first came to internet stardom with his video blog Wine Library TV. Gary’s informal and enthusiastic approach to wine tasting and collecting led to numerous appearances on national television. Gary has grown his retail wine website business from $4M to $60M in the past 10 years, largely by using social media marketing.

Now Gary has launched his second blog named garyvaynerchuk.com where he dispenses business advice and comments on emerging technologies and cultural trends. As his following grew online, Gary became one of the first to reach Facebook’s friend limit and accumulated more than 800,000 followers on Twitter. Gary’s first business book, Crush It!, was released in the Fall of 2009 and debuted as a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

As Gary’s career as a speaker and writer continued to soar, companies of varying sizes approached him for consulting advice. The consulting role agreed with him, and in 2009 Gary and his brother AJ co-founded Vayner Media, a boutique agency that works with personal brands, consumer brands, and startups. Gary is now also an angel investor in various startups, offering sweat equity to the projects he supports in addition to financial investments. Gary’s ultimate goal is to one day own the New York Jets. Although his various businesses obviously play an enormous role in his life, he always puts his family first.

It’s not often that a speaker of Gary’s caliber comes to Austin, so you should take advantage of this opportunity to spend a highly entertaining evening with Gary (and sometimes colorful language). It’s just $35 for entrepreneur members to attend (including dinner).

If you are a member of Texchange, login and complete your registration.

If you are not a Texchange member, please email ashleyarkin@texchange.org to register.