Gary Vaynerchuk: “We are in the pre-dawn of the technology revolution. The internet has won.”

It’s just before lunchtime in Los Angeles and Gary Vaynerchuk is mid-sentence talking about Facebook when the conversation is interrupted by a random stranger approaching him on the street.

“Hi!” says the guy, introducing himself. “I’m a retired NFL player. I’m a huge fan of yours and I want to thank you for everything.”

“Oh yeah?” Vaynerchuk replies, verbally exchanging a high five. “Where did you play?”

“Four years at Jacksonville, three years at the Bears, a few years at the Falcons,” explains the ex-football player.

“Thank you for coming over to say hello,” says Vaynerchuk. “I love it!”

“No, man. Thank you.”

Vaynerchuk pauses before returning to our conversation.

“That is the seventh guy just around here who has recognized me in the past few days,” he says.

Attention is a magnet for Gary Vaynerchuk. An entrepreneur, a boss of an 800-employee company, author, speaker, and a guy with 1.9 million followers on Instagram, Vaynerchuk is rallying a new generation of business wanna-bes with pithy and prescient advice about business and life. Imagine Tony Robbins in tshirt, jeans, and sneakers instead of chiseled…