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On Friday, May 15, we met up with Gary Vaynerchuk and Marley Coffee chairman, Rohan Marley in New York City for a morning of great coffee and office culture at The Times Center.

For us, this event was all about teaching you how to develop office culture in a way that will keep your employees happy while drawing in new talent. Our whole Corporate Essentials team was at The Times Center to spark up culture conversation and answer questions.

We also brought along some of the best coffees in the world to try out at the event. Coffee from Tim Hortons, Martinson and, of course, Marley Coffee were all available.

Plus we had several RealCup RC400 brewers on hand to brew everyone’s coffee in the Flavor Max Filters. RealCup’s filters brew a darker, richer cup of coffee than other conventional single-serve coffee pods, and it is without a doubt the best tasting coffee you’ll ever drink. And we do believe that everyone at the event thought so too.

Marley Coffee chairman and son of legendary musician Bob Marley, Rohan Marley, was also at the event to meet and talk coffee. He told a vibrant story of how and why he got started in the coffee business.

Rohan started the company in 2007, and they have since become one of the largest providers of both single-serve and ground coffee. Marley Coffee have just recently rolled out their new eco-friendly coffee pod design – the first eco-friendly single serve coffee pod on the market.

Headlining the event was, of course, Gary Vaynerchuk, the award-winning author and marketing genius with an eye for office culture and success.

As the CEO and Co-Founder of Vaynermedia, Gary has been named one of Forbes Magazine’s “40 Under 40” and has over 1.1 million Twitter Followers.

Gary knows a thing or two about office culture and had a lot to say about what you can do to improve yours and turn your startup into the real deal. One of the many great take-aways from Gary Vee’s keynote was the key to great office culture: intent.

As the event wrapped up, our guests got to meet Gary Vee and have him sign a copy of his book, “Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World”.

Just incase you missed us on the 15th, you can watch Gary’s presentation here. We documented the whole thing, we had a feeling you’d want to see it.

Joe Simonovich

Joe has a strong background in marketing and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). The start to his career as a customer service representative has given him a unique foundation and different perspective on almost all business-related situations. Joe is now the Chief Growth Officer (and Director of Creating Awesomeness) at Corporate Essentials. He brings a unique skill set and a hands-on approach to any leadership role and believes that hustle is simply a way of life.