Shave your head for charity – Viral game captured on Ustream

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Brad Hunstable, Founder

Gary Vaynerchuk didn’t become huge on accident, everything was calculated and intelligently planned out. He is the example of a pro social marketer, a person who creates buzz without even spending a dollar on ads. Gary is a genius.

The day before yesterday, Gary woke up and shaved his head live on Ustream. The viewers went nuts. Now, your average Ustreamer would stop there and call it a day, maybe quietly complain that he has a shaved head – Not Gary though, he turned it into a game.

In this video you see Gary challenging Kevin Rose to shave his head. If he does it Gary will donate $300 to a charity of Kevin’s choice. Kevin then has the power to call out the next soon-to-be-bald contestant.

Kevin Rose took the challenge…live on Ustream as well.
In front of 1000 people, the god of Digg shaved his head. The recorded video was so ridiculous that it later made the front page of Digg with over 2500 diggs. Ridiculous!


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About Brad Hunstable, Founder

Brad Hunstable is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Ustream.TV. Prior to founding Ustream, Mr. Hunstable worked at Hillwood Development, a Ross Perot Company overseeing the development of master planned communities. Brad also completed five years of active duty in the United States Army, serving in various capacities around the world. Mr. Hunstable is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and holds a MBA in finance from The Ohio State University.
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10 Responses to Shave your head for charity – Viral game captured on Ustream

  2. godfather871 says:
    July 29, 2008 at 9:31 pm

    Good god that’s my Kevin video.. : ) It was a pretty good call on my part to record that so quickly…32,000 views…. : )

  3. JorgeRB says:
    July 30, 2008 at 12:02 am

    I all ready did!

  4. JLP says:
    July 30, 2008 at 8:11 am

    @JorgeRB

    Post a pic then!

  5. Chad W says:
    August 2, 2008 at 9:15 am

    @Rob Enderle:

    Wow, someone needs to lighten up and learn to enjoy life.

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    August 16, 2008 at 3:33 am

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  7. olga says:
    August 24, 2008 at 6:23 am

    kawtar krifi is one of the young journalists who spend a lot of time in helping people around the world in particular needy children and orphans , she is the best princess in the world

  10. webcam girls says:
    March 4, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    I did it already its funny