Matthew is a media entrepreneur & Sundance awarded film producer based in Beverly Hills, California. In 2010, at the age of 22 – he founded Buffalo 8 Productions – a feature film & commercial production company with talent management & post-production divisions. In 2013, he founded the media debt financing firm BondIt – which has completed over 150 media financing transactions to date.

Resources Mentioned:

Audible – Get a FREE Audiobook & 30 day trial if you’re not currently a member!
BondIt – Matthew’s latest venture
Losing My Virginity – Matthew’s Best Business Book
info@buffalo8.com– reference FIRE for a 50% discount

3 Key Points:

Grasp your market opportunity.
Don’t own all the liability.
Be concise—when you ramble, you lose people.

Time Stamped Show Notes

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[00:48] – John introduces Matthew to the show
[00:56] – Matthew’s background
[04:41] – How Matthew generates revenue
[05:39] – Bootstrapping from the ground up
06:04 – Buffalo8
[07:58] – Worst Entrepreneur Moment
[10:00] – Be carefull about putting everybody under your liability—put them under your LLC’s liability
[11:12] – When you have 40 people on payroll you’re looking at $350K in debt
[14:34] – Understand the liability you hold project to project, client to client—be diversified
[16:35]– Biggest Weakness?—Not being able to remain singularly focused
[18:16] – Biggest Strength? – Building various businesses under one roof
[19:39] – Fired up about? – BondIt and the FinTech space
[20:59] – The Lightning Round
- What was holding you back as an entrepreneur?—Understanding market opportunity
- What is the best advice you have ever received?—Get busy working on your own dreams, otherwise you’ll end up working on someone else’s!
- What is a personal habit that contributes to your success?—Have a consistent morning routine
- Share an internet resource, like Evernote, with Fire Nation—Slack
- One book to have on your bookshelf?—Losing My Virginity

27:08 – info@buffalo8.com and reference FIRE for a 50% discount
[27:53] – With hustle and unrelenting persistence—opportunity will come