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A Media Preneur ON FIRE: Matthew Helderman

March 31, 2016

Matthew Helderman 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.

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Resources Mentioned:

  • Your Big Idea: Successful Entrepreneurs have One Big Idea. Follow JLD’s FREE training & you’ll discover Your Big Idea in less than an hour!
  • 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:

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

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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

Killer Resources!

1) The Common Path to Uncommon Success: JLD’s 1st traditionally published book! Over 3000 interviews with the world’s most successful Entrepreneurs compiled into a 17-step roadmap to financial freedom and fulfillment!

2) Free Podcast Course: Learn from JLD how to create and launch your podcast!

3) Podcasters’ Paradise: The #1 podcasting community in the world!

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