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Matthew has transformed today’s leading companies. At Microsoft, in join partnership with Upwork, he built the Microsoft 365 freelance toolkit bringing Microsoft from nascent to an industry leader in under two years. Today he’s the founder of Venture L, the leading platform for freelancers who want to earn more money working less hours and doing the things they actually enjoy doing. Matthew is considered a recognized voice for leadership teams, public investors, and has presented at leading conferences around the world. He’s also the author of ‘StartUp Not StartDown’ and his upcoming book The Human Cloud – How Today’s Changemakers Use AI and the Freelance Economy to Transform Work’. Matthew’s mission is to give individuals the power of an iconic agency by powering their collective and making meaningful work.

Author of The Amazon Jungle, entrepreneur and CEO with nearly 20 years of e-commerce and Amazon Marketplace experience, founded Avenue7Media.com in 2019 and co-founded Dazadi.com in 2002. Avenue7Media harnesses the power of Amazon for product development, account management, and marketing on the U.S.’s largest e-commerce platform.

Father of two warrior daughters, husband, digital marketing, e-commerce, executive management, merchandising, international product sourcing, supply chain management, strategic planning, accounting, finance, website design & development.

Erik Cabral left corporate America after 20+ years. He jumped head first into real estate investing in order to achieve financial freedom. Educating himself, building networks, and analyzing hundreds of deals he purchased his first multi-family building in less than one year. He’s a partner in the Renault Winery & Resort, which is the 3rd oldest winery in the US, offers private capital to his network of investors for various projects and looks for opportunities to expand and grow his network in the real estate investing and entrepreneurial space.

With us today is Tyler Elliston, the founder of Right Side Up, a collective of premium marketing talent—with all of the marketing chops, and none of the agency fluff. Tyler is an expert in growth marketing, has helped start and scale multiple successful companies and is considered an authority on the “future of work” – how the workplace is evolving to be more remote, specialized and part-time.

Today’s guest, Tom Connally, is an experienced leader, strategist, and change agent with proven performance leading, building, and fixing organizations by creating a culture of performance. In over 30 years of Marine leadership, he led organizations from 50-3500 personnel, with budgets up to $2.8B. Tom served as a Director for two defense companies, before founding Connally Consulting where he helps leaders improve their performance and success professionally, personally, spiritually, and physically. Welcome to the show, Tom!

Today’s guest, Courtney DeRonde (pronounced DE-RAHN-Dee), is a CPA and Co-Managing Partner of TDT CPAs and Advisors, a boutique advisory and accounting firm for small businesses and nonprofit organizations. They help overwhelmed, successful leaders understand and maximize financial information so they can achieve better results and move their organization to the next level. As an owner in her firm and co-managing partner, she also has firsthand experience running and scaling a small business. Welcome to the show, Courtney!

Growing up in the government provided free lunch program at school taught me many things.

But the most valuable lesson came from my incredible parents when they taught me that resourcefulness is a FAR greater asset than having resources.

My early memories go back to watching my dad create systems in his restaurant, staying up late with my mom to create the winning projects for school, and learning from both of them how to love and authentically connect with people.

Since then, I feel so blessed to say that I’ve used my superpowers to publish a book by the age of 21, pay for college using scholarships, deliver the commencement speech, run the business development for a 7-figure company with 250,000+ students, network my way into an elite $25,000/yr mastermind, generate $44,738 on my first online product launch, get featured on TV, and travel to 23 different countries with my beautiful wife… all before the age of 25.

Today, I’m focused on two things:

1) I’m on a mission to change the global conversation around what “success” means for an entire generation of entrepreneurs through my newest brand, 7-Figure Millennials. The movement’s focus is to inspire millennial entrepreneurs to pursue BIG financial goals while PRIORITIZING their happiness, health, and relationships.

2) To help 7+ figure entrepreneurs turn their unconverted leads into paying clients and raving fans (at little to no cost to them) by leveraging my Magic Connection Method. I’ve also used this exact system to get 90% open rates and 50%+ response rates on cold outreach by leveraging the power of human connection.

But the most important thing to me right now?

Connecting with you (yes… YOU) to find out the #1 thing you most need help with right now…

… so that I can connect you with resources or people to best help you on your journey.

Joining us today is Jon Kazarian, the founder & CEO of Accelevents, a one-stop- shop for event organizers who want to create a unique and engaging virtual event experience. In the current environment, many companies are choosing to transition their live events to a virtual format and Jon is the expert when it comes to helping companies making this process as seamless as possible. Welcome to the show, Jonathan!