Shark Tank Shark, Executive Fellow at Harvard, and Author - Matt Higgins (Full Episode 205)
Channel: Startup to Storefront
Date: 2023-04-11

To quote Arnold Schwarzenegger: “Big dreams require relentless focus, and any time we spend planning for failure sets us up for failure.”

Today’s guest, Matt Higgins, literally wrote the book on the subject.

He grew up in poverty in Queens, dropped out of high school to get his GED, and took night classes just to finish college.

At that point, Matt had already beaten the odds, but he didn’t stop there. Matt became the youngest press secretary to the mayor’s office in New York City history, Vice Chairman of the Miami Dolphins, and a guest shark on Shark Tank.

His path to success was hardly linear, but for Matt, it’s always been about taking calculated risks, which is why he titled his book Burn the Boats.

In today's episode, we discuss with Matt Higgins about:
 -     Why his first impression of Gary Vaynerchuk was that he could make a career out of stealing Gary’s ideas
 -     Letting his nerves almost get the best of him during his first appearance on Shark Tank
 -     Why you should always bet on the jockey and not the horse

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Website: https://www.startuptostorefront.com/

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😎 Our Team:
Diego Torres-Palma: https://www.instagram.com/diego_ventures/
Nick Conrad: https://www.instagram.com/nickgconrad/
Lexi Jameson: https://www.instagram.com/lexijamesonyt/
Owen Cappellini: https://www.instagram.com/owencapp/

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⏱️ Timecodes:
00:00 Intro to Matt Higgins
00:59 Burning the Boats by Dropping out of High School to his GED
3:55 "Did you get addicted to the risk?"
5:41 Raising $2M in 10 Days
8:29 A Day Away from Death
10:55 Burn the Boats Title Alternatives
16:23 The Shark Tank Experience: Shark Edition
24:26 The internal conflict of taking a company public
27:18 The graph rising toward success
30:25 The struggle of selling books
34:33 Launching a business in a recession.
37:07 Why trying times make business simple
42:19 Entering Domain General
44:$9 Do This to Strengthen Your Brain
46:21 How Diego Would Burn the Boats (Faster)
48:42 Going live on Instagram with Gary Vaynerchuk
49:26 When Matt Higgins First Met Gary Vaynerchuk
52:34 Putting a high emphasis on personal discovery. Is it bad?
53:42 Is ChatGPT the future?