The Intersection

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Matt's Entrepreneurial Journey: 8 Years Distilled In 30min
December 24, 2023

{Listen to the full experience on my Substack Matt's Recap}Custom resume for VaynerX & Mike Boyd Jrhttps://open.substack.com/pub/mattsrecap/p/matts-entrepreneurial-journey-8-years?r=2dcz9j&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome

Chicago’s #1 Music Business Lawyer: Artists, Understand Your Value!
October 28, 2023

Eddie is a seasoned professional in the music industry. As an attorney, he founded 'Protect and Collect,' specializing in intellectual property. He's taught at SAE, is an adjunct professor at Columbia College Chicago, and has spoken at major e

The Stitch Gawd on Making Custom Jackets For Kendrick, Bad Bunny, and Kanye
October 15, 2023

Emma Mckee is a legendary cross stitcher. In 2014, Emma stitched her first piece: An adaptation of Will Princes artwork for Chance the Rappers song Hey Ma. She followed that with a piece for street artist JC Rivera, Chicagos Bear Champ. Her portfo

Sam Thousand on Unity Through Art
October 08, 2023

Sam Thousand is a musician, event curator, and director. Sam speaks on his career in the performing music space, his vision to create ChiBrations to bring more discoverability to the rising arts scene in Chicago, and how he believes art has the potential

Zehra Naqvi: From Art History to Venture Capital & Crafting Authentic Communities
October 03, 2023

In my interview with Zehra, we discuss how her understanding of art history informs her work in Venture Capital. We talk about the events she curates in New York, from breakfasts and panel discussions to pottery classes and workout sessions. Zehra emphasi

Chris Vergara on Mastering The Creative AND Business Sides Of Directing. Shooting for Chance The Rapper, G-Eazy and more
September 24, 2023

Chris Vergara is an up and coming Director & Creative strategist. Chris has directed videos for Chance The Rapper, G-Eazy, SuperStarKami, Dry Boy, and more Not only music videos, but Chris has made corporate videos, travel videos, short documentaries

Jaeson Ma on starting 88Rising, Bridging East & West, Moving Culture Forward
September 18, 2023

Matt interviews Jaeson, the founder of 88rising and OP3N. Jaeson shares his incredible story of growing up in the Bay Area in the 80s and 90s and how he was exposed to hip hop culture, kicked out of three high schools, became a youth pastor, paying Bruno

Jamie Cho on The Creator Economy And Empowering Creatives
September 03, 2023

Jamie Cho is a marketing lead at Wildr, working to make social media a more positive space. Her background is focused on consumer social & our conversation was focused around empowering creatives in the creator economy. Follow Jamie: LinkedIn: https:

Ruben Harris Breaks Down The Future Of Job Training
August 27, 2023

Ruben Harris is the CEO of Career Karam, the number one destination for career guidance & the largest platform to help workers find job training programs and get jobs in tech. Rubin has helped tens of thousands of people get into tech and inspire peop

Georgia Dienst on Google X, Coaching CEOs, Global Entrepreneurship.
August 13, 2023

Georgia Dienst's background includes Google, Google's Innovation Lab Google X, Kernel innovating in the field of neuroscience and neuromedicine. Today she's a CEO coach to VC backed founders. See her website: https://www.georgiadienst.com/ #