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Dancing Through a Business Disaster to Become an Empowered Arts Entrepreneur with Mathew Heggem
Mathew Heggem is the Founder and CEO of 10kCreators.com, a social enterprise whose mission is to help ten thousand creators achieve financial freedom through mentorship, training, and access to critical resources. In his role, Mathew helps professional artists make and manage their money by serving as their business advisor, coach, mentor, and consultant.
In his eighteen-plus years in the accounting industry, he has served in leadership and growth roles at various firms, consulting with entrepreneurs and small business owners. He has been a member of multiple boards, including the Sage Accounting Advisory Council, Womxn Talk Money Advisory Board, the Greenwich Village Chelsea Chamber of Commerce, and Pentacle.
CPA Practice Advisor has recognized Mathew as a “Twenty Under Forty Superstar,” and he’s been a featured speaker at QuickBooks Connect and Xerocon. He also has published thirty-plus articles for the Accountex Report, SmartCEO, and Entrepreneur.com. He is an alumnus of the Goldman Sachs Ten Thousand Small Business Program and has completed the Fundamentals of Transaction program with Influential U; and is currently in our Thrive program.
As an artist, Mathew has eighteen-plus years of experience performing, choreographing, and teaching modern and contemporary dance and was the co-founder of two New York City-based Dance Companies. He has performed at arts festivals, cabarets, and theatres throughoug the mid-Atlantic region, including Dixon Place, the Tank, the New Dance Alliance’s ‘Performance Mix Festival,’ the Gloucester New Arts Festival, the Transmodern Festival, and DC’s RAW Festival.
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The Influential U Podcast is produced by Influence Ecology, LLC in Ventura, California. This episode was recorded on September 28, 2022. The podcast theme is by Chris Standring and titled ‘Fast Train to Everywhere.’
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