Hustle Sold Separately

Wanna know how one woman defied the odds of her culture, spiritual and physical background to go on to become a Muay Thai World Champion & Professional Boxer? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Ruqsana Begum @ruqsanabegum_mt (Professional Boxer & WKA World Muay Thai Champion) and they talk about giving up a career that isn’t satisfying to pursue her dreams, getting sick from keeping her sport a se...

Wanna know how the hustle of building your own brand and business really looks? What it looks like to be the creative and the business / marketing person? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Ruby Roth (Artist, Designer, Author & Illustrator) and they talk about the process of being multi-disciplinary to build both your art and your business, doing all the activities one isn’t used to doing in order...

Wanna know how what really goes into building hospitality brands? From the outside, you may be enjoying some of today’s hottest restaurants and bars, but what about the people behind them? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Ryan Hibbert (Entrepreneur, CEO & Founder of Riot Hospitality – Dierk Bentley’s Whisky Row, El Hefe’s, Riot House, Hand Cut Burgers & Chophouse and Farm & Craft) and they talk...

Wanna know how to trust the process more and execute on your vision with the right team? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Veronique James (Founder of The James Agency) and they talk about embracing the process more and what it means to trust in it, having a vision for where you’re going, while executing on putting plans into place, win together lose together, being accountable and relying on oth...

Wanna know how to go inside to understand who you really are and find your flow? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Vida Guerra (Model, Actress, Singer, Reiki Healer & Host of Heaven With Vida) and they talk about going inside and doing the inner work, types of modalities that have been very helpful on healing and transforming our futures, understanding energy, managing one’s own energy, leading w...

Wanna know how human psychology affects decision making, especially in negotiations and business? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Oren Klaff (One of the World’s Leading Experts on Sales & Negotiations) and they talk about how people make decisions, how meeting should really be run, keys to making business decisions faster and negotiations smoother, why people approach business negotiations from...

Wanna know how to build culture at scale, be a great leader, grow a great team and impact society at large? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Scott Marcaccio (Co-Founder & CEO of Myodetox) and they talk about starting with a smaller vision and allowing it to grow into something bigger, what it’s like to build a brick and mortar business at scale, the power of social media to grow your tribe, what...

Wanna know how to build a business with a partner from scratch without having a background in business? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with David Spandorfer (Entrepreneur, Co-Founder & CEO of Janji) and they talk about starting a business in college, building a business without a background in it, building a running & athletic clothing brand, the amount of years it took to find their stride, having...

Wanna know what it’s like to literally wake up 30, quit your job, drink tequila and run 30 miles, only to become one of the world’s foremost ultramarathoners? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Dean Karnazes (Ultramarathoner & New York Times Best Selling Author) and they talk about how running changed his whole perspective on life, experiencing other cultures from their perspective instead of ours...

Wanna know how to start before you’re ready? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Sensi Graves (Entrepreneur, Professional Kiteboarder, Swimwear Designer, Writer & Kiteboarding Coach) and they talk about the art of starting before you’re ready, the art of winging it and building as you go along, being humble along the way, the ability to ask questions, gain feedback and get help, removing the ego to...

Wanna know how the consumer has changed it’s consumption habits in the digital age? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Mike Appel (Founder of Brand Allies, Co-Founder of Related Garments) as they go all in on gaining industry experience, working with lots of brands to understand what consumers really want, understanding how true influence works, building a retail brand, marketing in the digital ag...

Wanna know how to rethink the word “career” all together? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Neil Bedwell (Entrepreneur & Entrepreneur & Founding Partner of Local Industries) and they talk about why the word “career” doesn’t have the same meaning any more, why we’re more than one thing in this lifetime, the process of becoming and the changes we encounter in our professional lives as our personal...

Wanna know how to completely minimize your overwhelm in your business and do less while gaining more? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Ari Meisel (Entrepreneur & Founder of Less Doing) and they talk about why so many entrepreneurs and CEOs are overwhelmed, how one should learn to “do less” in their business, becoming a replaceable founder and the three pillars to succeed this (Communicating effe...

Wanna know how to break out from the “safe” job and become self-made? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Rebecca Arippol (Entrepreneur, Founder of Arippol Events & PR in Milan Italy) and they go deep to talk about what it means to be a self made woman, taking a less traditional route than her family, having support from family, defining your vision, your values and your mission, not just to yourse...

Wanna know how to be more in tune with yourself? Maybe drop the life that isn’t serving you to create a new one. Well, Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Dalton England (Designer, Owner & Founder of the Tie Dye Company) and they go deep to talk about having a relationship with your intuition and chasing your gut feelings, trying new things to find your sweet spot, making changes to move away from...

Wanna know how to stay on top of your eCommerce and paid media game? Think Facebook ads are just a myth? Well, Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Nick Shackelford (Entrepreneur, Top FB Ads Producer in the World & Co-Founder of Structured Social) and they go deep to talk about discovering your talents and using them to help others, positioning yourself in front of the best people to learn from, exp...

Wanna know how to show up every single day even when you don’t want to? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Olivia Measures (Entrepreneur, Global Business Owner with Juice Plus) and they go deep to talk about taking chances on yourself, living and promoting a healthy lifestyle, showing up on the days you don’t want to, be exceptional is not being perfect but doing your best, helping others achieve...

Wanna know how to tap more into your passion and visualize your future with it? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with David Kollar (Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of Kollar Clothing) and they go deep to talk about figuring out your passion, the importance of visualization and knowing what you want for yourself, how to keep going when you want to give up, how you don’t need money or education to start yo...

Wanna have a more responsible culture for your business, employees and the world at large? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Tyler Butler (Founder of 11Eleven Consulting & CSR Expert) to talk about why your company’s culture is so important, a company’s relationship with its employees, their customers and the community at large, how to create a movement that stands for something, the general misu...

Wanna know how to actually deal with your shit and look at yourself differently? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Biet Simkin (Entrepreneur, Spiritual Teacher, Author & Musician) to talk about shame and doubt being necessary to evolve, why being real is so important and how it can drastically remove most of your problems, breaking habits, using meditation, playing bigger brings bigger doubts but...

Wanna know if there’s a way to expand your life span? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Chris Burres (Co-Founder of SES Industries) to talk about the life changing carbon 60 (known as ESS60), which he and others discovered over two decades ago and has now become a phenomenon in the health and wellness space. They also discuss Working in an industry marred by skeptics, opportunists and general pro...

Wanna know how to build a business with mindset and health at the forefront? Both for your sanity and others? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Elizabeth Kott and Stephanie Simbari (Co-Founders of That’s So Retrograde) and they go all in on building "That's So Retrograde", the state of media, removing the expectations out of what something “should” be, doing something from your soul and monetizin...

Wanna say f—k it and go all in? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Susie Diamond (Entrepreneur, Founder of Rolling Rack) and they go all in to talk about the power of saying “fuck it” and going all in on your passion; not waiting till catastrophes or tragedies to go after what you want; how tragedies can also be a catalyst; going back to the dreams of her younger self at an older age; earning good...

Wanna know how you can own your story? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Eli Nash (Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of MicDrop) and they go deep to talk about the ability to tackle your trauma, how money won’t fill the void, how sooner or later you’re going to have to go inside and discover who you really are and what will mean the most to you, going to therapy, the energy of money and all the good it ca...

Wanna know the ups and downs of being a writer and how to deal with the critics and journey? Matt @mattgottesman sits down with Melanie Fontana (multi-platinum, Billboard #1 songwriter) and they go deep to talk about the ups and downs of being a writer in the music business and LA, dealing with the critics, especially when you get big, the differences between fans from the Far East and fans from t...