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Vistage Worldwide, Inc.

Higher Ground Education

Leading the integration of CozyKin's platform after acquisition.

Director Of Operations

CozyKin

Head Of Operations

Head of Sales

Veho Technologies

Veho Technologies is re-inventing the way packages are delivered. Using crowdsourced drivers in their own private vehicles rather than traditional delivery trucks, our data driven platform provides delivery companies with a highly efficient way to complete last mile delivery. Veho brings to these carriers the benefit of a completely flexible fleet with an unprecedented customer experience, making it easy for anyone to become a delivery driver.

Cofounder & Chief Operations Officer

US Navy

Supervise 15 junior officers, manage school’s thermodynamic curriculum, and train future instructors.

Division Director

Train sailors in the science and engineering behind the design and operation of naval nuclear propulsion plants.

Nuclear Power School Instructor

Dow Automotive Systems

Recipient of twelve week internship and Dow Chemical's World Head Quarters. 

Completed project that improved purging procedures and saved Dow over $100,000 annually.

Production Engineering Intern

Stony Brook University

Represents more than 15,000 students; working closely with administration to ensure that the needs of the students are addressed. 

In charge of allocating $3.1 million to campus events and to the more than 170 clubs at Stony Brook.

President of the Undergraduate Student Government

Merck & Co.

Did a twelve week internship with Merck & Co., Inc. at there West Point facility in Pennsylvania. 

Worked in Sterile Processing Technology & Engineering as part of their Deviation Management team. 

Assessed the supercooling capabilities of several vaccine products.

Engineering Intern

Building apps and technology for your business or startup shouldn't take months and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

If you want to build an app or other technology solution to scale your business, then reach out to me and we will go live with something that adds value within 8 weeks or less.

“Matt’s company is the first app developer I have worked with that produced the finished product on schedule and within budget.” 
 
The other day I received this email as part of a referral intro.  
 
I thought that delivering on schedule and within budget was the norm for every dev shop. 
 
But the thing I realize now after hearing so many stories is that the average app development project works just like a government construction project. 
 
It’s always over budget and takes longer than planned. 
 
Doesn’t matter if you’re working with an internal team or an outside group, this is how it always goes most of the time. 
 
I’m happy to know we’re one of the few who actually can deliver.

Matt Graham 👨‍💻

Helping Entrepreneurs and Owners Build 10x Faster with No-Code | Need something built? DM Me

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Try this drug when you are tired, low energy, and stressed. 💉💊 
 
👀 
 
Go for a 1-hour jog. 🏃🏻‍♂️ 
 
(Gotcha 😉) 
 
Seriously though. 
Even if you're tired, just get up and go on a jog for an hour. 
Even if you're half-walking and half-jogging. 
 
Everyone makes too big a deal about preparing themselves for a workout. 
 
They need to: 
 
- Do it right at 7:15 a.m. 
- Start it 27 minutes after their pre-workout shake 
- Then they need to run 7 miles or it’s a bad workout 
 
The hell with all that! 
 
Don’t make a big deal out of it. If you're tired, stressed, can’t focus, etc., then just get up and go run for 1 hour. 
 
It helps you decompress and prepare for the next round of demanding work.

Our RapidDev team's trip to Turkey got me thinking: 
 
River rafting on a boat is like developing a project. 
 
It all starts with the guy at the end of the boat (the client), who sees the overall picture and indicates the desired direction. 
 
In the middle of the boat sit people (PMs, designers, developers, and QA) who pass the indications further down the chain. Here, the most important thing is to hear the client right and not distort the information. 
 
On the bow of the boat, developers are sitting. 
 
They follow the indications and keep the heading—they first see the risks and they first have to encounter them (rapids and cold water). 
 
Most important for them is to listen and follow indications, as well as provide feedback if it is possible to do this or that. 
 
Only good cooperation among all brings the boat to its destination with fewer losses. 
 
Along the road, the boat meets rapids (first deployments, tests), bumps into other boats (side projects), and a few moments of stillness. 
 
If you really stop to reflect, you’ll find countless analogies between personal life and work.

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One single engineer is saving Athena $1,000,000+/year simply by leveraging Bubble. 
 
In 2018, Athena was created to support unicorn founders by pairing them with executive assistants (EAs). 
 
Not just any EAs, but those trained to transform lives at work and home. 
 
By 2021, Peter Dimov, their director of data science, faced a dilemma: 
 
He couldn’t find an existing human resources information system (HRIS) that offered the flexibility they needed, and the ones that came the closest were insanely expensive. 
 
His solution? 
 
Building his own software. 
 
Luckly, Peter was familiar with Bubble from previous projects. 
 
Within a year, a single engineer crafted their very own, tailored HRIS. 
 
Employee laptops, time-off requests, custom org charts—all integrated seamlessly. 
 
What could have cost $2 million annually, now costs around $100,000. 
 
A 95% saving. 🤯 
 
Better outcomes, fewer headaches. 
 
This is more proof that Bubble can be a secret weapon for businesses looking to build their own platforms.

(F word alert) 
 
The longer I’m in business, the more I see the importance of one thing:  
 
Focus. 
 
It’s easy to entertain a million ideas—after all, I've always been someone who can juggle numerous projects simultaneously.  
 
This was amplified in my time with VC-backed companies, where the culture encourages doing multiple things with the luxury of taking risks with uncertain ROI. 
 
But when you're running a bootstrapped company of 100 people, the game changes completely.  
 
Every penny and every second count.  
 
There's no cushion to fall back on—every resource spent must have a tangible ROI, and every risk is calculated. 
 
The truth I've learned: 
 
It’s easy to have 1 million ideas but extremely difficult to execute on a few of them. 
 
And even harder to be super excellent at one of them.

I don’t listen to most money advice out there. 
 
But this book is really good: The psychology of money. 
 
One chapter has a great story about how a famous author is at banquet with a billionaire who says to him “I make more money in one day than anyone in this room makes in a year.” 
 
Then the author replies: 
 
“That’s great, but I have something you will never have: 
 
‘Enough’” 
 
→ At the end of the day, the money game is kind of silly. 
 
Everyone plays to get more and more. 
 
But no matter what level you reach, there is always someone ahead of you.  
 
And at the end of the day, we all end up in the ground anyways, so not sure it really matters. 
 
Changing your mindset to “enough” helps open you up to finding a bigger purpose for it all.

The whole typing and clicking thing is going to be like corded headphones. 
 
If you have a Vision Pro, you know exactly what I mean.  
 
With the rise of VR, or "spatial computing" like the Vision Pro, and AI, interfaces with computers are going to revolutionized.  
 
Moving a mouse and clicking, or even using your fingers on a touch screen, simply won’t be as efficient as looking and speaking. 
 
Future generations will laugh at us, like “Look at our cavemen ancestors who clicked and typed!” 
 
Have you ever thought about this?

Soon, creating apps will be as easy as creating websites. 
 
Think back to the 1990s, it was really tough to create a website. 
 
You needed to know HTML and write code to build one. 
 
In the late 2000s Wordpress came out which made it easy to build without an engineering degree. 
 
Then, in the 2010s lots of quick and easy website builders proliferated, like Wix and Squarespace. 
 
Now, literally anyone could create a decent website within 20 minutes and publish it. 
 
If you look back at the last 20 years of website building, right in the middle of that evolution was the jump from code to no-code. 
 
Following the same trend... 
 
1. Bubble came out 
 
2. Everyone saw how powerful it was 
 
3. Now we have tons and tons of new no-code platforms emerging 
 
If you consider how fast AI is accelerating things, we can imagine a world in a few years where building an app is stupid easy. 
 
What do you think?

Product creation for non-technical founders has never been easier. 
 
But beware... 
 
If you’re working with a dev team, remember that ~50% of what you discuss will end up being a miscommunication. 
 
You are both speaking different languages. 
 
You speak a business language. 
 
While they speak a technical language. 
 
It’s inevitable that you end up misinterpreting many things. 
 
Some rules for trying to have a common language together: 
 
- Don’t use technical jargon 
- Both sides try to meet the other person’s language as best you can 
- Be forgiving and try to reflect back on each miscommunication and understand how to avoid it in the future 
 
Do this and you will avoid the pitfalls that 90% of others hit when creating a product.

What founders think will give them freedom: a VC-backed business. 
 
What actually gives them freedom: bootstrapping. 
 
I’ve been on both sides and honestly, getting VC funding isn’t as great as it seems. 
 
Firstly, investor money isn’t a safety net. 
 
You’re constantly stressed. 
 
- Knowing you’ll run out of cash by X date 
- Wondering if investors are going to fund the next round 
- Coming up with things to say to appease your investors 
- Stressing about insane goals in order to raise more money 
 
And everything has a short term time horizon of 12 - 18 months.  
 
It feels like you’re a slave to investors. 
 
Now, this is the beauty of bootstrapped businesses: 
 
You’re in control. 
 
You can take a long term perspective and have a sustainable approach. 
 
My advice for entrepreneurs: 
 
If you’re looking for more freedom, bootstrap. 
 
The VC game might be sexy from the outside, but one of my best business decisions was leaving it for the bootstrap game.

If you’re scared of change, you should be terrified of AI. Here’s why: 
 
AI will be the most exponentially compounding thing ever. 
 
Humans are bad at thinking about exponential growth, and AI is a prime example of it. 
 
It’s hard to understand the ripple effects—those second and third-order impacts—that it will cause, which will be much bigger than we can imagine. 
 
Think of it like a tiny snowflake starting an avalanche. 
 
It's hard to predict how that one small flake can lead to something so massive. 
 
Similarly, it's tough for us to see just how far-reaching the effects of AI will be as it grows. 
 
For me, it will change industries and our daily lives in ways we can't fully grasp yet. 
 
The potential is huge, and it’s just the beginning. 
 
Are you ready?

Everyone is talking about how AI is going to revolutionize 3 industries: 
 
1.  Health 
 
- Personalized medicine 
- Early disease detection 
- Improved drug discovery 
 
2. Logistics 
 
- Autonomous vehicles 
 
3. Education 
 
- Personalized learning 
- Tutors for every student 
 
Do you agree? Are these the fields where AI will have the biggest impact?

Why do you think so many people hate their dev shops? 
 
(hint: it’s not lack of competence) 
 
I’ve met sooooo many people who’ve had a falling out with their dev shop. 
 
The thing is: 
 
I usually know the dev shops they’ve worked with, and know they’re good people with a reputation for doing solid work. 
 
So what happened?  
 
I find it always boils down to a failure of communication. 
 
Everyone thinks they're on the same page during the initial meetings. 
 
- The logic is documented and reviewed together 
- Common terms are repeated back and forth 
- Wireframes are discussed step by step 
 
They all leave the room high-fiving and pumped to build something great together! 
 
Then, 1 month later... 
 
🧨💥💥💥 
 
Total disaster… 
 
The reason? 
 
They’re speaking different languages… 
 
One person is speaking “Business language,” while the other is speaking a “Technical language.”  
 
What one person imagined is not the same as the others. 
 
Being aware of this can help prevent things from going down hill when they really don’t have to.

STOP INVESTING IN AI! YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE EVERYTHING!  🚨 
 
TECH MARKET WAS DOWN ALMOST 4% WEDNESDAY! 
 
THE BUBBLE IS BURSTING. 
 
This is the new narrative circulating this week.  
 
People say big tech is spending too much on AI without seeing returns. 
 
But I think now is actually the best time to invest. 
 
Sure, there are going to be ups and downs along the way. 
 
Just wiki the panic of 1873 and 1893. 
 
They were caused by over investment in the newest and greatest technology of the time - railroads. 
 
Wall Street doesn’t see how AI is changing everything.  
 
I see it every day with the amazing products we’re creating for our clients. 
 
In fact, I think the market isn’t investing enough in AI.  
 
My advice: 
 
If you can’t invest your time and energy into the AI movement, at least invest your money if you want to ride the wave. 
 
Don’t be afraid. 
 
History is the study of surprises, and this is going to be unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.

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My vila in Bali is empty. Want to go there and chill?
--> This is why I love being apart of the Hampton community!

Not only are members throwing out amazingly generous offers like this, but everyone has been super helpful in business as well. 

The members are so legit too. 

Hanging with legends like Sam Parr... It's incredible!

I am only one month in loving it!

Seeing things like this makes me happy.

This is why we vet every person that applies for Hampton.

A community full of people giving and helping each other out is special.

If you’re scared by how fast things are hanging with AI, hear me out. 
 
In 2014, IBM and Microsoft had equal revenue. 
 
MS was twice as profitable and 3x the valuation. 
 
It’s fascinating to me that it still took MS 35 years to reach the revenue that IBM had. 
 
I feel like most people would've predicted that Microsoft's revenue would have surpassed IBM's long ago. 
 
I would have guessed that it occurred in the late 90s or early 2000s. 
 
We read headlines about businesses dying suddenly and others stealing the market and becoming trillion-dollar success stories overnight, but human behavior, buying patterns, and sticky legacy systems don’t change quickly. 
 
Of course, things are moving faster and faster in today’s world, but there is still a limit to how much change people can handle in a short period of time. 
 
As someone who is always on the cutting edge and always able to change super fast, I can't forget that 99% of other businesses aren’t that nimble. 
 
It's like they always say: 
 
People overestimate the short-term changes and underestimate the long-term ones.

If anyone has every tried to get email and calendar integrated with their application (like when building a CRM for example), skip the headache and use Nylas. It’s going to save you hundreds of hours!

Head of Global Channel & Alliances @Nylas

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Irony is Judging Others for Lacking Empathy | CEO Coach

Having coached hundreds of Founder-CEOs for the past 12 years, I have found 3 major interferences that hamper our performance as Founder-CEOs.

Previously, I covered:
3️⃣ The reactions of other people.
2️⃣ The reactions of our mind.

Now, coming in at #1, we have:
1️⃣ What we cannot see.

There is a famous story about two tennis legends, Boris Becker and Andrew Agassi.

💪 Becker beat Agassi the first 3 times they played. 
❗️ Then all of a sudden Agassi started beating him!
😔 In the end, Becker won only 5 of the 14 matches with Agassi.

😳 Becker could not figure out how the tides had shifted so quickly. 

🤫 Years later, Becker and Agassi were hanging out one day and Agassi revealed to Boris a secret he has kept to himself all these years.

🎥 It turns out, after getting beaten by Boris 3 times in a row, Andre went and studied all the tapes of Boris’ games. 
☝️ From that, he learned that Boris unconsciously moved his tongue in the direction of his serve.
💡 This was so consistent that Andre was able to use this information at the exactly right moment to win the match!


👉 Sometimes, the interferences preventing us from performing at our best are _invisible_ to us.

When we are interfered by what we cannot see, we say things like
🗣️ I don’t understand how this can be possible!
🗣️ I don’t understand why this doesn’t work!
🗣️ I don’t understand what is wrong with them!

✅ Basically we admit the limits of our understanding.
❌ But do so while abdicating responsibility.
👉 As if there is nothing more we can do to better understand 
or 
👉 that we _shouldn't_ have to understand, because that would be ...
☝️ Unfair.
☝️ Unjust
☝️ Not our job

What’s interesting is that when we _do_ finally understand, as Becker did, we end up Realizing Empathy.

❌ Notice I did not say “have” empathy.
❌ Nor did I say “practicing” empathy.
✅ I said _realizing_ empathy.

📣 We _realize_ empathy, when we suddenly empathize with someone (including ourselves) or something, through an unexpected _realization_: one that often makes us go “Ah ha!” “Oh...” or “Ha ha ha!” concerning something we either did not or had incorrectly assumed to have understood or appreciated enough.

And when we do, we also realize that, as did Becker, it would have benefitted us had we understood sooner.

___
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🤔 What do you do to increase the probability of Realizing Empathy before it's too late?

Damn, Hampton has so many legit founders!

As the CEO of Hampton, I've had the privilege of working with some incredible entrepreneurs. 

I've tried thousands of products, but these 3 from Hampton members have become my daily essentials. Here's why I can't live without them (and the impressive stories behind each)..

1. Soul: My secret weapon for deep sleep: Their Sleepi gummies.
- I fall asleep in 20 minutes flat
- Don't wake up when kids sneak in
- Consistently hitting "100" scores on my Eight Sleep

Founded by siblings Mike & Angie Lee, one former pro athlete, all DTC, company is growing like a weed...

2. SwagUp: The backbone of our Hampton swag game.
- Makes our fulfillment process effortless
- Responsive team, easy automation
- Top-notch customer support

Michael Martocci bootstrapped this to an impressive $100M+ total revenue across 5,000+ customers. They started at a tech conference in 2017 and haven't looked back since!

3. Lower Street The audio wizards behind our Hampton podcast. 
- Elevated our MoneyWise show's quality
- Find and vet incredible guests
- Work seamlessly with our co-founder Sam Parr

Harry Morton founded Lower Street and helped it achieve 100% annual growth for 3 years straight. They're running a 20-person team across 6 countries!

These products aren't just in my daily routine - they're game-changers run by incredible founders. 

What products have become your can't-live-without essentials? Let's find some hidden gems that help you run your life 💎

Product creation for non-technical founders has never been easier. 
 
But beware... 
 
If you’re working with a dev team, remember that ~50% of what you discuss will end up being a miscommunication. 
 
You are both speaking different languages.  
 
You speak a business language. 
 
While they speak a technical language. 
 
It’s inevitable that you end up misinterpreting many things. 
 
Some rules for trying to have a common language together: 
 
- Don’t use technical jargon 
- Both sides try to meet the other person’s language as best you can 
- Be forgiving and try to reflect back on each miscommunication and understand how to avoid it in the future. 
 
Do this and you will avoid the pitfalls that 90% of others hit when creating a product.

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