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Podcast: Startup to Storefront
Episode: Burn the Boats - Matt Higgins 📚 (Guest Shark Tank and Author)
Description: 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...