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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 events like South by Southwest. Sometimes Eddie is a DJ! Eddie is deeply ingrained in Chicago's music and cultural ecosystem. Follow Eddie on Instagram or visit his law firm's website with the links below: Eddie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandersesq/ Eddie's Firm, Protect & Collect: https://www.sandersesq.com/protectcollect --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

Emma Mckee is a legendary cross stitcher. In 2014, Emma stitched her first piece: An adaptation of Will Prince's artwork for Chance the Rapper's song “Hey Ma.” She followed that with a piece for street artist JC Rivera, Chicago's “Bear Champ.” Her portfolio expanded from there, as she firmly planted herself within Chicago's rap community, as the scene's preeminent — and only — hip-hop cross stitcher, earning the name Stitch Gawd .Since 2014, she's created countless pieces for musicians and artists both in and outside Chicago. Follow Stitch Gawd on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestitchgawd/ View Stitch Gawd's online store: https://stitchgawd.com/store --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

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 to unify us in incredible ways. #mattsmith #theintersection #theintersectionpod #theintersectionpodcast #samthousand Follow Sam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samthousand/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

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 emphasizes the value of genuine engagement, diversity, and community-building, highlighting the need for meaningful connections and respecting participants' time. Follow Zehra on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zehranaqvi_ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

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, Chris has done it all. Chris and Matt have a unique shared history, meeting each other as budding entrepreneurs in the creatives scene and growing along side each other since. Chris speaks on his journey in the field, his own creative process & how he goes about his work, & passion for treating his creative work simultaneously as intimate art but as a business product and figure how the best strategies to market it. Follow Chris on Instagram Visit his production website --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

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 Mars only $1,500 to record four Christian rap tracks with him before the fame, and even being mentored by MC Hammer who brought him around the early buildings of YouTube, PayPal and more. Jaeson talks about  East West Ventures and 88Rising, bridging gaps between the east and west through entertainment and technology. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

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://www.linkedin.com/in/yoonseojamiecho/ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/itsjamiecho #theintersectionpodcast #nostopmatt #theintersection --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

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 people to see that you can get into tech regardless of how much experience you have, where you come from, what school you went to, or what struggles you've been through. Career karma has raised over $50 million to date. Ruben has advised the cities of San Francisco and Miami on workforce development. He was a professional cello player. He has a deep love for Japanese culture, just like me, not to mention he's rubbed shoulders with the likes of Alexis Ohanian, Jeezy. Sway In The Morning, Tim Cook, Gary Vee, Mariah Carey, and more.

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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/ #theintersection #theintersectionpodcast #mattsmith --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

Matt and Isiah ThoughtPoet Veney get deep into room for improvement in Chicago's creative scene and the city as a whole. ThoughtPoet is a writer, photographer, community organizer. ThoughtPoet has been featured in The Field Museum, The Chicago Tribune, Essence Mag, Southside weekly, and The Chicago Reader. He's done work with G herbo, Taylor Bennett, Vic Mensa, Chance the Rapper, and even grew up on the same block as Mick Jenkins! ThoughtPoet captures so much history and humanity through his photography, he's even considered a historian in some sense through the authenticity of his lens. Follow the Thought Poet… Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thoughtpoet77/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

David Umeh is the founder of Clouty.io - Clouty turns real-time music data into tradeable indexes. Allowing you to track, buy, and sell interest in the songs that make up your favorite genres in real-time. The Clouty MUSIQ index is live on the Bloomberg Terminal and has been featured in the Financial Times. _______________________________________ Follow David Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umehzingrace/ _______________________________________ Follow Matt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

TroyFromChicago is a Emmy Award winning cinematic director and and photographer. His work has been featured in Billboard, TIME Magazine, the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Basel: Switzerland, and more. Troy has directed or been a part of the production of videos for Vic Mensa, Chance The Rapper, Joey Purp, Super Start Kami, Joey Badass, Lucki, Matt Ox, and more.. ____________ Follow Troy: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/troyfromchicago/  Website: https://www.troyfromchicago.com/  Follow Matt: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

Enitan is a 3x best selling author on dating and relationships in the modern world. Enitan is the co-founder and creative director of FLOURYSH, the largest platform to shop and discover Black-owned businesses. He's produced short films, been a keynote speaker at Stanford & Harvard, partnered on projects with Usher, even majored in computer science and interned at HP in Silicon Valley! Follow Enitan: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bereolaesque/ FLOURYSH site: https://flourysh.com/ __________________ Follow Matt: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

Sonia Nagar is a general partner venture capitalist at the Pritzker Group. With a background in mechanical engineering, self-taught programming skills, an MBA from Harvard, and experience launching an e-commerce startup herself, Sonia has an impressive track record in the business-building world. ______ Follow Sonia:  Sonia's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonias3/ ______ Follow Matt: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

Gale Wilkinson is the founding partner at VITALIZE VC where she invests in early stage startups. Gale is well known as a venture capitalist in Chicago and on Twitter. democratizing access to angel investing through Vitalize Angels, the world's first angel group for both accredited and non-accredited investors. ______ Follow Gale: Gale's Twitter: https://twitter.com/galeforcevc?s=21&... Gale's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/galevc ______ Follow Matt: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

Wally Green is a professional ping pong legend. As US ambassador for ping pong, Wally has played in North Korea for world peace and diplomacy and represented the US all around the world in Germany, Japan, South Korea, China, Croatia,  and more. He's been featured in the New York Times and Olympics.com. He's been on the Steve Harvey show. He was featured in an award winning documentary called “The Tables”. He's a TEDx speaker. And Wally is famous for being able to beat anyone in ping pong with just his phone. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

Ian Brock is the founder of Dream Hustle Code, making tech and being in the tech industry cool for kids that would have otherwise seen the space as lame or felt alienated by it. At only 18 years old Ian is an accomplished entrepreneur who has rubbed shoulders with the likes of Oprah, Steve Harvey, Ben Horowitz, G Herbo, Robert F. Smith, Eric Thomas and many more. Follow Ian Dream Hustle Code Website: https://www.dreamhustlecode.com/ Ian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ian__brock/ Ian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/dreamhustlecode Follow Matt Matt's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ Matt's Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

Scott Kitun is the founder of Tech Nori, one of the truly OG startup content and community brands that contributed a lot to the startup ecosystem in Chicago over the years. Scott is the founder of Song Finch, a company that makes it easier for independent music artists to make money without having to be super famous, letting you make money from selling custom songs for people. Songfinch was named the 166th fastest growing company in 2022 by Inc magazine. Scott is also a founding partner at Off Center VC, a venture fund that backs non-traditional founders with a history of “never giving up”. Scott has a big footprint in the Chicago Tech and startup ecosystem. Follow Scott: Twitter: https://twitter.com/kitun Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kitun/ SongFinch: https://www.songfinch.com/ Off Center VC: https://www.offcenter.vc/ __________ Follow Matt: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

Kim Aponi is a fashion designer, event curator, painter, and all around artist. She is the founder of Chi Products, a clothing and design brand representing Chicago and the world. Her team is based out of New York. She's worked with Adidas, Pyer Moss, and collaborated with Urban Outfitters. She's on the Vic Mensa team and is tapped in with a lot of music talent in Chicago. From throwing several hundred person events in Chicago to moving her team to New York, she's an all around creative super star! Follow Kim: 
Instragam: https://www.instagram.com/kimaponi/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/exhalx Chi Products website: https://chicagocreateslegends.com/ ______ Follow Matt: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

NoCapSawBuck is a recording artist, designer, and culture curator based out of Chicago. Follow SawBuck on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nocapsawbuckk/ ____________________________________ Follow Matt: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dogoodpodcast/support

Maddie Wang is the founder of Founders Cafe, an online support network made up of founders from Y-Combinator, Harvard, Stanford and more. She has a bunch of cool accolades including making $60,000 as a 13 year old off of a MineCraft server she ran, or making $120,000+ as a 19 year old off of her own Amazon store. Maddie worked on many startup projects through college and ended dropping out Stanford to work on Founder Cafe. As of this recording, Maddie travels around the world working on Founders Cafe as a digital nomad. Follow Maddie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lesbianbezos Contact Maddie: Maddie@founderscafe.io Check out Founder Cafe: https://founderscafe.io/ _________ Follow Matt: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Paige Finn Doherty is the Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures where they invest in the future of work and the future of play. She has a background in mechanical engineering, computer science, and building dope sh*t! She's based out of San Deigo. Behind Genius Venture's Website: https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/ Follow Paige on Twitter: https://twitter.com/paigefinnn _____ Follow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Nait Jones is an expert on the intersection of technology and culture. Nait was a partner at Andreessen Horowitz for 8 years where he led TxO, the Talent Opportunity Initiative. TxO is A fund that invests in and searches for cultural geniuses and founders with unconventional backgrounds. Nait Jones also helped create Royal, partnering with Nas and various other musicians to use NFTs to invest in music. Having no degree and living out of his car Nait moved to Silicon Valley where he rose the ranks and launched his own successful business. Nait has deep roots in the culture of Hip-Hop. Nait mentors many young founders, is close friends with Ben Horowitz, ran a show on ClubHouse where he garnered over 4M followers, lived in England and Germany as a child, and many other cool stuff you'll hear in this episode. Follow Nait on… Twitter (best): https://twitter.com/NaithanJones Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naitjones/ ________ Follow Matt on… Twitter (best): https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

SoloCelo is a recording artist from Chicago now based in LA and very close friend of Matt's since elementary school. Within the past year Solo has gone from a few 1000 to over 190,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. He's built a small but growing loyal fanbase at the intersection of hip-hop, rock, pop, and rnb sound. He's been featured in Gary Vee's Monday to Monday playlist of upcoming artists to watch. He's won the Rising Artist showcase hosted by Social Works in Chicago and performed at Summer Smash. Follow Solo:
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Sonny is a recording artist and creative based in Chicago. He holds over 15 million streams on Spotify, been named an artist to watch by Lyrical Lemonade, featured in Vogue, opened up for Pusha T at Radius in Chicago and more. He's a part of a creative collective called High Life and is generally very tapped into the network of underground creatives and artists in Chicago. ____ Follow Sonny Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3KDKJ7Z0kgJrQS1CH43PM4 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn7ZJ5xgLS5/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hatesonny _____ Follow Matt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hatesonn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Jeff Osuji is the founder of Eventnoire. The company has been the ticketing platform for Hyde Park Fest, Chance The Rapper Night At The Museum, Techrise, NBA Allstar Weekend Events and more. Jeff has a background in advertising, marketing, and hosting many events. Jeff & Eventnoire have been recognized and won pitch competitions with Google for Startups, Mountain Dew, P33, and more. Contact & follow Eventnoire: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eventnoirehq/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/eventnoire Email: Jeff@eventnoire.com --- Follow Matt: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Claude Cimeus is an an entrepreneur, Director of Platform At P33, and has lead a new wave of tech events in Chicago post-covid. Most noteablely, Claude led Tech Week Chicago, a 3 day long series of panels, networking, after-parties, and even brought Pusha-T to the club! Claude only eats out so we talked restaurants in Chicago, sports, growing up in Haiti, working with political figures in Illinois and much much more! Follow Claude: on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaudeCimeus on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claudecimeus/ on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claude-cimeus-37550874/ Check out Tech Week Chicago: https://gotechchicago.com/week/ ____ Follow Matt: on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Senite is a singer and song-writer based out of Chicago, IL. Within a year and a half she went from a very modest audience & performing in backyard stages to filling concert venue halls and pulling in over a million streams. She's very connected to the hive-mind of super talented rising Chicago creatives and artists of all kinds. Learn more about Senite Senite's Website: https://www.senite.co/home Senite's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_senite/ Senite's Twitter: https://twitter.com/seniteb ----------- Follow Matt Matt's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ Matt's Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Andy and I both share Bi-Polar disorder and being an entrepreneur in the midst of struggling with episodes. Andy and I explore the complexities of Bi-Polar disorder and describe the shared experiences someone with Bi-Polar ends up going through. We talk improve the cost of support for mental health, selling his company for $300M, his book Burn Rate: “Launching A Startup and Loosing My Mind.” And his new venture and app Pumpkin Pie, a new social media platform to make platonic friendships. Learn more about Andy: Burn Rate Book: https://www.burnratebook.com/ Pumpkin Pie: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pumpkin... Bonobos (former owner): https://www.instagram.com/bonobos/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dunn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dunn/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyrdunn/ Follow Matt: Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Jewel Ifeguni is an associate producer at Decoy Games, a black-owned video game studio where only 2% of the gaming industry is made up of black people. She's the founder of You Matter Studios, a media studio with a focus on improving representation in media. And she has worked at Minecraft at Mojang at Microsoft as a Technical Project manager. Follow Jewel here: https://www.instagram.com/jewelzofthenile/ Learn more about Decoy Games: https://www.decoygames.com/ -------------- Follow Matt... on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Baco is a multi-disciplinary artist from Chicago, mainly focused on music. Follow Baco on Instagram: @lovebaco —— Reach out to Matt on Instagram: @nonstop.matt Twitter: @nonstopmatt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Landon Campbell is an early stage investor at Drive Capital, a podcast host where he has interviewed the likes of Steve Wozniak, he's a frequent event host in Chicago for technology and venture capital, and he's a TedX speaker! Reach out to Landon on Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn (Landon W. Campbell) Follow Landon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/landon20s Follow Landon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/landon20s/ Learn more about Drive Capital: https://drivecapital.com/ Listen to Landon's podcast: https://www.intheir20s.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Makafui Searcy is the owner of Fourtune House, a creative empowerment workshop and event space on the South Side of Chicago in Bronzeville. At 22 years old, Makafui has lead a way for empowering the creative development of young artists to access reassures and opportunities. Makafui's inner circle consists of some of Chicagos most talented rising artist from musicians, to film makers, to visual artists and more. Makafui has a well-rounded mind and is an avid explorer from many counties to many disciplines. Learn more about Fourtune House: Follow Makafui on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makafuikofisearcy/ Follow Makafui on Twitter: https://twitter.com/makafuisearcy —— DM the Intersection on Instagram to contact us: https://www.instagram.com/the.intersection.pod/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Eric Zhu is a 15 year old 2x exited founder, investor, and current founder at Aviato. Eric has raised over $500K in his high school bathroom over video calls. Eric and I talk about what its like being such a young founder and more about what he's working on at Aviato. Learn more about Eric: https://ericzhu.co/ Learn more about Aviato: https://www.joinaviato.com/ ---- Watch the Intersection on YouTube: https://fanlink.to/theintersection Follow The Intersection on Instagram (DM to reach out): https://www.instagram.com/the.intersection.pod/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Aaqib Usman is the founder of Light Pong, the world's first 1-Dimensional game console or you could say the world's first connected toy company. As of this recording, I happen to work for Light Pong! Aaqib is an entrepreneur with an extensive background in bringing together the physical and digital worlds. He's previously the founder of Midwest Immersive, a tech installation and tech-based experiential company where he did work for Verizon, Progressive and many other companies. You can connect with Aaqib via... Instagram: @immersive.aaqib Twitter: @itsaaqib Learn more about Light Pong at: playlightpong.com or on YouTube: youtube.com/playlightpong --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Gabe Tavas is the founder of Symmetry Wood. At Symmetry Gabe has developed Pyrus, a material made from bacteria that closely mimics wood to prevent deforestation. Gabe and Symmetry won the national James Dyson award and have been featured in the World Economic Form. Gabe is a long time friend of mine and we worked as co-founders for 3 years on and off on different projects. Gabe is an avid maker-of-things, sustainability specialist, and materials specialist. Learn more about Symmetry here: http://symmetrywood.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Mirza Baig is a software engineer and entrepreneur. He's the creator of an app called Monk Mode to help you stay on track of your desired habits, he created an event discovery tool for Muslim events at mosques around your area, and is building a coaching/therapy platform. He's also a founding engineer at Cash Drop. Follow The Intersection on Instagram: The.Intersection.Pod --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Ruben Flores is the founder and CEO of CashDrop. He's on a mission to create as much generational wealth for Latinos world wide as possible. He's a serial entrepreneur and I've actually had the pleasure of interviewing him two other times in the past. @the.intersection.pod / all socials @cashdrop.biz to follow CashDrop DM me on Instagram for podcast inquiries @nonstop.matt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Jonah is an amazing artist in graphic design, film, fashion, modeling, and music who has done work with large molding agencies including Photogenics LA and Anti-Agency as a model and media creator. Jonah has worked along side Tyler The Creator for GOLF (but didn't wanna talk about it cause he's tired of being recognized for that). Jonah has made various short films on his own and for large brands. Jonah has made a lot of amazing drawn and graphic art as stand alone works, for his clothing, and for various clients. Check out Jonah's work at: http://www.jonahtwallach.net/ Follow Jonah on Instagram @Jonah_of_arc Email Jonah: jonahtwallach@gmail.com This episode included conversation around: freeing yourself from being self-obsessed, what is truth & ego mascaraing as truth, going to college at USC, the culture of LA, status, making normal vs weird art, taking your art seriously vs playfully, not losing faith in your efforts, dressing intentionally, why privileged people should always be uncomfortable, empathy, and much more… Matt has known Jonah since high school where they shared various classes and Matt watched Jonah just draw and draw and draw… Jonah even designed Matt's initial logo for @hustlegurus (a documentary series about Chicago startups) and various song covers from when Matt rapped in high school and after. Please share and review the show if you enjoyed this episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Matt finally interviews a couple of his best friends after years and years of working along side them and watching them grow… Ra Gordon and Emmanuel Isreal (GoldenBoyMnny) are two underground Chicago hip-hop legends in-the-making. Ra is an 18 year old producer who went from making beats in his family's basement to working in professional studios all around Chicago and has managed to create songs with artists that have garnered millions of plays and is currently being mentored/managed by Chicago icon Freddy Burton AKA Supa Bwe. GoldenBoyManny has gone from making music videos for his friend's YouTube gaming channel as a young teenager to securing a performing spot and official poster listing for Lyrical Lemonade's Summer Smash 2021. Manny is the founder of a hip-hop collective called Exit The Premises (ETP) that both Ra and Matt are members of. The three discuss Ra and Manny's journey in the music industry, being genuine and using their authenticity to connect with other creatives in the music industry who have helped them rise up. Follow Ra & GoldenBoyMnny: GoldenBoyMnny: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgvo40DLDYo9nZNSgJvr26w Instagram: @goldenboymnny Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/goldenboymnny/1437734560 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/09yOJNztuGRIdAS1V3PZ8t Ra: Instagram: @prod.ra YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeVEjzysSteq4NKjAUKas6g BeatStars: https://www.beatstars.com/ra_beats/tracks --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support

Sir Trevor James is a producer, creative director, and entrepreneur and AM (Amin Mashadi) is a music artist, both part of the “Collected” collective. We sat down and discussed their most recent fully self-product event “Collected As One.” We talked about their experience going to music-focused colleges in Chicago such as Columbia and SAE. We discussed best practices in the music industry, Trevor and Amin's growing-up stories (including Amin moving from Iran to Turkey to Chicago and being split from his family multiple times for years on end. We ended with how they want to evolve as creatives from creating music for movies to hosting events for fitness and car shows and much more. Follow Trevor and Amin: Sir Trevor James: Instagram: @sirtrevorjames Website: https://www.sirtrevorjames.com/ Amin Mashadi: Instagram: @its.amofficial Website: https://www.itsamofficial.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dogoodpodcast/support