The Climb - Cross Roads & Defining Moments

Matt Johnson is a North Texas Business Titan. His has successful ventures across a variety of industries including automotive, entertainment, and firearms. He joins us today to discuss his approach to building businesses through customer service, how he disrupts industries, and diversifying himself as an entrepreneur. We also touch on the politically volatile nature of some of his businesses, firearm education, advising the next generation and much more. Enjoy!

Matt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-johnson-173b7844/
Michael Moore on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpmoore/
Bob Wierema on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-wierema/

Holiday Autogroup: https://www.holidayautogroup.com/
Courtside Kitchen: https://www.courtsidekitchenfw.com/
Defender Outdoors: https://defenderoutdoors.com/

(1:18) - Why did you want to be a guest on this podcast?
(4:21) - Matt’s approach to building businesses through customer service
(13:20) - How were you able to expand a simple auto sales business into multiple arms of revenue?
(15:58) - What other business ventures are you involved in?
(21:07) - How do you think about disrupting a business or an industry?
(23:16) - What have the last two years been like managing the different verticals you’re in given the politcally charged nature of some of them?
(30:14) - What work are you doing from an education standpoint in your firearms business?
(36:52) - You’re based in Texas, how would you approach firearm education in a state where laws are more strict?
(40:36) - How do you continue to diversify yourself as an entrepreneur?
(44:50) - How do you get employees to open up to you with potentially negative feedback?
(47:27) - Matt’s career journey
(50:47) - What advice would you give the next generation?
(57:50) - What are you currently working on?
(1:00:05) - What do you want people to know about you?

What is The Climb - Cross Roads & Defining Moments?

Humans have told stories since the beginning of time as a medium to connect and pass knowledge from one generation to the next. Robert and Michael aim to explore these stories with today’s leaders with real and raw conversation - getting rid of all the noise in today’s data driven, twitter-fed society. The art of storytelling has taken a back seat to 24 hour news, politicking and diminished attention spans. As we began to contemplate this shift, we developed The Climb – Cross Roads and Defining Moments – to capture the stories of today’s leaders. Each of our esteemed guests will bring their own unique set of circumstances they faced in their life to our podcast so that our listeners can hear the raw and unfiltered truth. The climb is never easy – the cross roads and defining moments shape us.

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