Feb. 28, 2020

Episode 9: Matt Haggman - Award Winning Journalist & Former Miami Director at The Knight Foundation

When you look up the word “community” in the dictionary, two definitions stick out.1. “a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.” 2. “a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.”I can’t think of anyone that cares about and embodies those two definitions more than our featured guest today, my good friend Matt Haggman. Matt has been and continues to be a pioneer in the South Florida startup and entrepreneurial scene and is someone I’ve been fortunate enough to work with it and see first hand just how important community is to him.As the Miami Program Direction for the Knight Foundation, Matt launched an effort focused on connecting and propelling the city’s emerging community of entrepreneurs and startups. Knight then quickly become the largest funder of entrepreneur initiatives in the region and made so many things possible including the launching of numerous ventures, spaces, events and much more.Matt then took his passion for growing community one step further and ran for Congress in 2017. He went door-to-door talking and engaging with residents and finding out what items they were passionate about and how he could help solve their most pressing issues.Matt is simply one of the most genuine, down-to-earth, good-hearted people that I know and I had an incredible time recording this episode with him.In this episode Matt shares:

Show Notes

When you look up the word “community” in the dictionary, two definitions stick out.

1. “a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.”

2. “a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.”

I can’t think of anyone that cares about and embodies those two definitions more than our featured guest today, my good friend Matt Haggman. Matt has been and continues to be a pioneer in the South Florida startup and entrepreneurial scene and is someone I’ve been fortunate enough to work with it and see first hand just how important community is to him.

As the Miami Program Direction for the Knight Foundation, Matt launched an effort focused on connecting and propelling the city’s emerging community of entrepreneurs and startups. Knight then quickly become the largest funder of entrepreneur initiatives in the region and made so many things possible including the launching of numerous ventures, spaces, events and much more.

Matt then took his passion for growing community one step further and ran for Congress in 2017. He went door-to-door talking and engaging with residents and finding out what items they were passionate about and how he could help solve their most pressing issues.

Matt is simply one of the most genuine, down-to-earth, good-hearted people that I know and I had an incredible time recording this episode with him.

In this episode Matt shares: