63. Don’t Waste Your Wounds: Invest in Real Relationships and Cultivate Better Business

Today’s guest on The Prosperity Perspective brings a powerful and raw origin story, but rather than letting losses make him bitter, Matt Cretzman shares with host Liam Leonard what he has done to leverage his experiences to help others. Gain his insight into the power behind building real relationships–even on LinkedIn–and where he invests his extra revenue to make the biggest impact in life.

3 Key Takeaways

• Invest in experiences over gifts, especially for your children. Spending money on experiences shows them how to value relationships over monetary items. 
• The #1 advice Matt gives you: use/find a second business idea that will feed your primary business. 
• LinkedIn is a powerful tool for building genuine relationships. Stop reaching out to people for what they can do for you and instead build that friendship. 

Resources

Website: unleashstormbreaker.com (Send an email to Matt if you know where stormbreaker came from for a free reward!)

Matt’s LinkedIn

Matt’s Instagram

About Matt Cretzman

Matt is the founder/CEO of Stormbreaker Digital, a full-service growth marketing firm specializing in strategizing and executing hyper-targeted, ROI-focused growth campaigns for domestic and international tech startups. 

He is also a strategic partner with various private capital firms (Trivium Capital, Trinitas Investments, Monmouth Ventures) in which his role is connector, netweaver, and global expansion, for both investors and tech startups. 

Matt also spent six years as a nonprofit founder, establishing and leading an international organization called Rooftop Missions. He was a global associate trainer with John Maxwell’s EQUIP International and oversaw his organization’s partnership and training program in countries like Cuba, Dominican Republic, and India. He also started a children’s home in India called the Azlynn Noelle Children’s Home, in memory of his daughter who passed away in 2012.