Matt Golis's guest appearances

Matt Golis

614Startups

Beyond High Street

Built in Ohio

Calvin Cooper

Naveed Iqbal

Ryan Frederick

Max Brickman

Jay Clouse

Cory Bailey

Sir John Hargrave

Arnold Palmer

Tim Miller

Matthew Betley

Jim Ryan

Jessica Cohen

Dave Knox

Dawn Dickson

Rodney Williams

OwlTail

Matt Golis is the Founder and CEO of GiveGame which is a revolutionary fundraising platform that turns major sports and live events into powerful fundraising opportunities. From March Madness to the Oscars, GiveGame empowers cause champions and nonprofits to: raise money for their cause, unlock modern donors and mobile giving, drive year-round donations, ignite donor engagement, and increase giving frequency.Now based in Columbus, Matt spent years in Silicon Valley where he was the co-founder and CEO of YapStone. YapStone is a provider of online and mobile payment solutions for global marketplaces and software platforms.In this episode we talking building and scaling technology companies, why he decided to start his new venture outside of Silicon Valley and what cities in the middle of the country can do to recruit and retain top tech talent.Matt is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and where he is actively involved with the school and its students in the spaces of venture, entrepreneurship and creating companies. For more information on GiveGame, please visit www.givegame.com To connect with Matt on LinkedIn, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattgolis/***The Future Lab is powered by OhioX - Ohio's technology and innovation partnership. Our mission is to unite and promote those building the future. For more information on OhioX, please visit www.ohiox.org***

Matt Golis is the Founder and CEO of GiveGame which is a revolutionary fundraising platform that turns major sports and live events into powerful fundraising opportunities. From March Madness to the Oscars, GiveGame empowers cause champions and nonprofits to: raise money for their cause, unlock modern donors and mobile giving, drive year-round donations, ignite donor engagement, and increase giving frequency. Now based in Columbus, Matt spent years in Silicon Valley where he was the co-founder and CEO of YapStone. YapStone is a provider of online and mobile payment solutions for global marketplaces and software platforms. In this episode we talking building and scaling technology companies, why he decided to start his new venture outside of Silicon Valley and what cities in the middle of the country can do to recruit and retain top tech talent. Matt is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and where he is actively involved with the school and its students in the spaces of venture, entrepreneurship and creating companies. For more information on GiveGame, please visit <a href="http://www.givegame.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.givegame.com</a> To connect with Matt on LinkedIn, please visit <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattgolis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattgolis/</a> ***The Future Lab is powered by OhioX - Ohio's technology and innovation partnership. Our mission is to unite and promote those building the future. For more information on OhioX, please visit <a href="http://www.ohiox.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ohiox.org</a>***

Matt Golis - Founder and CEO, GiveGame

On this episode of the 614Startups Podcast, Elio interviews Matt Golis, Founder of GiveGame. GiveGame is a web application that helps not-for-profits effortlessly fund-raise using sports and entertainment. On the encouragement of friends and mentors, Matt moved from Ohio to Silicon Valley in the mid-nineties to begin his entrepreneurial journey as Founder of Rent Payment. In an effort to scale Rent Payment, Matt sought to raise venture funding at the same time the tech bubble was bursting in 1999-2000. Without funding, Matt had to scale his company down and eventually joined forces with YapStone, a company in the rent payment space, where he eventually became CEO. After leading YapStone to scale, Matt has returned to Columbus to launch his latest entrepreneurial venture, GiveGame.   Thank you for joining us for another episode of the 614Startups Podcast. Enjoy!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/614startups/support

On this episode of the 614Startups Podcast, Elio interviews Matt Golis, Founder of GiveGame. GiveGame is a web application that helps not-for-profits effortlessly fund-raise using sports and entertainment. On the encouragement of friends and mentors, Matt moved from Ohio to Silicon Valley in the mid-nineties to begin his entrepreneurial journey as Founder of Rent Payment. In an effort to scale Rent Payment, Matt sought to raise venture funding at the same time the tech bubble was bursting in 1999-2000. Without funding, Matt had to scale his company down and eventually joined forces with YapStone, a company in the rent payment space, where he eventually became CEO. After leading YapStone to scale, Matt has returned to Columbus to launch his latest entrepreneurial venture, GiveGame.   Thank you for joining us for another episode of the 614Startups Podcast. Enjoy!--- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/614startups/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/614startups/support</a>

S3E1 - Matt Golis, GiveGame

Interesting few pods ahead with the upcoming start of the NFL Season. Our guest this week Matt Golis is working on helping leverage the excitement around fantasy for social good (and next week, Jeremy Kudon, a betting/gaming lobbyist working on behalf of Leagues and brands to legalize at the state leaves). Matt’s start-up company DraftMates lets users play fantasy sports with proceeds directly benefitting a charity of choice. A true entrepreneurial mind as he has created a fundraising platform taking advantage of the enormous affinity of fantasy. He has spent his career finding digital solutions for users, and has some really great perspective on the unique challenges found there. I really enjoyed the dialogue about his move from the Bay Area to the Midwest and which Miami class has helped him throughout his career. 

Interesting few pods ahead with the upcoming start of the NFL Season. Our guest this week Matt Golis is working on helping leverage the excitement around fantasy for social good (and next week, Jeremy Kudon, a betting/gaming lobbyist working on behalf of Leagues and brands to legalize at the state leaves). Matt’s start-up company <a href="https://www.draftmates.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DraftMates </a>lets users play fantasy sports with proceeds directly benefitting a charity of choice. A true entrepreneurial mind as he has created a fundraising platform taking advantage of the enormous affinity of fantasy. He has spent his career finding digital solutions for users, and has some really great perspective on the unique challenges found there. I really enjoyed the dialogue about his move from the Bay Area to the Midwest and which Miami class has helped him throughout his career.

Matt Golis: Founder and CEO, DraftMates