Patrick Tsang interviews Mike Amoia, Emmy award winner, producer, entrepreneur, and angel investor. In 2021 he was awarded the Guinness World Record for "the most insects tattooed on the body," with 864 tattoos. This was achieved to raise money and awareness for his nonprofit to help underprivileged kids. Mike shares with Patrick his humble story of starting in the music industry as a freelance assistant, editing working nights at VHW and Sony Studios, loading tapes, and preparing footage for the day shift. Slowly he worked his way up to working on projects with MTV, VH1, Sony Studios, and Chappelle's Show on Comedy Central. Later he co-founded Vidiots – a 20,000-square-foot post-production facility in the West Village housing an agency representing editors and directors. Vidiots then expanded into a production company in 2010. He also created Amoia created Mibe Music, a publishing company with over 100,000 music cues and songwriters worldwide, which he still co-owns with his operating partner. Mibe Music credits include Beyoncé Pepsi commercial, CBS sports, Bravo's Million Dollar Listing, History Channel's Counting Cars, and the NBA Finals opener for ESPN. He has also invested in companies such as Rumble Boxing. 

Follow Mike on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aiomaekim/

More information about Mike: https://indelible.live

00:00 Intro

01:00 World record 

02:26 Overcoming fears

03:27 Childhood and being misdiagnosed with Leukemia 

05:46 Turning Anger into Passion

07:25 Deciding to be an Entrepreneur 

08:17 Music publishing and beyond

09:44 Investing in Rumble Boxing

12:11 Impact investing 

12:45 Breaking into the Entertainment Industry 

13:36 Developing Hardwork Ethic 

14:06 Willing Mentality

14:36 Principes and ethics 

15:33 Luck

16:00 Defining success 

16:36 Next big thing for Mike

17:30 Rolemodel 

18:30 Legacy 

22:37 #1 Advice