This week in the ARENA, Matt Haycox joins me to share his story. From huge success as an entrepreneur, to bankruptcy and back again; Matt has an uncanny ability to pick himself up and try again. 

Now Matt is helping other businesses achieve success and is the host of the Matt Haycox Podcast. Dive into the episode and discover the keys to success by listening to Matt’s Story.

Key Podcast Topics:

The challenges of starting a strip club

Matt’s recipe to success

Inflation and investing

Matt’s biography:

Matt is an investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and podcast host of the Matt HayCox Podcast. Matt started his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 18 and achieved success at 24 years old by opening his own strip club. In the 2008 market crash, he lost everything and was declared bankrupt but Matt went to work the next day to begin building his business from the ground up once again. 

Now Matt is a successful entrepreneur based in Dubai, with businesses in the UK. 

Podcast Highlights:
00:00 Introduction

01:00 Matt’s Journey to Entrepreneurship

09:55 Starting a strip club

22:11 Asset financing and the American culture of tipping

27:08 Gangs in the UK

32:49 Hiring girls

38:53 Getting a license for a strip club

43:04 What is a balanced life?

44:30 Why Matt’s first marriage failed

48:03 Losing everything and becoming bankrupt

54:24 Redemption

56:33 Matt Haycox’s new life and business

1:01:53 Venture Capital

1:05:34 Inflation and the recession

1:11:35 England is a mess

1:16:30 Yachting

1:24:33 Podcasting

1:28:27 The recipe of success

1:29:40 The future for Matt

1:32:49 Help Alfie Walk

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