Matt Johnson is a North Texas Business Titan. His has successful ventures across a variety of industries including automotive, entertainment, and firearms. He joins us today to discuss his approach to building businesses through customer service, how he disrupts industries, and diversifying himself as an entrepreneur. We also touch on the politically volatile nature of some of his businesses, firearm education, advising the next generation and much more. Enjoy!

Matt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-johnson-173b7844/Michael Moore on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpmoore/Bob Wierema on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-wierema/

Holiday Autogroup: https://www.holidayautogroup.com/Courtside Kitchen: https://www.courtsidekitchenfw.com/Defender Outdoors: https://defenderoutdoors.com/

(1:18) - Why did you want to be a guest on this podcast?(4:21) - Matt’s approach to building businesses through customer service(13:20) - How were you able to expand a simple auto sales business into multiple arms of revenue?(15:58) - What other business ventures are you involved in?(21:07) - How do you think about disrupting a business or an industry?(23:16) - What have the last two years been like managing the different verticals you’re in given the politcally charged nature of some of them?(30:14) - What work are you doing from an education standpoint in your firearms business?(36:52) - You’re based in Texas, how would you approach firearm education in a state where laws are more strict?(40:36) - How do you continue to diversify yourself as an entrepreneur?(44:50) - How do you get employees to open up to you with potentially negative feedback?(47:27) - Matt’s career journey(50:47) - What advice would you give the next generation?(57:50) - What are you currently working on?(1:00:05) - What do you want people to know about you?