361: The Near-Death Experience That Fuelled Omaze’s Matt Pohlson

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In this episode of the Foundr podcast, we speak with Omaze’s Matt Pohlson to discuss how a near-death experience taught him a powerful lesson about optimism—and how it changed his perspective on business forever. Pohlson is cofounder and CEO of Omaze, an online fundraising platform that supports causes by offering once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Some of the experiences they offer include top-tier influential figures like Michelle Obama or George Clooney, or million-dollar prizes like cars and properties. In this refreshingly candid interview, Pohlson discusses his unique business model, gate-crashing charity events to pitch to Bryan Cranston, and how he found himself at the Vatican with the Pope. Get FREE, actionable advice from legitimate founders on starting and growing ANY Business… https://www.foundr.com/freetraining And… If you ARE enjoying the Foundr Podcast’, please leave us a 5-star review and let us know who you want to see next. Website: http://www.foundr.comSuccess Stories: https://foundr.com/success-stories Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundr/ YouTube: http://bit.ly/2uyvzdt Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/foundr Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/foundr LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/ Podcast: http://www.foundr.com/podcast Magazine: http://www.foundr.com/magazine

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0:00.0	This is episode number 361 with Matt Paulson of the Founder Podcast.
0:07.1	What you need is thirst.
0:08.9	You need to be a thirsty human who is intent on learning.
0:12.9	It's a really fascinating exploration of human potential.
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0:41.8	Learn from the greatest minds in business today with interviews hosted by Nathan Chan.
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1:41.0	Okay, so now let's talk about today's episode.
1:44.5	Hey founder fam, hope you're doing well. Nathan here. Welcome back to another episode.
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