Before we dive into today's episode, a quick note.

This episode contains discussions around mental health and suicide.

If you or someone you know may find this topic distressing, please listen with care or feel free to skip this episode.

Hey, welcome back to the $100 MBA show.

I'm your host, Omar Zen Home.

And today's episode is a very special extended interview, a conversation with one of the most interesting people I've met.

Matt Fidesz.

Matt Fidesz is the owner of the largest martial arts franchise business in the world.

With just a hundred pounds, he started his first school and then a few years later, he expanded

to five schools and today he has over 1,800 martial arts schools around the world.

But that's just the beginning of his story.

Methodist at the age of 20 meets probably the most famous person in the world at the time.

And this person teaches him about how to franchise and how to expand beyond five locations.

That person is this guy, Michael Jackson. I know. It's pretty crazy that there's a Michael Jackson twist to this story. But yeah, he became his close friend at the age of 20. But of course,

in today's conversation, he's going to share what he learned from Michael Jackson as his close

friend and being around him all the time.

He also shares how much his network has helped him as an entrepreneur, how he built his

businesses, his keys to success and how you can get started if you have little to no money

like he did. And of course, he shares some really interesting stories about his relationship

with Michael Jackson, about all the

controversy, about all the things that people have said about him, the allegations, as well as

all the things that people don't know about him that he wished the world knew. This episode,

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