Sep 15, 2021
Matthew Kondrup aka “Matty K El Capitan” is a New York Native who took a side hustle and with a little help from the Universe and life circumstances, developed into a thriving business.
For the last 16 years, Matty K has been a public servant for Nassau County Police Department as a Paramedic coming to the aid of thousands of people over the course of his career. An unfortunate injury left his femur and back broken and forced him into “retirement.” He’s also the founder of Matty K Travel arranging various travel accommodations for families, wedding parties, and entrepreneurs.
On this episode of Step it Up Entrepreneur, Tom and Matty K discuss the challenges of living in New York, the power of choosing how to work and live life on your own terms. They take a deep dive into the importance of doing little things for people today, that lead to bigger opportunities tomorrow. Matty K will share how he took life-changing defeat and pivoted into creating a business that has transformed the lives of his clients, family, and employees.
What You'll Learn:
- The importance of setting up your life to serve the needs of your family
- Serving people at a level where they get to know, like and trust you
- How breaking the strongest bone in your body can change your life and what he did to bounce back
- A unique way of attracting employees to help build your business organically
- Why firing bad clients is a good thing to do from time to time
- Reasons why taking a vacation is important for your mental health, especially if you’re running a business
- How Matty K took a part-time hustle and exploded the business by doing 3 simple things
- And much more!
FAVORITE QUOTES:
“I said if I ever start a company,
I’m gonna run a company where the employees respect the people they
work for and run it with common sense. I try really
hard. We have 50 people that work for us around the
country. I would hope that they would all stand up and say,
“Hey, Matt’s great to work for. He’s got some common sense.
He’s sticking up for us and going to bat for us with
people.”
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