128. Acting Fast: the journey of young CEO TRU Venture Marketing Matt Starrett, growing a performance marketing agency

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the show today, we have Matt Starrett. He started in a dorm room with a laptop and a friend and went on to build a marketing agency in his early 20s and scale it. He started before he was ready and before he had all the answers, in fact, he started his current company at just 22 years old.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matt shares his entrepreneurial journey which began in a dorm room back in college, and how he’s grown to build a thriving business and a large team. In this episode, we talk about the power of mentors for leaders, plus the importance of always being ready to pivot as an entrepreneur.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in to learn how having a mentor helped Matt improve his leadership skills and strategize his service pricing. You will also learn the importance of being a speedy executor and having the ability to weigh quick decisions as an entrepreneur. </span></p> <p><strong>Pivotal Questions Asked:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[3:34] How did you get into this type of work?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[5:32] You’ve enjoyed success at a pretty young age, how did you manage your mindset through that?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[11:13] You had to take in a lot of new skillsets in running the business that you have today, how did you navigate that?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[18:15] Let’s talk about the work that you do and the kinds of clients that you work with.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[46:57] Have you struggled with self-sabotage, and if so, how did you get past it?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[51:08] If you could tell the world one thing, what would