Author Archives: Matt A.

Before Meltwater, I was self-employed running my own business.  As a lifelong entrepreneur, I grew up running a lemonade stand with my friends and later, while playing professional golf out of high school, negotiated my own endorsement contracts.  In college I created an entertainment magazine, which had distribution throughout the University of Florida and is still in existence today. Most recently, I worked in the entertainment industry where I joined the management team of Jeff Hanson Management & Promotions – the management team behind bands such as Creed and Sevendust.

While in college, I met Paal Larsen, now Executive Director of…