12 Minute Convos W/ Engel Jones

As someone who has founded, built, managed and sold a successful internet company, Matt has been in the startup trenches.  In 1996, he co-founded Commissioner.com, the internet’s first and premier fantasy sports service.  Matt grew the company, which created fantasy sports games for the NFL, Major League Baseball, CBS SportsLine, and several others, as well as international games for soccer and cricket.  In 1999, he and his partners sold the company to CBS SportsLine (currently CBS Sports), which still runs their products today.  Previously, as an entertainment lawyer, Matt, a co-author of the 7th Edition of This Business of Music, the bible of the music industry, has represented a variety of musical artists, songwriters, producers and record companies.  He appeared as a regular featured copyright expert on television and has lectured internationally.  An honors graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and a Cum Laude graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he edited and wrote for the Cardozo L