Building Rockstar Partnerships, Not Just Vendors with Matthew Porter

About this episode

Matthew Porter discusses his entrepreneurial journey and vision for St. Louis as an AI hub.

Today's Inside EO guest is Matthew Porter, Co-Founder of EONOVA and proud EO board member. Matthew sat down with Shep Hyken to discuss his journey from building and exiting a startup to advising tech leaders, how EO supported him through major transitions, and his vision for positioning St. Louis as a hub for AI-powered hyperscale data centers.

People in this episode

Host: Shep Hyken

Guest: Matthew Porter

Topics covered

• partnerships
• entrepreneurship
• AI
• data centers
• business transitions

Keywords

• partnerships
• EONOVA
• AI
• data centers
• entrepreneurship
• business transitions
• St. Louis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EONOVA, Entrepreneurs' Organization

Places: St. Louis

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