IAM334- Music School Founder Helps Individual Tap Into Their Creative Side Through Art

For 20 years, Matt was an executive in the radio industry, before becoming an investor and the founding CEO for the School of Rock. In five years, Matt grew that franchise from five locations to 55 schools – the largest of music schools in the world. In 2012, he opened the first One River School of Art + Design in Englewood, NJ. He franchised the concept in 2017 and currently has 12 locations, with up to five more expected to open this year.

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• CEO Defined: Facilitating best practices around people

Website: http://oneriverschool.com/franchise

Facebook: facebook.com/oneriverschool
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oneriverschool/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oneriverschool?lang=en

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Intro 0:02

Do you want to learn effective ways to build relationships, generate sales and grow your business from successful entrepreneurs, startups, and CEOs without listening to a long, long, long interview? If so, you've come to the right place. Gresham Harkless values your time and is ready to share with you precisely the information you're in search of. This is the I AM CEO Podcast.

Gresham Harkless 0:29

Hello, hello, hello, this is Gresh from the I AM CEO podcast and I have a very special guest on the show today. I have Matt Ross of the Juan River School of Art and Design. Matt, are you ready to speak to the community?

Matt Ross 0:39

Yes, I am.

Gresham Harkless 0:40

Awesome, super excited to have you on what I want to do is just read a little bit more about Matt so you can hear about all the awesome things that he's doing. And for 20 years, Matt was an executive in the radio industry, before becoming an investor and the founding CEO of the School of Rock. In five years, Matt grew that franchise from five locations to 55 schools – the largest music schools in the world. In 2012, he opened the first One River School of Art + Design in Englewood, NJ. He franchised the concept in 2017 and currently has 12 locations, with up to five more expected to open this year. Matt, are you ready to speak to the I AM CEO Community?