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Matthew Knowles

Matthew Knowles

Dr. Mathew Knowles — record executive, entrepreneur, and founder of Music World Entertainment, best known as the manager and father of Beyoncé and architect of Destiny's Child's success.

Sep 15, 2026

Speakernomics

Speakernomics

Branding Builds Legacy

Sep 15 · 40m

Damona Hoffman
Damona HoffmanHOST
6:20
Can you explain the difference there?
Matthew Knowles
Matthew KnowlesGUEST
6:22
Well, knowledge is power.
Matthew Knowles
Matthew KnowlesGUEST
6:24
Uh, and we know that, um, And I read a lot.
Matthew Knowles
Matthew KnowlesGUEST
6:29
So, Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian writer, outliers, he talks about being the best at something requires 10,000 hours.
Matthew Knowles
Matthew KnowlesGUEST
6:40
If sports, music, You can be in corporate America, 10,000 hours of knowing your product or 10,000 hours of interviewing, whatever we choose.
Matthew Knowles
Matthew KnowlesGUEST
6:55
And that's what it was for me is, again, putting in the work.
Matthew Knowles
Matthew KnowlesGUEST
6:58
And when I left Xerox 10 years later.

12 MINS LATER

Damona Hoffman
Damona HoffmanHOST
19:22
Can you tell us a little bit about your story and then how you've leveraged that to change your speaking career?

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