Connection is Magic with Samson Shulman
Connection is Magic with Samson Shulman
Connection is Magic with Samson Shulman
Embezzling $7 Million from Alanis Morissette & Overcoming Gambling Addiction — Jonathan Schwartz
51 minutes Posted Jul 29, 2017 at 10:23 pm.
Keeping a façade up is exhausting
What was your path to becoming a top business manager in the music
Not being phased by celebrity / hollywood glam
When did you know you wanted to be a music accountant?
Best advice to new artists?
Importance of the right TEAM.
The people closest to you abandoning you
What was the point you turned from functioning addict to full loss of
What was your lowest point?
What new mission / redemption looks like..
Importance of therapy and vulnerability
Discuss your upcoming book..
The volatility of the entertainment biz
What have been the most valuable tools / help to you in your recovery
A quote to help shift how you help people going through something
Huge parallel / gem of life, recovery, and business
Advice you would give to your 18 year old self?
Observing / sitting in on a staged funeral + eulogy and what you learned
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Jonathan Schwartz, CPA was a top 5 power business manager in the entertainment industry.  His clients included A-List musicians, athletes, and film stars.   He developed a severe gambling addiction that lead him to embezzling $7 Million dollars from his clients.  He was ordered to repay 8 million dollars in restitution and is now serving a 6 year prison sentence in Oregon.  He plans to write a book and educate / empower people on the dangers of addiction and how they can seek a healthier path and avoid the pitfalls he has encountered in his own life.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS //
0 - Intro / Guest Background
biz?
14: 34 - How did your first big lucky break w/Linkin Park come about?
control over your life?
thus far?
challenging..