Matt Mandell
CEO of GAM Payments. Serial entrepreneur since 1993. Fort Lauderdale, FL.
I build payment infrastructure for industries that traditional processors won't touch — firearms, high-risk merchants, home services. Before that: food delivery, event production, procurement strategy, business automation. I've been starting things since I was 12.
Currently
GAM Payments
Wholesale ISO and payment infrastructure for mid-market and specialty merchants. Key brand: 2A Pay — the payment platform for the firearms industry.
Revenue as a Service
Building a RaaS model for independent service businesses — pest control, HVAC, home services. Payments + demand gen + ops, bundled.
Real Estate
LP in several real estate funds. Own residential property in Fort Lauderdale. Focused on reducing exposure and moving toward liquid assets.
More detail on the Now page.
Recent Writing
All posts →How to Analyze a Lost Sale
Every lost deal is data. Most businesses throw it away.
A Beginner's Guide to Backward Goal Setting
Start from where you want to end up, then work backward to today.
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Background
I started my first business at 12 — Spotlight Productions, doing lights and music for events across New Jersey and New York. Since then I've built companies in food delivery, eCommerce, event production, manufacturing, payments, and business automation.
I've been a mentor at The Founder Institute, spoken internationally (Berlin, Brussels, Paris, Singapore), and served on Entrepreneurs Organization boards. Before going full-time as an entrepreneur, I did 3,000+ hours of volunteer ambulance service.
These days I'm focused on GAM Payments and figuring out how to do more in less time. I write about that when I have something worth saying.