Patrick Tsang interviews Mike Amoia, Emmy award winner, producer, entrepreneur, and angel investor. In 2021 he was awarded the Guinness World Record for "the most insects tattooed on the body," with 864 tattoos. This was achieved to raise money and awareness for his nonprofit to help underprivileged kids. Mike shares with Patrick his humble story of starting in the music industry as a freelance assistant, editing working nights at VHW and Sony Studios, loading tapes, and preparing footage for the day shift. Slowly he worked his way up to working on projects with MTV, VH1, Sony Studios, and Chappelle's Show on Comedy Central. Later he co-founded Vidiots – a 20,000-square-foot post-production facility in the West Village housing an agency representing editors and directors. Vidiots then expanded into a production company in 2010. He also created Amoia created Mibe Music, a publishing company with over 100,000 music cues and songwriters worldwide, which he still co-owns with his operating partner. Mibe Music credits include Beyoncé Pepsi commercial, CBS sports, Bravo's Million Dollar Listing, History Channel's Counting Cars, and the NBA Finals opener for ESPN. He has also invested in companies such as Rumble Boxing.
Follow Mike on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aiomaekim/
More information about Mike: https://indelible.live
00:00 Intro
01:00 World record
02:26 Overcoming fears
03:27 Childhood and being misdiagnosed with Leukemia
05:46 Turning Anger into Passion
07:25 Deciding to be an Entrepreneur
08:17 Music publishing and beyond
09:44 Investing in Rumble Boxing
12:11 Impact investing
12:45 Breaking into the Entertainment Industry
13:36 Developing Hardwork Ethic
14:06 Willing Mentality
14:36 Principes and ethics
15:33 Luck
16:00 Defining success
16:36 Next big thing for Mike
17:30 Rolemodel
18:30 Legacy
22:37 #1 Advice
