About Matt Fortnow
Matt is an entertainment lawyer turned entrepreneur, now heavily involved in crypto and NFTs.
In 1996, Matt co-founded Commissioner.com, the internet’s first fantasy sports service. Matt grew the company, which created fantasy sports games for the NFL, Major League Baseball, CBS SportsLine and several others, as well as international games for soccer and cricket. In 1999, he and his partners sold the company to CBS SportsLine (currently CBS Sports), which still runs their products today.
Previously, as an entertainment lawyer, Matt co-authored the 7th Edition of This Business of Music, the bible of the music industry. He’s represented a variety of music artists, songwriters, producers and record labels, appeared as a regular featured copyright expert on television and lectured internationally. An honors graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and a Cum Laude graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he edited and wrote for the Cardozo Law Review, Matt has also written several articles on music industry issues.
Since the sale of Commissioner.com, Matt has been consulting entrepreneurs and been involved in various startups as an investor or advisor. In 2016 he dove into the world of blockchain, doing business development for GameCredits (GAME). In 2018 he arranged a deal between GameCredits and FanDuel, the largest fantasy sports company, for contests throughout the FIFA World Cup. Matt is co-founder of Blockchain Guys, a premier blockchain and cryptocurrency consultancy. He has become increasingly enamored by digital art and non-fungible tokens since the original CryptoKitties. In 2020 he started Power Up NFTs, a full-service NFT development and consulting company, which has created the official NFTs for iconic brands such as The Three Stooges. Matt is the author of The NFT Handbook (Wiley, Oct. 2021), a complete guide on how to create, sell and buy NFTs. An amazon bestseller, the book is now available in ten languages. Last year Matt discussed NFTs on Marketing for the Now with Gary Vaynerchuk.
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