n the very first episode of The Scar Tissue Podcast, Anthony sits down with longtime friend, entrepreneur, investor, and founder Reed, whose career has spanned advertising, real estate, venture investing, cannabis, and technology. Together, they explore the often unseen side of entrepreneurship—the personal losses, painful lessons, and defining moments that shape leaders long before success ever arrives.

A 21-year-old executive chef in Texas. A converted postal truck with a generator bolted to the back. A restaurant doing $4 million in sales that was sold out from under him in five weeks. By the time Matt Maroni appears on this episode of The Scar Tissue, he’s lived through enough career twists to fill four lifetimes and found himself at the center of the AI-in-restaurants conversation almost by accident.