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Episode 47 – Brian Interviews Founder and CEO of Paysphere Matt Umholtz. Matt founded Paysphere in 2012 with the idea that he could differentiate in his industry by not treating customers like numbers. Paysphere provides HR and payroll benefits to midsized businesses located mostly locally in Houston, TX. Along the way Matt has carefully cultivated an award-winning culture that has been recognized by the Houston Business Journal as the Best Places more than once including in 2017 when they took the top spot. Additionally PaySphere has been recognized for their business growth featured in the Houston Business Journal Fast 100 and in 2018 in the Inc 5000 nationally. Brian and Matt have a great discussion about what true culture is based on values and how those values are guided by a clear mission and vision.