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Tom Matlack is an American
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, and
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Background

Matlack graduated from
Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the c ...
in 1986 with a B.A. and an M.B.A. from
Yale School of Management The Yale School of Management (also known as Yale SOM) is the graduate business school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. The school awards the Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA for Executive ...
in 1991. He served as the chief financial officer of
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until 1997 when the paper was absorbed in a $1.5 billion takeover by the
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Corporation of Dallas, owner of
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and a number of television stations. The deal was orchestrated by Matlack. In 2009, Matlack founded
The Good Men Project The Good Men Project is an American weblog founded by Tom Matlack in 2009. Background The online platform was founded in 2009 by American entrepreneur Tom Matlack. The Good Men Project launched as an online publishing site and social platform ...
.


Career

Matlack has led several venture investments in the technology arena, such as
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, where he invested at a $7.5 million
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and exited most of his investors at a $5 billion valuation. In 2010,
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was purchased by
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for 1 billion. From 1999 until 2010, Matlack founded and ran as a managing partner Megunticook Management, a venture capital firm that started more than 30 companies. Megunticook's biggest success was a company called Telephia in which the company was a lead investor. In 2007, Telephia was sold to Neilsen for over $500 million. Beyond his work with
The Good Men Project The Good Men Project is an American weblog founded by Tom Matlack in 2009. Background The online platform was founded in 2009 by American entrepreneur Tom Matlack. The Good Men Project launched as an online publishing site and social platform ...
, Matlack is an active investor. He also founded Game Empire Enterprises.


Media appearances and interviews

In October 2009, Matlack started the Good Men Book tour at
Sing Sing Sing Sing Correctional Facility, formerly Ossining Correctional Facility, is a maximum-security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, New York. It is about north ...
prison. According to Matlack, "My book is about manhood and redemption. I have in my mind the image of Johnny Cash going into Fulsom Prison. Like his music, my book is about manhood, raw and unvarnished. So I need to find guys who understand what that is about. It's also about the possibility of redemption, about making mistakes, and about picking yourself up. I have no idea what I am going to say to these guys but I am going to try." In December 2009, Matlack appeared on the ''
Tyra Banks Show ''The Tyra Banks Show'', also known as and shortened to ''Tyra'' or ''The Tyra Show'', was an American talk show hosted by Tyra Banks that aired from 2005 to 2010. While Banks's show covered a variety of topics, there was a sensationalized focus ...
'' where he donated, on behalf of the Good Men Foundation, $5,000 to help cover Christmas expenses for a family who had just lost their husband and father. Matlack has interviewed
David Kohan David Sanford Kohan (born April 16, 1964) is an American television producer and writer. After writing for ''The Wonder Years'' and ''The Dennis Miller Show'', Kohan co-created and produced ''Will & Grace'', ''Boston Common'', '' Good Morning, M ...
, creator of ''Will & Grace'' and artist Shep Fairey. He has also been interviewed by his own foundation where he discusses his reason for starting the Good Men Foundation.


Publications

Tom Matlack's work has appeared in Rowing News,
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,
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,
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Magazine and Newspaper,
Wesleyan Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan–Arminianism, Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a Christian theology, theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the Christian ministry, ministry of the 18th-century eva ...
,
Yale Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
,
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, and
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. He is a regular columnist for
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. In addition to writing for
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, Matlack has a regular column titled “Good is Good” as part of ‘’The Good Men Magazine’’, a blog titled “The Good Man” for
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, and regularly publishes pieces on his
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page. Matlack has had op-ed pieces published in the
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as well as regular feature articles. He has also contributed multiple pieces to
Boston Magazine ''Boston'' is a monthly magazine concerning life in the Greater Boston area and has been in publication since 1805. History and profile ''Boston'' magazine was started in 1805. Metrocorp, Inc. bought the magazine in 1970. The company also owns ...
. Once an avid rower at
Wesleyan Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan–Arminianism, Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a Christian theology, theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the Christian ministry, ministry of the 18th-century eva ...
, he has also had pieces featured in Rowing News. His connection to Wesleyan also allowed him to interview
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creator
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for the Wesleyan Magazine.


The Good Men Foundation

The Good Men Foundation is a nonprofit charitable corporation based in the state of New York. It is dedicated to helping organizations that provide educational, social, financial, and legal support to men and boys at risk. Tom Matlack and his business counterpart, James Houghton, created The Good Men Foundation to drive discussion about cultural issues pertaining to men. Matlack left the Good Men Project on April 9, 2013, two days after publishing an article critical of an editorial by
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in the New York Times published on April 2. During that same week, he also deleted his Twitter account. In 2019, the foundation released documentary film, "The Good Men Project: Real Stories From the Front Lines of Modern Manhood". The film was directed and produced by Matthew Gannon and features Kent George, John Sheehy, Bruce Ellman, Mark St.Amant, Konstantin Selivan, Amin Ahmad, Charlie LeDuff, Stuart Horwitz, Michael Kamber and Rolf Gates.


References

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