Matthew Benson, Founder of eFuse, Goes 'Inside The Screen'

Don and Benson covered a ton of ground in their nearly 30-minute interview, kicking off the conversation with Don asking Benson about the craziness of these past two weeks for eFuse. “It’s been a whirlwind,” says Benson. “We launched a press release last week, got a six-million dollar raise, and some great people involved in that to join the company from Odell Beckham to Ezekiel Elliot, and Steph Curry. We are really excited to have them formally a part of the business, and the outpouring of support from the community has been so cool. We’ve had so many people say such nice things, and we are really grateful!”

Benson admits that understanding the business side of gaming is a new challenge for him; Don asks Benson to break down just how substantial these last couple of weeks have been from a number standpoint. “Raising money is not ever fun, but it’s part of building a business like this. That fundraising process took a couple of months. I started working on that last year, and our relationships have been ones that we have been building over the last year or so. It’s really hard, but it’s also very rewarding because that money is a means to us being able to hire more employees to help us take things to the next step.”

As Don and Benson continue to chop it up, the two discuss how the esports and gaming industry is truly a never-ending merry-go-round of learning. “Sometimes I wake up, and I don’t know what we need to do and where we need to go, but we have to keep stepping forward. If we can show up everyday and stack 365 wins, or 300 out of 365 wins, we will operate at the highest level. You get up every day, and you don’t know what is going to come, and you just have to keep stepping and building.”

Don and Benson had an incredible conversation that you won’t want to miss. Make sure to follow Benson on Instagram and Twitter to stay abreast of any new developments over at eFuse.