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The Builders

Matt Levenhagen

Booking Overview

An interview show about building businesses, agencies, teams, products, and services, featuring founders and experienced practitioners who share practical lessons from their business journeys. Suitable pitches include entrepreneurs, agency owners, and specialists with relevant hands-on experience in areas such as sales, operations, or business building; booking difficulty appears low, with a stronger fit for credible practitioners than high-profile celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 299

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

matt@thebuilders.fm

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Host

Matt Levenhagen - Matt Levenhagen hosts a show focused on building businesses, agencies, teams, products, services, and websites on the web.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Founders and practitioners with firsthand experience building a business, agency, product, or service and practical lessons to share.
Required Achievements:  
Founded or built a business or organization, Developed practical expertise in an area such as sales, operations, or leadership, Can share a substantial business journey or lessons learned from setbacks

Recent Guest Discussions

Jay Sargeant - Trust-based Sales, Communication, Understanding Customer Needs, And Creating Lasting Value.

Carl Fudge - Career Reinvention, Presentation Storytelling, Leadership, And Helping Founders Communicate With Investors.

Gabe Arnold - Business Failures And Reinvention, Productized Services, Operational Systems, Profitability, And Reducing Founder Workload.

Jay Sargeant - Career Reinvention, Recognizing Opportunities, Using Existing Strengths, And Relationship-based Sales.

Bryan Blackmon - Building A Community-led Venture, Recovery, Resilience, And Turning Lived Experience Into Work That Helps Others.

Recent Topics

Business, Entrepreneurship, Sales, Business Operations, Leadership

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Builders
:

Jay Sargeant – The Painting, the Jaguar, and the Pool: Enter Their World Before You Pitch

October 12, 2026

What if the secret to better sales wasn't learning how to close, but learning how to connect? In this second conversation with Coach Jay Sargeant, Matt Levenhagen explores a different approach to selling, one built around understanding people, earning trust, and creating lasting value. Drawing on decades of experience and his work adapting Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) into sales training, Jay explains why the most effective sales conversations begin long before anyone makes a pitch....

Carl Fudge – From Boardroom to Lunchroom: The Winding Path to Presentation Mode

October 05, 2026

Carl Fudge helps founders tell stories that investors can understand, remember, and act on. But as Carl points out early in this conversation, telling your own story is often much harder. His path to founding Presentation Mode wasn't a straight one. It moved through organizational psychology, management consulting at McKinsey, an early-stage innovation company, business school at MIT, eight years at IDEO, and eventually a turbulent startup experience that ended with an unexpected layoff.A...

Gabe Arnold – From Hustle and Failure to Building a Business That Gives You Back Your Life

September 28, 2026

Gabe Arnold has spent most of his life building. He started working alongside his grandfather in the trades as a kid, launched his own construction company at 18, eventually grew it to around 40 employees and roughly $1 million in annual revenue... and then watched it fall apart. Bankruptcy, painful partnerships, personal loss, and plenty of hard-earned business lessons followed.But Gabe kept rebuilding. He moved into websites and digital marketing, learned how to productize services, built r...

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The Builders
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How do I get in touch with The Builders?

The Builders is hosted by Matt Levenhagen. Its publicly listed email is matt@thebuilders.fm. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for The Builders?

The publicly listed email for The Builders: matt@thebuilders.fm.

How many listeners does The Builders have?

Podseeker estimates The Builders reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for The Builders?

The Builders typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Founders and practitioners with firsthand experience building a business, agency, product, or service and practical lessons to share. Common among recent guests: Founded or built a business or organization; Developed practical expertise in an area such as sales, operations, or leadership; Can share a substantial business journey or lessons learned from setbacks. Recent guests include Jay Sargeant, Carl Fudge, and Gabe Arnold.

How hard is it to get booked on The Builders?

Low. A guest with relevant expertise and a clear angle for its audience has a realistic chance.

What topics does The Builders cover?

Recent episodes cover Business, Entrepreneurship, Sales, Business Operations, and Leadership. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

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