The Matthews Mentality Podcast

Kyle Matthews
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Booking Overview

The Matthews Mentality Podcast highlights how high performers—entrepreneurs, CEOs, athletes, and organizational leaders—build the mindset and habits behind growth and success. It’s a strong booking outlet for guests who can translate their leadership journey into practical lessons on scaling, performance, and mental toughness.

Metrics

Episodes: 117

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.4k subscribers

30s Ad: 31 - 38, 60s Ad: 37 - 43

Host

Kyle Matthews - Kyle Matthews is the host of The Matthews Mentality Podcast. He interviews top experts across business, sports, and high-performance domains, focusing on mentality, motivation, and the leadership h...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Generally CEOs/founders/franchisors, senior executives at major sports organizations, and high-performance athletes or endurance leaders—people with a credible “track record + mindset” narrative (often including scaling/leadership experience).
Required Achievements:  
Founded or scaled a multi-location company or franchise, Executive leadership role in a national sports organization, Documented performance achievements (e.g., endurance sports, elite competition), Public recognition as a CEO/founder or organizational leader (often measurable scale: locations, years, or impact)

Recent Guest Discussions

Neil Hershman - Leaving Hedge Funds For Franchising; Scaling A Consumer Brand; SBA Loans; Franchise Systems; Leadership Under Pressure; Endurance-driven Mental Toughness

Marc Riccio - Sports Growth And Access Challenges; Lacrosse In The Olympics (la 2028); Youth/school Participation; Culture And Leadership Lessons; Team-building And Vulnerability; Pay-to-play Infrastructure

Stephen Smith - Building An 800-location Fitness Franchise; Franchisor Playbook; Scaling Operations And Hiring; Technology For Training/coaching; Growth Targets And Exit/ipo Talk; Work Ethic And Motivation

Recent Topics

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Franchising, Business Growth, Performance, Motivation, Sports, Executive, Mindset, Scaling

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Matthews Mentality Podcast
:

He Quit Wall Street to Buy a Frozen Yogurt Shop

May 19, 2026

In this episode of the Matthews Mentality Podcast, Kyle Matthews interviews Neil Hershman, CEO of 16 Handles, entrepreneur, franchise operator, Everest summiter, endurance athlete, and business owner.Neil shares how he left a hedge fund career at 23 years old, bought a single 16 Handles frozen yogurt franchise with an SBA loan, and scaled it into a rapidly growing national franchise brand with nearly 80 locations.This episode covers entrepreneurship, franchising, business growth, leadership, ...

The Sport America Is Sleeping On

May 12, 2026

Kyle Matthews interviews Marc Riccio, CEO of USA Lacrosse, about the sport’s growth, access challenges, and lacrosse’s return to the Olympics in LA 2028 as a medal sport for the first time since 1908. Riccio explains the sixes format (a faster, smaller-sided game akin to rugby sevens) and notes the U.S. women are ranked No. 1 while the U.S. men are No. 2 behind Canada. He discusses obstacles such as high school sanctioning (24 states still not sanctioned), pay-to-play infrastructure, and effo...

HOTWORX Founder: A Casual Conversation Built An 800-Location Empire

May 05, 2026

Kyle Matthews interviews Stephen Smith, founder and CEO of HOTWORX, a 24-hour infrared fitness studio franchise that has grown to over 800 locations since opening its first studio in 2017 after a Jamaica conversation sparked the “yoga in a sauna” concept and a patented infrared fitness sauna. Smith explains HOTWORX's model—app-based access and booking, isometric sauna sessions (30 minutes) and HIIT sauna workouts (15 minutes) using cycling, a total body trainer, and a patented dual-tank rower...

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