Levership: Behind the Scenes
Stop being the bottleneck. Start being the owner.
Short, punchy episodes for founders who feel stuck in the business they built. Hosted by Matt Symes. Learn how to reset your model, fix what’s actually broken, and build a company that serves your life—not the other way around.
Why this show exists
Most “technician-led” companies hit a ceiling. The owner keeps pushing, but the model’s wrong—so the hours get longer, margins get thinner, and home life suffers. The internet screams “hustle more.” We say: fix the system.
Each episode gives you the lens to diagnose the real constraint and the moves to remove it—fast. No fluff. No gurus. Just the next lever.
What You’ll Learn in the Podcast
Anti-hustle sequencing: How to stop “adult whack-a-mole” and solve the right problem in the right order.
90-Day execution: Turn strategy into calendar-backed action so things actually ship. (On the business, in the business, and resources—managed like three portfolios.)
AI as a profit lever: Practical ways to embed AI into daily processes so you make faster, better decisions and out-execute bigger competitors.
Owner clarity: The single question that re-centers everything: Do you even want the business you built?
Who This Podcast Is For
Owners at $300k–$2M who feel like the business owns them—busy, profitable(ish), but stuck.
Technician-founders (plumbers, clinics, trades, services) who built a great craft and now need a great model.
Firefighter CEOs who wake up to inbox smoke and want a simple, repeatable operating cadence.
Doers, not dabblers—people willing to change the system, not just grind harder.
Teams that want profit + time: fewer “urgent” pings, clearer priorities, cleaner execution.
Not for motivational-quote collectors or folks hunting silver bullets. This is for owners who’ll pull the next lever and move.
About your host
Matt Symes is the founder of Levership, a strategic leadership program built for founder-led businesses.
He’s worked with hundreds of leaders to unlock millions in value while building companies that run with clarity, capacity, and momentum.
Matt is known for saying the hard truths others avoid—always with respect, always with systems you can actually use.
How each episode is built
One problem. One lever. One move. ~10 minutes.
Field-tested, owner-proofed. No theory without application.
Clear next step. Every episode ends with a simple action you can do this week.
Stop scaling chaos. Start building a business you’re proud of.
What founders are saying …
Andrew Oland,
Moosehead Brewery
“We only have so much capacity to get stuff done. And we want to be working on the most important things. They reinforce the importance of really truly finding what the most important things are.”
Syd Vanderpool,
Syd Fi
“It has really affected our ability to not just grow but do it in a way that is manageable mentally, which has been really good for family life”
Phillip Robinson,
Trunk 7 Contracting Ltd.
“We were a very reactive company. We didn’t have a whole lot of processes in place, the time management skills were probably not the best, so this created a lot of bottle necks. Turns out we don’t have to struggle with those, there are ways around that”