Content Licensing Opportunity · April 2026

    300 Raw Founder Interviews.

    Ready to License.

    We Live to Build is the largest library of unscripted business owner interviews built for education, training, and AI — available for institutional licensing.

    300+
    Founder Interviews
    235K+
    Founders & Operators Reached
    $100M+
    Value Created for Network
    14 yrs
    in Business · Host Sean Weisbrot
    We Live to Buildwelivetobuild.com

    What We're Offering

    Three Distinct Licensable Assets

    Each asset class serves a different licensing buyer and use case.

    Full Video & Audio Library

    300+ long-form interview recordings averaging 45–60 minutes each, hosted on YouTube with full production quality. Available for streaming embed, white-label repackaging, or platform distribution.

    Verbatim Transcripts + Structured Metadata

    Full word-for-word transcripts for every episode, paired with chapter timestamps, key takeaways, guest profiles, company URLs, topic tags, and publish dates. Machine-readable and curriculum-ready.

    Thematic Curated Bundles

    30+ topic clusters already identified: Fundraising, Hiring & Firing, Exit Strategy, Mental Health, AI & Automation, Sales Psychology, Remote Leadership, and more. Delivered as ready-to-deploy curriculum packages.

    Curriculum Coverage

    Topics Covered Across 300 Interviews

    Every cluster below represents multiple episodes with real operators — not theory.

    Fundraising & VC

    Seed → Series D, bootstrapping, earnouts

    Hiring & Firing

    Bad hires, firing faster, neurodivergent talent

    Exits & Acquisitions

    PE sales, earnout traps, valuation levers

    Founder Psychology

    Burnout, addiction, loneliness, resilience

    AI & Automation

    Pricing, adoption, deepfakes, future of work

    Sales & Marketing

    Affiliate, outbound, pain selling, ghosting

    Global Operations

    Remote teams, time zones, localization failures

    Building & Scaling

    No-code, CTOs, product strategy, bootstrapping

    Finance & Tax

    Personal goodwill, cash flow, founder pay

    Security & Risk

    Crypto theft, deepfakes, IP protection

    Sample Content

    The Stories That Make This Library Unique

    These aren't talking heads. They're founders telling the truth.

    "How We Faked a Factory to Win a $12 Billion Government Contract" — a guest rented a tent, hired workers off Facebook, and passed a federal inspection with 4 days' notice. Then built the real thing in 90 days.

    EP. 100 · Unscripted, verified, unforgettable

    "I Lost My 7-Figure Fortune and My Wife" — the psychological and financial collapse after one business decision, told with complete candor.

    EP. 123 · Founder Psychology cluster

    "Mark Cuban Called Me a Scam on Shark Tank" — what happened after, how the founder rebuilt, and the real lesson about public humiliation and resilience.

    Featured Episode · Resilience cluster

    "A Founder's Journey from Pitch Deck to $80 Million" — Benn Stancil, Co-founder of Mode Analytics, breaks down every round from seed to Series D, including why the A is the hardest.

    EP. 61 · Fundraising cluster

    Competitive Differentiation

    Why This Library Is Harder to Replicate Than It Looks

    14 yrs

    Operating experience behind every interview question

    Unscripted

    Raw conversations, not produced marketing content

    100%

    Real operators — no academics, no career coaches

    Global

    Guests from US, Europe, Asia, LATAM

    The Authenticity Gap

    Most business education content is produced by institutions: polished, safe, and stripped of the moments that make founders change behavior. This library includes bankruptcy, addiction, betrayal, $95K AWS bills, and faked government inspections — told by the people who lived them. That authenticity cannot be manufactured. It can only be earned over 14 years and 300 conversations.

    Licensing Structure

    Three Ways to License

    All licenses are non-exclusive unless negotiated otherwise. Attribution to We Live to Build is required in all use cases.

    Topic Bundle

    Accelerators · Bootcamps · Platforms

    $10K–$25K

    per year · per cohort or platform

    • 1–3 thematic content clusters
    • Video + transcript access
    • Curriculum guide per cluster
    • Up to 500 concurrent learners
    • Quarterly content updates
    Best Fit

    Full Library

    Business Schools · VC Firms · L&D

    $30K–$100K

    per year · based on org size

    • All 300+ episodes
    • Full transcripts + metadata export
    • Thematic index + curriculum maps
    • Unlimited internal users
    • White-label option available
    • New episodes added quarterly

    AI Training Data

    AI Companies · LLM Platforms

    $50K–$300K

    one-time · based on usage rights

    • Full transcript corpus (~300 files)
    • Structured JSON or plain-text export
    • Speaker-tagged dialogue format
    • Domain: business / founder / operator
    • Usage rights negotiated per deal

    Priority Targets

    Who Should License This First

    Five categories with proven precedent for content licensing deals of this type.

    LinkedIn Learning (Microsoft)

    Largest B2B video learning platform. Active intake process for third-party creator content. Strong match for founder/operator library.

    Precedent: licensed from hundreds of independent creators. Content mapped to skills taxonomy. Clear intake process.

    $20K–80K/yr

    Reforge

    Growth & product education platform. Entire model built around third-party practitioner content. Cultural fit is extremely high.

    Precedent: pays outside experts to contribute content. Founder/operator stories are a natural fit for their growth programs.

    $15K–40K/yr

    Scale AI / Cohere / Writer

    AI companies actively buying domain-specific conversation data. Business founder dialogue is high-value and underrepresented.

    Precedent: Cohere & Anthropic signed deals with The Atlantic, Vox, AP. Niche domain content commands premium pricing.

    $75K–300K

    First Round Capital

    VC firm with documented investment in founder education content. Has budget for portfolio-wide educational resources.

    Precedent: built First Round Review, paid for original content, hosted founder education programs.

    $30K–80K/yr

    15Five / Lattice / Leapsome

    HR performance platforms building embedded manager education. Hiring, firing, burnout topics map directly to their product.

    Precedent: 15Five built manager training using licensed video content. Direct overlap with hiring and people operations episodes.

    $20K–60K/yr

    How It Works

    From First Call to Signed License in 4 Steps

    A straightforward process designed to move fast.

    1

    Discovery Call (30 min)

    We learn your use case — curriculum, L&D, AI training, or platform embed. You receive a sample bundle of 5–10 episodes in the topic cluster most relevant to your audience.

    2

    Proof of Concept Access (14 days)

    We grant read-only access to a thematic bundle. Your team reviews content quality, transcript structure, and curriculum fit. No commitment required.

    3

    Licensing Proposal

    Based on your use case and user volume, we propose a tier and annual fee. We can structure as a flat license, per-seat, or revenue-share depending on the platform model.

    4

    Signed Agreement & Content Delivery

    Standard license agreement with attribution requirements, usage restrictions, and renewal terms. Content delivered via secure link or API depending on technical needs.


    Terms: All licenses are non-exclusive by default. Derivative works rights (excerpting, clipping, quoting) are available at an additional tier. Attribution to We Live to Build is required in all use cases. Exclusive licenses available at 3–5× standard rate with category restrictions.

    Next Step

    Let's Find the Right License for You

    A 20-minute call is all it takes to know if there's a fit. No pitch, no pressure — just a conversation about how the library could work for your platform, program, or product.

    Host & Licensor

    Sean Weisbrot

    welivetobuild.com

    Browse the Library

    welivetobuild.com/listen

    Content is owned by Sean Weisbrot / We Live to Build. All guest appearances were recorded with consent for publication. Licensing inquiries are responded to within 2 business days. Sample bundles available on request.