From Civil Engineer to Pizza Empire: Matt Stanfield's Seven-Location Journey at Mattenga's

The Inspired Stories Podcast · Mar 27, 2026 · 1h · transcript

🎙️ From Engineering Careers to Pizza Empire: Matt Stanfield's Bold Journey Building Mattenga's Pizzeria

In this inspiring episode, Matt Stanfield, co-founder of Mattenga's Pizzeria, shares his remarkable journey from civil engineering to building a seven-location pizza empire across San Antonio. Through candid stories about buying a failing restaurant with fraudulent financials, living seven days a week in the business for two years, surviving employee sabotage attempts, and choosing boldness as his 2026 mantra, Matt reveals how an engineer's systems mindset—combined with Texas hospitality…