The Culture Matters Podcast

"I'm just saying that if you understand how the economic machine works, it just works like a machine. There are cause-effect relationships." - Ray Dalio Our guest today is a real estate juggernaut in the greater Philadelphia area and the number one ReMax realtor in Pennsylvania  Maria Quattrone  and boy, does she have some information to share today!  Maria and Jay get into the weed...

"Be careful when cast out your demons that you don't throw away the best of yourself." - Friedrich Nietzsche Advisor, mentor, host of the "Openly Outspoken" podcast, and founder of Unicorn Investments and Unicorn Traffic Jeremy Adams has found his way back to The Culture Matters Podcast and we are over the moon to have him back!  We're bringing the heat early in this...

"The secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is to live dangerously." - Friedrich Nietzsche On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast is the next installment of  Tony Capullo's , the founder of South Fork Business Ventures, series where he turns the mic around on Jay Doran and asks him the questions.  On this episode of...

"He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass." - Ray Dalio Real estate professional and mentor Jeff Silva stops by the show today and he's got a lot to share with our listeners!  We're jumping off with discussions on improving morale, making the hard decisions as a leader such as cutting expenses and keeping your team motivated, and committing yourself to your bus...

"Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up." - Charlie Munger Good friend of the Culture Matters family and a mortgage professional of the highest order Ken Jordan is back on the show on the show today and we are talking about, what else, mortgages!  Ken goes in on his appreciation and love of sales from an early age, encourages mortgage professions to sto...

"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance.  Once cannot fly into flying." - Friedrich Nietzsche Christine Beckwith is the founder of 20/20 Vision for Success and the author of Finding Honor: The Journey to Truth and she is back on the show today to discuss the fourth chapter of her book in this ongoing series.  Christine and Jay are...

"If you're going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best." - Robert Kiyosaki Principal of Penny Capital Management and all-around real estate expert  Jake Penny  is back on the show today and he has come prepared to share some of his expertise with our listeners!  Jake and Jay are discussing the five pillars of wealth and some strategies on beginning to bu...

"If you're not making mistakes then you're not doing anything.  I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes." - John Wooden Our good friend, founder of The Pavement Group and Top Contractor School, and host of "The Brian Hess Show" podcast  Brian Hess  is back on the program and today we are talking sales.  We're drilling down on close rates based around the rat...

"People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me." - Søren Kierkegaard Today on the show, we welcome back the founder of South Fork Business Ventures  Tony Capullo  for round six of his series in which he asks the questions of our very own Jay Doran regarding all things culture.  On this installment, Jay and Tony talk about...

"Management is doing things right.  Leadership is doing the right things." Advisor, consultant, and business and financial guru Matt McHale is our guest on the show today and we couldn't be happier to have him!  Matt and Jay are unpacking on a lot of different topics including start-ups and what separates the successful one's from the not-so-successful one's, artificial in...

"Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence." - Plato We've got the founder of EPM Eddy Perez back on the show today and on this go around, we're talking about fatherhood.  Eddy and Jay unpack Eddy's relationship with his own father, how that relationship helped shape him as a man and father in his own right, and what it was like having...

"Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket.  It's part ownership of a business." - Peter Lynch Financial consultant and advisor  Gary Nash  stops by the show today and we are off to the races talking about the stock market.  Gary is a wealth of knowledge on the subject and we are tackling a basic lesson on how the market works, what shareholders ar...

"We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence then is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, Jay sits down with his good friend Raphael Mavi , the president and founder of Unplugged Influence, Inc. and, boy, do we have a lot to cover!  Raphael takes us through his mindset when it comes to training and investing time into the improvement...

"Be careful lest in casting out your demon you exercise the best thing in you." - Friedrich Nietzsche Greg Rushin is a real estate entrepreneur, life coach, and founder of Rush-In Motivation and believe it or not we are starting this episode out with 20 push-ups!  Now that the blood is flowing, Jay and Greg are ready to get into it.  Topics today are ranging from powering through obstacl...

"He who risks and fails can be forgiven.  He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being." - Paul Tillich Philosopher and artisan contractor with Vision Stone and Tile  Nathan Merrill  is back on the program today and we are going deep.  We're starting off discussing Nathan's experiences on podcasts and exactly what he does with his work with tile and some o...

"We now accept the fact that learning is a life-long process of keep abreast of change and the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn." - Peter Drucker Consultant, advisor, and the founder of Social CSM Carl Eppolito is back on the show today and we running through a bunch of different topics, so hang onto your seats!  Carl and Jay are digging into success on social media, th...

"The first duty of love is to listen." - Paul Tillich Andrew Berman is an advisor, mentor, and the Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media and he is back today so that we can lean on his expertise in the mortgage and insurance spaces.  Are those industries in trouble in this topsy-turvy economic climate?  The short answer is yes, but Andrew is here to shed a little lig...

"The only cure for vanity is laughter and the only fault that is laughable is vanity." - Henri Bergson Great friend to the show and the founder of South Fork Business Ventures Tony Capullo is back today and is taking a break from his series of episodes interviewing Jay and Jay is back to asking the questions!  Today's conversation dives deep into value over vanity, what a "dabb...

"If you want something done, ask a busy person." Real estate advisor and good friend of the Culture Matters family Sam Akif is on the show today and we are excited for him to drop some knowledge on our listeners today!  In a world of instant gratification, Sam is here to tell you that truly great things take time to develop and you need to be willing to give that time.  We're unpack...

"Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed." - Friedrich Nietzsche Dr. David Yerkes , managing partner with Lion Oakes Healthcare Consulting, is back on the program and today we are talking about stress.  Dr. David and Jay discuss stress management in depth and how people tend to deal with that stress.  Some people avoid str...

"It is clearly absurd to limit the term 'education' to a person's formal schooling." - Murray Rothbard The founder and CEO of Integrated Financing  Jonathan Fodera  is back on the show to day and he is here to talk finance.  Jay and Jonathan are unpacking the issues facing personal finance, the real estate market, and what financial problems entrepreneurs are facing in thi...

"I am a forrest and a night of dark trees.  But he who is not afraid of my darkness will find banks full of roses under my cypresses." - Friedrich Nietzsche Christine Beckwith  is the founder of 20/20 Vision for Success and the author of Finding Honor: The Journey to Truth and she is back on the show today to discuss chapter three of her book titled "Salvation".  This is a very...

"Necessity is the mother of invention." - Plato Well, folks, we made it!  Today is the 300th episode of The Culture Matters Podcast and we couldn't think of a better person to share this monumental occasion with than the founder of The Pavement Group, Top Contractor School, and the host of "The Brian Hess Show" podcast...the one and only Brian Hess !  In today's conve...

"It is easier to find men who are willing to die than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience." - Julius Caesar Eddy Perez , the founder of EPM, is back with us today and today we're talking about how culture impacts organizations such as fraternities.  After discussing how Chick-fil-A turned Eddy from a "you're welcome" guy to a "my pleasure&q...

"Unless you have 100% customer satisfaction, you must improve." - Horst Schulze On a very special episode of The Culture Matters Podcast,  Tony Capullo , the founder of South Fork Business Ventures is back for the fifth part in his series where he turns the microphone on Jay Doran and asks him the questions about culture.  During today's discussion, Jay his sharing his thoughts on a...