The Culture Matters Podcast

"Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think, and to speak without hypocrisy." - Jose Marti



Eddy Perez, the founder of EPM and great friend to The Culture Matters Podcast, is back like he never left and today we are talking about discipline.  Eddy and Jay get into why discipline is so important in today's volatile business climate and how it has helped Eddy as a kid making it as a base...

"If there is a fear of falling, the only safety consists in deliberately jumping." - Carl Jung



Advisor, consultant, mindset coach, and founder of one of the top 10 mortgage coaching programs in the country, M1 Academy, Phil Treadwell is back on the program today and we are hitting the ground running!  Phil takes Jay through his take on the current business climate and some of the things uncommon people ...

"I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party and I attended with my real face." - Franz Kafka



Good friend of the podcast and the president of Concourse Land Transfer LLC Scott Rutkay is back on the program today and we are are going on a bit of a quest.  Jay and Scott discuss the many faces we all wear every day, how some of Kafka's other work can be be applied to today's ...

“There is nothing so stable as change.” - Bob Dylan



Back for his third appearance on the show is author, advisor, and speaker Troy Korsgaden and today he's talking with Jay about his new book, Net Gain Growth.  We're hearing straight from the authors mouth about where the book came from, what inspired Troy to write it, and how it can be a helpful resource to folks looking to level up their client relati...

“Don’t question why something isn’t if you aren’t willing to create something that is.” - Jason Centeno

Jason Centeno is a former firefighter the founder of Trashmitter and he is here today to talk about his jump from running into burning buildings to launching his very own company!  As a firm believer in not waiting around for someone else to fix whatever is bugging you, Jason unpacks how a complaint of his led to the birth of...

“If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.” - Brian Tracy

Emily Marchese is a real estate professional and the founder of The Marchese Team and she is here to talk shop with Jay about, what else, real estate!  We're kicking things off with work-life balance and the importance of keeping your eye on the prize in a ra...

"The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets." John T. Rockefeller



Eddy Perez, the founder of EPM and a great friend of the Culture Matters family, is back on the program and today we're discussing some parallels in sports and business.  Eddy takes us through how sports can lead to a healthy appreciation of competition, a focus on discipline, and the value of grace after de...

"If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing." - Napoleon Bonaparte



Chief Lending Officer and Partner at EPM Kevin DeLory is back with us on the show today!  We're discussing the importance of delivering on what you say you will deliver on, being a trustworthy individual, and changing what could be considered a selfish mindset into one that is truly fit for a leade...

"I am become death.  The shatterer of worlds." - Robert Oppenheimer



Acclaimed public speaker, self-awareness expert, and director Michael Allosso makes his glorious return to the show and what better way than with a song?  Today's discussion is focused a lot on how communication and actions come from either the head, the heart, or the groin and Michael does a fantastic job of breaking those all do...

"I'm indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well." - Alexander the Great



Author, serial entrepreneur, coach, advisor, and host of "The Greatness Machine" Darius Mirshazadeh joins the show today and we are in it to win it!  We're digging into motivation, the underbelly of the mortgage industry, sacrificing to get your business started, and even the philosophica...

"Don't explain your philosophy.  Embody it." - Epictetus



Chief Growth Officer of The Pavement Group and good friend of the Culture Matters family Todd Gorell is stopping by the show today and we are covering a lot!  We're going through what makes a good joke, Todd's introduction to the stand-up stage, how Todd's whirlwind romance inspired him to go from managing bars into the sales f...

"The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts." - Blaise Pascal



Back again is the host of "The Brian Hess Show" podcast and founder of The Pavement Group and The Top Contractor School Brian Hess and today on the show we are talking about your personal brand.  What exactly is a personal brand?  Why does your personal brand matter?...

"To be a successful business owner and investor, you have to be emotionally neutral to winning and losing.  Winning and losing are just part of the game." - Robert Kiyosaki


Founder and CEO of EPM Mortgages and great friend to The Culture Matters Podcast Eddy Perez joins Jay for another chat.  Today, we're discussing Robert Kyosaki's book Rich Dad Poor Dad and how it has played a major part in Eddy&...

"To live is to suffer.  To survive is to find some meaning in the suffering." - Friedrich Nietzsche



If you've been listening to the show, then you know that the founder of South Fork Business Ventures Tony Capullo has been interviewing the host of The Culture Matters Podcast, Jay Doran.  Well, today is part three of that series!   It should come as no surprise that our topic of the day is going to ...

"Rich people acquire assets.  The poor and middle class acquire liabilities that they think are assets." - Robert Kiyosaki



We're doubling our fun today as great friends to the show and repeat guests Christine Beckwith and Cory Parker and today we're getting into property investment.  This power couple is here to break down some of the things they've learned since their last time on the sh...

"You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself." - Andrew Carnegie



Today on the show we have the author of Finding Honor: The Journey to Truth, founder  of 20/20 Vision for Success, and frequent guest of the show Christine Beckwith back with us and today we are talking about starting a business.  Christine shares with Jay her journey of how scary it was starting a bus...

"When wireless is perfectly applied, the whole Earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole." - Nikola Tesla


Our guest today needs no introduction, but he's going to get one anyway!  The founder of The Pavement Group and The Top Contractor School, host of "The Brian Hess Show" podcast, and great friend of the show Brian...

"Had I not been Alexander, I should have liked to be Diogenes." - Alexander the Great


Today is part two of an as yet unknown number of episodes where good friend of the show and founder of South Fork Business Ventures Tony Capullo is sitting down with Jay and turning the microphone around on him.  We're covering everything from the way the pandemic affected culture to how much time and effort businesses...

"Victory belongs to the most persevering." - Napoleon Bonaparte

"To exist is to change.  To change is to mature.  To mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." - Henri Bergson


Today on the show we have the founder and owner of JKR Windows and host of the "Just Real Quick" podcast  Jefferson K. Rogers back with us like he never left!  On this go around, we're talking abo...