The Finding Success Podcast: Recent Episodes
Finding Success Team
Finding Success is a show dedicated to learning and understanding what success means to you. We interview guests from around the country to hear their stories on how they found the keys to success. From building a business, being a high level athlete, to starting a charity, turning a hobby into a job or even just volunteering. Our goal is to speak with people who have established their own definition of success in life, so we can help you find out what the true meaning of success is for you!
In this episode, we are in the studio with Mark Scuderi, RE/MAX Supreme Broker/ Owner.. Motto Mortgage Broker/Owner.. Coach and Welnsure Franchise Owner. Mark Scuderi is a highly motivated individual, a passionate trainer and mentor, perpetual student and a natural born leader.
While working full time as a police officer, Mark obtained his New Jersey Real Estate License, to make extra money for his family. A short time later, he purchased his first REMAX Franchise with the desire to build a successful Real Estate Brokerage.
Fast forward 17 years, Mark is retired from Law Enforcement and is the proud owner of three RE/MAX Real Estate Franchises. He enjoys managing a team of dozens of sales associates, three administrative staff, and two managers.
Mark is one of the Founding Franchisee's of Motto Mortgage. He oversees three Loan Officers and Processing Staff, and recently purchased the 1st We Insure Franchise in New Jersey adding and Insurance Agency to his portfolio.
Mark owns a CrossFit Gym and is a Level 1 CrossFit Trainer. He enjoys training new Athletes to Challenge themselves and improve their overall health and fitness, which he considers to be a "Non Negotiable" on the path to success.
Mark was recently named a Business Rockstar by Franchise Business Review. He is a Private Pilot and plans to one day travel the world with his wife, Katie & 3 children.
In this episode, we are in the studio with Mike Barker, Founder of Heroes Sports, a military veteran and hero who now supports veterans transition into civilian life through his charity organization. Mike Barker shares his passion for helping combat veterans and how his organization provides a safe-haven for military veterans. Founded on October 30, 2015 we are a National 501c3 Non Profit Organization for military men and women both active-duty and veteran that incorporates sports and recreation activities to increase mental/physical health and team building.
In this episode, we are in the studio with Lenny Zdanowicz, a former star player and long-time assistant coach from New Jersey, shares his passion for coaching high school football and his experiences as a high school coach. Lenny shares his experiences as assistant coach under Coach Wolf and his leadership has led Lenny into a successful coach in Brick.
In this episode, we interview Tom Abramski, Owner/Operator at Shore Food at Home, who shares his childhood memories of working with his dad making deliveries and learning the business as a kid. Now as he starts his own business in the food industry, Tom shares the challenges of hiring & managing great employees and what it takes to run a team as a strong and effective leader.
In this episode, we interview Matt Mantone, Executive Director of The Recovery Village Cherry Hill at Cooper, who talks about how he has battled through his own hardships of mental health & substance abuse. Matt was able to take his own experiences and apply them to help others that are battling with mental health & substance abuse.
In this episode, we interview Hafiz Montgomery, Managing Director of EZE Fitness in Brick, New Jersey. Hafiz is a Toms River native who grew up boxing and won a world title in professional boxing. He now runs EZE Fitness helping to change the lives of over 800 active members. Hafiz talks about the impact of COVID-19 and the strategies they implemented to keep their gym running and their members active.
In this episode, we interview Joe Martinez, The Healthy Bodybuilder, who shares his background on his Instagram success and how it helped his career as a fitness enthusiast. Joe also shares his story about his child who was diagnosed with Autism and why he has dedicated his life into vaccine research.
In this episode, we're in the studio with Andy Chase from 105.7 The Hawk - Classic Rock for the Jersey Shore and he shares his story on how he got started in the radio business and how he uses radio to give back to the community.
In this episode, we interview Frank Zrinsky, Founder of Motion City Media, in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
With an extensive background in real estate and marketing Frank founded Motion City Media in 2008 to bring real estate marketing efforts to the next level. Always having a passion for landscape and architectural photography it was the natural next step to combine our talents with the real estate communities vision and desire for cutting edge media. Succeeding together as an extension of your brand and offering a full service studio in Asbury Park NJ was our vision from the beginning. Our talented team truly makes Motion City Media the company we are today - the culture and dynamics give us that spark and energy that drives us. We are beyond humbled at our success together… every day we are working with agents as best friends, and our talented team who feel like family. Motion City Media was named after a fun pop punk band “Motion City Soundtrack” and Frank still loves going back to his roots shooting concerts and cool events
In this episode we interviewed Lauren Plump who serves as Principal as well as President of Marketing and New Business Development at Morgan Engineering. She oversees the strategic direction of the organization, and is intricately involved with the sales team and guides the communications and marketing efforts of the firm.
With years of experience in the field, Lauren holds a Title Producers License, has her Real Estate Broker's License and is certified in AutoCAD. She is a member of the Continental Who’s Who, The National Association of Professional Women, and is active in numerous local organizations. Lauren attended Mercer County College/Ocean County College (NJ) and Post University (Waterbury, CT) in the field of International Marketing. She is a member of the Barnegat Bay Yacht Racing Association and has been Race Course Management Certified; she is also a member of the Toms River and Island Heights Yacht Clubs. Active in the community, Lauren sits on the Board for both The Salvation Army, The Sailing Foundation of Barnegat Bayand and Big Brothers Big Sisters.
In this episode, we interview Josh Blair of Family First Funding out of New Jersey. His initial goal was to become a real estate investor using his knowledge gained from the mortgage financing side. The foundation of Josh's approach is to couple education and opportunity together. Josh shares his experience building his life from scratch about to head off for college to building his mortgage business today.
In this episode, hosts of the Finding Success Radio show discuss how the COVID 19 virus is affecting the real estate industry and their business specifically. What should consumers expect in the real estate industry during this pandemic and also how real estate agents can continue growing their business during this time. We invited Thomas Zdanowicz, Owner/Partner of REMAX Revolution and discussed how they are preparing and leading a team of real estate agents during the COVID 19 crisis.
In this episode, we interview Justin Gaethje, an American professional mixed martial artist, who fights in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Born in Safford, Arizona, Gaethje began wrestling when he was four years old. He was a two-time Arizona state champion as a wrestler at Safford High School, and an NCAA Division I All-American during his time at the University of Northern Colorado.
In this episode, we interviewed Ed Stulak of RE/MAX Platinum and he shares with us how we was able to leverage Instagram to grow his real estate business. Ed shares some key insights on how to grow your brand using Instagram and how he started using Tik Tok to gain maximum exposure for his real estate business.
James shares his story from his early grind in working at multiple restaurants to working with Gordon Ramsay and now managing his own restaurant.
In this episode, we have our first guest Christian Kane, founder of Toms River Field of Dreams, a project with a mission to encourage and engage our communities (Monmouth and Ocean Counties), with a focus on those with special needs, in physical and social activity by building a community complex to provide opportunities for all individuals of all ages all abilities to engage, explore and socialize together.
On this episode of the Finding Success Show, our hosts dive into what success means for them and what that looks like in a "successful" person. Our hosts share their journey from their very first jobs to building their successful businesses in real estate.