Fireside America with Ryan Robbins

Fireside America #9 - Pat & Nino Gagliano of Finished Basements NJ

Pat Gagliano is the founder and owner of Finished Basement NJ, New Jersey's premier basement finishing company. With the help of his son Nino and the rest of the Gagliano family, they have amassed a portfolio of over 4,000 deluxe basements, from $30,000 to $500,000 and beyond. The Gagliano boys came by the fire pit to discuss their wrestling roots, getting started in the construction industry, and the future that they envision for Finished Basement NJ. Enjoy!

Fireside America #8 - Duncan Defense Consultants

Mike Duncan and Joe Ahlert are the owners and operators of Duncan Defense Consultants, based out of Hazlet, New Jersey and with an outdoor course in Cream Ridge. They came by the fire pit to discuss firearms, the importance of a home defense plan to protect your family, executing the plan, and doing everything safely and legally. Enjoy! Mike Duncan is a 15-year veteran of the U. S. Air Force and retired Lieutenant of the Hazlet Police Department, where he served as the firearms instructor responsible for qualifying members of the agency from 2002-2019. He was also the Department Training Officer and Lead Simunitions Instructor, for which he planned scenarios for Active Shooter Response, Room Clearing, Search Warrant Entry, Motor Vehicle Stops, and Street Encounters. From 2008 to the present, he has been an NRA-certified instructor, serving the NJ Department of Criminal Justice (NJDCJ) Police Training Commission (PTC) in handgun, shotgun, patrol rifle, and sniper instruction. Joe Ahlert is an NRA – Certified firearms instructor and active competitive shooter. He holds certificates from numerous shooting schools across the country and actively continues that training in order to constantly improve his skills and stay abreast of the latest information. In addition to armed defense, he also greatly values the art of unarmed self defense, holding a 3rd degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu jitsu and studying under world – renowned fighter Renzo Gracie. A Jiu jitsu instructor himself, he has trained military, law enforcement, professional athletes, and hobbyists alike for the past twenty plus years, with a number of his students going on to excel at the highest levels of combat sports.

Fireside America #7 - Matt Baldwin of Belmar Plumbing

Matt Baldwin is the owner and operator of Belmar Plumbing & Heating, based out of Belmar, New Jersey. Not only is he a successful entrepreneur, he is also my brother-in-law and a frequent visitor around the fire pit, so it was about time to get him on camera to share his story. He moved to New Jersey from Long Island and took over his cousin’s plumbing business, scaling it to a highly reputable and recognizable service business at the Jersey Shore. Matt shares his philosophy on building a service-based business, generational wealth for his family, and the importance of being there while your kids grow up. Enjoy!

Fireside America #6 - Mike Gorman Joins

Mike Gorman has been influential in my career for a LONG time. He holds an alphabet full of titles, and currently spends his days preparing a multitude of tax and estate plans for clients. He has the unique ability to combine his legal and accounting experience to provide solutions to personal and business issues. Mike made the trip from Madison, New Jersey to Point Pleasant to do a deep dive on a whirlwind of predictions that fell upon his lap by Indian colleagues. He is in the process of writing a book, but is waiting for one final prediction to come true. If this final prediction manifests, there will be a new richest person in the world, and Mike stands to make tens of millions of dollars from his involvement. It's a rollercoaster of an episode, with some things that seem too mysterious to be true, but I have seen many of these predictions come true in real time while knowing Mike. He has the receipts! Enjoy.

Fireside America #5 - Divi Tree Coffee Founders are a Husband and Wife Powerhouse

Joe and Maylon Torrisi are husband and wife founders of Divi Tree Coffee in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. They are Ocean County natives who took the leap into entrepreneurship and started Divi Tree in 2017, growing it into one of the area's most popular and positively reputable cafe/restaurants. Good friends and great people, they swung by the fire pit to chat about their journey as small business owners, navigating a global pandemic that throttled the restaurant industry, and discussed future plans. Enjoy!

Fireside America #4 - Jamie Giovinazzo of Eat Clean Bro

Jamie Giovinazzo is the founder and CEO of Eat Clean Bro, a next-day-delivery meal prep service based out of New Jersey who services 17 states. He is a true hard-working American chasing his dreams, who gives back to his community and has a master plan that is poised to further disrupt the meal prep industry!

Fireside America #3 - Balancing BLUE COLLAR Entrepreneurship and Family with Phil Vitillo

Childhood friend and VP of Diversified Fixture, Phil Vitillo, stops by to talk about his family's successful custom millwork business, teenage shenanigans and more. Phil began doing demolition work for his father's business at 8 years old, and 27 years later has helped grow Diversified Fixture into a nationwide brand, doing custom woodwork for massive brands such as Jersey Mike's, Bubbakoos Burritos, Boscov's and others.

Fireside America #2 - Staying on the GAS with top Realtor Sal Ventre

Sal Ventre stops by and talks us through his humble beginnings as a frozen yogurt business owner at the Jersey Shore, through where he is today as one of New Jersey's top real estate experts and entrepreneurs.

Fireside America #1 - Build SUCCESSFUL HEALTHCARE Brands with AJ Adamczyk

AJ Adamczyk is the co-founder of Thrive Spine and Sports Rehab and is a pioneer in the electro-acupuncture space, co-founding Electro Acupuncture Medicine.  Give it a listen and learn what it took to build two multi-million dollar brands from ground up before turning 35.