Damian Maldonado

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575 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 19 Feb

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Leap Academy with Ilana Golan · From Homeless Shelter to Building a Billion-Dollar Mortgage Company | Damian Maldonado | E146 · 19 Feb 2026 podcast

And I like to work.

I like to make money.

I feel lucky that I was, I had to work for everything I've had.

I've met some people that have been raised with money.

And I think it's sometimes a little bit more challenging for them than like if somebody has this hunger that you don't have.

And I'm, you know, I'm raising, it's right now they're 10 and 12 and they haven't had to work.

But yesterday they were doing things at the restaurant and carrying things.

I'm like, yes,

That's what you need to be doing and you need to work.

Because working is great.

I think it's fulfilling and it gives you a purpose regardless of what it is, and especially at a young age to figure out what you want to do.

So after those jobs, my brother got a job at a company called National Fitness Corporation.

they started Clearwater Florida and they would go to like, so if you owned a gym, Lana, where you live and it was like a regular fitness club, we'd go and start advertising.

So we do telemarketing, direct mail, radio.

We just blitzed it.

And in that time frame, we'd sell the four to 800 memberships

two-year contracts back in the day before 24-hour fitness and all that.

And then people would pay $19 a month.

But they send you a startup cost, like they send you a $3,000 check, and then that would be your startup cost.

You'd hire staff.

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