All Episodes

#334.- Chris Powers & Jason Baxter - Fort Capital's 2023 Year in Review

#333 - Devon Eriksen - Property Rights, Rent Seekers, AI, Communism, Why Culture is Upstream of Law

#332 - Chris Hoffmann - CEO of Hoffmann Brothers - From $10M to $140M: Scaling a Home Services Giant - A Story of Family, Purpose, and Unprecedented Growth

#331 - David Moore - Co-Founder & CEO @ Knightvest Capital - Investing in 55,000 Apartment Units: Stories, Lessons Learned, and Insights On Current Apartment Market

#330 - Billy Quinn - Founder @ Pearl Energy - Navigating the High-Stakes World of Energy Private Equity

#329 - Marc Ganzi - CEO @ DigitalBridge ($DBRG) - $70B Company Investing Globally in Digital Infrastructure

#328 - Herb Weitzman - Executive Chairman @ Weitzman -The King of Texas Retail

#327 - Micah Lacher - Founder @ Anchor Investments - On A Mission To Be The Most Generous Real Estate Company in the World

#326 - Ed Pitoniak - CEO @ VICI Properties ($VICI) - From the Slopes to Leading a $50B Gaming, Hospitality, and Entertainment REIT

#325 - Craig Fuller - CEO @ FreightWaves - State of Global Freight, China's Impact, Onshoring, Strategy for Buying Media Companies

#324 - Kaes Van't Hof - President/CFO @ Diamondback Energy ($FANG) - Lessons & Stories From Inside a $30B Oil Company

#323 - Nancy Lashine - Founder @ Park Madison Partners - Cycles, Crises, and Capital: Navigating The New Normal in Real Estate

#322 - Reg Zeller - CEO @ CaneKast - Rolling Up Foundries & Making Manufacturing in America Great Again

#321 - Casey Mericle - The Art of the Deal: Unconventional Deal Structuring in Real Estate

#320 - Real Estate Real Talk: Personal Guarantees, Foreclosures, Bankruptcy, and Bouncing Back with Andrew Kirsh and Zack Streit

#319 - John Marsh - Taking Wise Counsel, Influence, Our Blind Spots, Forgiveness, & A Little Thing Called Humility

#318 - Jillian Murrish - Co-Founder @ Pier Asset Management - Speciality Finance Makes The World Go Round

#317 - David Gibson - Minister @ Trinity Church - Living Life Backward, Ecclesiastes, Building a Church!

#316 - John Goff - Founder @ Goff Capital Partners

#315 - Dean Adler - Co-Founder @ Lubert-Adler Partners - Current Market Conditions, Private Credit, Pref Equity for the Win, Office, and Their Best Deal of All Time

#314 - Sieva Kozinsky - Founder @ Enduring Ventures - Permanent Capital HoldCo That Owns 21 Businesses & Counting

#313 - Sean Dalfen - CEO @ Dalfen Industrial - Investing in Industrial RE Across North America

#312 - Alex Bridgeman - Host @ Think Like An Owner - Studying CEO's, Data Businesses, & Chief of Staff Roles

#311 - Susan Gruppi - Co-Founder @ M2G Ventures - Last Mile Industrial, The Stockyards, & Raising Capital

#310 - Isaac French- Founder of Live Oak Lake - Developing World-Class Experiential Hospitality Properties

#309 - Nick Huber - Serial Entrepreneur - Making Your Father Proud & Building a HoldCo To Support His 11 Companies

#308 - Shiloe Bear - Principal @ Creek Development - RE Development Lessons, Converting Industrial to Lab Space & Bay Area Market

#307 - Ana Fábrega - Edupreneur & Chief Evangelist @ Synthesis - Rethinking How We Educate Our Children

#306 - Eric Pacifici - Partner @ SMB Law Group - Expert Insights in SMB M&A

#305 - Evan Baehr - Managing Partner @ Learn Capital - On A Mission to Advance Human Flourishing

#304 - Joe Shelerud - Co-Founder @ Ad Advance - Creating The Perfect Digital Ads

#303 - Chris Hatch - Principal @ NNN Income - Born to Develop NNN Properties

#302 - Don Zale - Former Chairman of Zale Corporation - A Great American Business Story That Brought Diamonds To The Masses

#301 - Emily Holdman - Managing Director @ Permanent Equity - How To Buy Great Businesses

#300 - Chris & Jason Celebrate Episode 300 - Building Our Partnership, Fort Capital, Tech/AI, and the Future

#299 - Artem Tepler - Co-Founder @ SCHON | TEPLER Partners - Developing Real Estate and Living the American Dream

#298 - Chris Hutchins - Founder @ All The Hacks - The Life Hacker

#297 - Mark Brooks - COO @ Permanent Equity - Managing, Serving, & Incentivizing People

#296 - Sean Burton - CEO of Cityview - Acquiring, Developing, and Managing Multi-Family in the Western US

#295 - Jim O'Shaughnessy - Founder of O'Shaughnessy Ventures - Investing into "The Great Reshuffle"

#294 - Sahil Bloom - The Business of Building a Content Empire That Inspires Millions

#293 - How Fort Capital Executes World-Class Property Management

#292 - Ryan Heath - Founding Attorney @ Baker Heath, PLLC - Estate Planning 101

#291 - T. Dupree Scovell - CIO @ Woodbine Development Corp. - World Class Hotel & Hospitality Properties

#290 - Bob Knakal - Head of the NY Private Capital Group @ JLL - The $24B Broker

#289 - Brett Hagler - CEO of New Story Homes - Pioneering Solutions to End Global Homelessness

#288 - Wilkie Colyer - CEO of Contango Resources

#287 - Scott Everett - Founder & CEO of S2 Capital - On MF Outlook, FED, Banking Crisis, Capital Markets

#286 - Joe Pohlen - Co-Founder of Cardinal Senior Living - Building a Better Future For Seniors in Assisted Living

#285 - Gabe Bodhi - CEO of Tekton Group - Expert in Sub-Institutional Multi-family investments

#284 - Kelcey Lehrich - Co-Founder of 365 Holdings - Buying Niche E-Comm Businesses in a Hold-Co Structure

#283 - Levi Benkert - Founder & CEO of Harbor Capital - Building a Class B Industrial Empire in Texas

#282 - Matt Doka - Co-Founder & CTO of Fivestars

#281 - Kyle Matthews - Founder of Matthews REIS - The Blueprint For Becoming a Successful Broker

#280 - Robert Bryce - Power Hungry, Energy, Politics, Nuclear, and Fossil Fuels

#279 - John Andrew Entwistle - Founder & CEO of Wander - Vertically Integrating The STR Industry

#278 - Moses Kagan & Rhett Bennett - Co-Founders of ReSeed Partners - Building the Y-Combinator for Real Estate Operators

#277 - Liberty RPF - Exploration As a Service, Creator Value, Constellation Software, AI/ChatGPT

#276 - Jake Wurzak - Founder & CEO of DoveHill Capital Management & President of Wurzak Hotel Group - Building a Hotel Empire

#275 - Andy Dunn - Co-Founder of Bonobos - Building an Apparel Co, Future of EComm, and Bipolar Disorder

#274 - Paul Yancich - Co-Founder of Arcadea Group - Acquiring VSaas Businesses w/ Permanent Capital

#273 - Bill D'Alessandro - CEO of Natural Dog Company - The Great Pivot!

#272 - Michael Girdley - Chairman of Girdley Enterprises - Becoming a Creator, Building a HoldCo, Going from Idea to Business Launch

#271 - Peter Askew - Founder of Deep South Ventures - Investing in Domain Names

#270 - Charlie Light - Founder of Alpha Social - How to use Twitter to build your business & brand

#269 - Brandon Sedloff Interviews Chris: Reflections On My Career, Fort, Raising Capital, & Lessons Learned

#268 - Chad Cook - Founder of Quadrant Investment Properties - Placemaking & Developing Urban Office Properties

#267 - Collin McLelland - Co-Founder of Digital Wildcatters - Making Energy Great Again

#266 - Billy McFarland - Fyre Festival Founder - Story Details, Lessons Learned, How to Go Viral, and His New Venture

#265 - Nathan Barry - Founder of ConvertKit - How Creators Are Taking Over The World

#264 - Nick Huber & Mitchell Baldridge - How Twitter Changed Our Lives, Real Estate Market Updates, and the Glorious Cost Segregations

#263 - Troy Robertson - Co-Founder of Firestone & Robertson Distilling Company - Building a World-Class Brand

#261 - Alex Olshansky - Principal at Zenith IOS - Industrial Outdoor Storage 101

#260 - Brian Good - CEO of iBorrow - How The Lending Market is Changing | The FORT #260

#259 - Aaron Rubin - Founder & CEO of ShipHero - Building a Better Supply Chain | The FORT #259

#258 - Fort Capital’s 2022 Year in Review | The FORT #258

#257: Kyle O'Hehir - Co-Founder of Constitution Lending - Crack Houses, Buying Distressed Debt, & High Yield Loans

#256: Ryan Eisenman - Co-Founder of Arch - Building The Digital Admin for Private Investments

Welcome to The Fort

#255: Greg "Gordo" Gordon - Founder/CEO of Gordon Highlander - A Leader On a Mission To Build Something Different

#254: Sarah Kennington - Founder of Thirty-Four Commercial - The Queen of Office Leasing

#253: Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano - Founder of Pomp Investments

#252: Jon Altschuler - Founder of Altschuler + Co - Dallas Office Market Past vs. Current vs. Future & 20+ years of lessons learned

#251: Kevin Lackey - President of Freedom Powersports - Selling Freedom, Market Overview since COVID, and prioritizing what's important.

#250: David Senra - Founders Podcast - The DNA of a Founder

#249: Cody Campbell - Co-CEO of Double Eagle Energy IV - A $6.4B Transaction, Energy Markets & Policy, NCAA / NIL

#248: Zamir Kazi - Founder & CEO of ZMR Capital - $0 to 1.7B of Multifamily Assets in 9 years

#247: Will Churchill - Owner of Frank Kent Motor Company - Current State of Auto Industry and the Future of Car Dealerships

#246: Holt Lunsford - Founder & CEO of Holt Lunsford Commercial

#245: Chris Powers - Rant on Fundamentals That Drive Class B Industrial

#244: Rayne Austin - Cattle Business 101

#243: Chris Powers - Incentivizing The Process, Not Just The Outcome

#242: Michael Arrieta - Founder of Garden City - Buying & Growing Great Companies with Permanent Capital

#241: Tim Ludwig - Partner @ Majority Search - A Deep Dive on Search Funding

#240: Wyatt Smith - Founder of UpSmith - On a Mission to Combat America's Growing Skilled Worker Crisis

#239: Mike Vellano - Founder & CEO of Vortex Companies

#238: Wolf of Franchises (Twitter Anon) - Breakdown of the Franchise Industry

#237: M. Stanfield (Twitter Anon) - Investing in America's Most Challenging Affordable Housing

#236: Jilliene Helman - CEO of RealtyMogul - Real Estate Crowdfunding

#235: Steve Robinson - Former CMO of Chick-Fil-A - 35 years of Timeless Lessons Learned While Building an Iconic Brand & Culture.