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POWERS brings you inside the minds of world-class leaders who have built, battled, and succeeded at the highest levels.POWERS digs beyond the surface with questions driven by curiosity, uncovering stories and insights rarely shared publicly. Each episode delivers timeless wisdom and hard-earned lessons that apply across business and life.The show has earned a reputation for asking the right questions at the right moment. The focus is on timeless principles, proven through years of discipline and risk, not on shortcuts. Each conversation is direct, deliberate, and designed to leave listeners sharper than when they arrived. The aim is simple...

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

90 hours 23 mins; September 19, 2023

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

79 hours 35 mins; September 12, 2023

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

80 hours 54 mins; September 07, 2023

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

72 hours 34 mins; September 05, 2023

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

63 hours 29 mins; August 29, 2023

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

60 hours 5 mins; August 24, 2023

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

73 hours 29 mins; August 22, 2023

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

73 hours 3 mins; August 15, 2023

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

103 hours 27 mins; August 10, 2023

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

91 hours 3 mins; August 08, 2023

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

100 hours 9 mins; August 01, 2023

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

67 hours 58 mins; July 27, 2023

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

94 hours 47 mins; July 25, 2023

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

51 mins; July 20, 2023

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

93 hours 54 mins; July 18, 2023

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

85 hours 35 mins; July 11, 2023

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

98 hours 57 mins; July 05, 2023

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

88 hours 18 mins; June 29, 2023

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

90 hours 45 mins; June 27, 2023

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

87 hours 35 mins; June 20, 2023

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

64 hours 55 mins; June 15, 2023

#288 - Wilkie Colyer - CEO of Contango Resources

99 hours 18 mins; June 13, 2023

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

88 hours 38 mins; June 06, 2023

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

71 hours 49 mins; June 01, 2023

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

85 hours 25 mins; May 30, 2023

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

55 mins; May 23, 2023

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

73 hours 42 mins; May 18, 2023

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

68 hours 43 mins; May 16, 2023

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

125 hours 15 mins; May 09, 2023

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

65 hours 33 mins; May 04, 2023

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

71 hours 3 mins; May 02, 2023

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

103 hours 23 mins; April 25, 2023

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

63 hours 45 mins; April 20, 2023

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

79 hours 49 mins; April 18, 2023

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

68 hours 20 mins; April 10, 2023

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

66 hours 48 mins; April 05, 2023

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

57 mins; April 03, 2023

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

84 hours 26 mins; March 27, 2023

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

64 hours 53 mins; March 22, 2023

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

69 hours 30 mins; March 20, 2023

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

86 hours 15 mins; March 15, 2023

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

83 hours 17 mins; March 14, 2023

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

71 hours 52 mins; March 07, 2023

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

76 hours 18 mins; February 28, 2023

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

86 hours 55 mins; February 21, 2023

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

87 hours 18 mins; February 16, 2023

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

92 hours 51 mins; February 14, 2023

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

94 hours 6 mins; February 13, 2023

#262 - Andrew Segal - Founder of Boxer Property - Hybrid Work, Inflation, Hiring Overseas, 2023 Real Estate Market

90 hours 40 mins; February 07, 2023

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

49 mins; January 31, 2023

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

57 mins; January 24, 2023

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

66 hours 24 mins; January 17, 2023

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

89 hours 5 mins; January 09, 2023

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

85 hours 25 mins; January 02, 2023

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

57 mins; December 26, 2022

Welcome to The Fort

1 min; December 20, 2022

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

88 hours 9 mins; December 19, 2022

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

92 hours 36 mins; December 12, 2022

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

80 hours 47 mins; December 05, 2022

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

59 mins; November 28, 2022

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

83 hours 59 mins; November 21, 2022

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

124 hours 59 mins; November 14, 2022

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

73 hours 47 mins; November 08, 2022

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

46 mins; November 01, 2022

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

81 hours 59 mins; October 25, 2022

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

55 mins; October 18, 2022

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

22 mins; October 11, 2022

#244: Rayne Austin - Cattle Business 101

93 hours 39 mins; October 04, 2022

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

14 mins; September 27, 2022

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

82 hours 36 mins; September 20, 2022

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

104 hours 42 mins; September 13, 2022

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

77 hours 17 mins; September 08, 2022

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

61 hours 53 mins; September 06, 2022

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

74 hours 34 mins; August 30, 2022

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

83 hours 37 mins; August 23, 2022

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

40 mins; August 16, 2022

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

78 hours 17 mins; August 09, 2022

#234: Ryan Broderick - Co-Founder of Darwin Homes - Building the Amazon of Single-Family Property Management

113 hours 15 mins; August 02, 2022

#233: Josh Young - Founder & CIO @ Bison Interests - The Macro Implications & Big Picture for Energy Markets - A Bull Case for Oil & Gas

88 hours 0 mins; July 28, 2022

#232: Apurva Mehta - Managing Partner of Summit Peak Investments - Deep Dive Into Current Venture Capital Landscape

69 hours 5 mins; July 26, 2022

#231: Brad Hargreaves - Founder & CEO of Common - Making housing more affordable through co-living and best-in-class property management

64 hours 41 mins; July 19, 2022

In Memory of Will Friend - Former CEO of Bisnow. An episode we did together in 2019 that exemplifies what leading a team looks like and many other great lessons.

96 hours 13 mins; July 14, 2022

#229: Wes Mabry - Cost Segregation Studies in RE and why they're a beautiful thing

46 mins; July 12, 2022

#228: Beth Azor - CEO of Azor Advisory - The Shopping Center Canvassing, Prospecting, and Leasing Queen!

91 hours 13 mins; July 05, 2022

#227: Mike Boyd - Going Deep on the Business of Family and How Families Can Achieve Multi-Generational Success

84 hours 55 mins; June 28, 2022

#226: Barrett Linburg - Founder of Savoy Equity Partners - Real Estate Opportunity Zones 101

77 hours 24 mins; June 21, 2022

#225: Rob Chadwick - Founder of Holdfast Security Group - Best practices for protecting yourself & loved ones

81 hours 45 mins; June 16, 2022

#224: Nick Huber + Chris Powers Vol. 2

29 mins; June 14, 2022

#223: Robert Prather - Founder of Vision Research - A Masterclass in Shorting Equities

95 hours 11 mins; June 09, 2022

#222: Student Rental Pro - The Mad Scientist of Student Housing

91 hours 53 mins; June 07, 2022

#221: Lloyd Reeb - Co-Founder of Halftime Institute - Success to Significance

84 hours 48 mins; May 31, 2022

#220: Connor Haley - Founder of Alta Fox Capital Management

94 hours 30 mins; May 26, 2022

#219: Stephen Bailey- Senior Managing Director @ JLL - DFW Industrial Market Update

57 mins; May 24, 2022

#218: Aaron Graft - Vice Chairman & CEO of Triumph Bancorp, Inc. - On a Mission to Change How Truckers Get Paid

87 hours 54 mins; May 18, 2022

RE #217: Chris Powers & Drew Pearson - A live mentoring session on how to build a REPE operating company and lessons learned along the way.

80 hours 31 mins; May 17, 2022

#216: Alex Epstein - The Future is Fossil Fuels

68 hours 25 mins; May 12, 2022

RE #215: Chris Powers on Incentives in Real Estate

43 mins; May 10, 2022

#214: @CarDealershipGuy - Used Car Business 101

87 hours 18 mins; May 05, 2022

RE #213: Bo Aughtry - Deep Dive into Hotel Development and Lessons Learned Through Many Cycles

72 hours 23 mins; May 03, 2022

#212: Craig Fuller - Founder of FreightWaves - AN ABSOLUTE MASTERCLASS ON GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN & TRANSPORTATION

94 hours 8 mins; April 28, 2022

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