Episodes

June 1, 2023

Joe Pohlen - Co-Founder of Cardinal Senior Living - Building a Better…

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/survey Joe Pohlen is the Founder and Partner of Cardinal Senior Manag...

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May 30, 2023

Gabe Bodhi - CEO of Tekton Group - Expert in Sub-Institutional Multi-…

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/survey Gabe is responsible for all aspects of the investment process ...

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May 23, 2023

Kelcey Lehrich - Co-Founder of 365 Holdings - Buying Niche E-Comm Bus…

Kelcey Lehrich is the Co-Founder and CEO of 365 Holdings. 365 Is a vertically integrated owner and operator of consumer product brands focused on eCommerce. On this episode, Chris & Kelcey discuss: ➡️ How they look at investi...

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May 18, 2023

Levi Benkert - Founder & CEO of Harbor Capital - Building a Class B I…

Levi Benkert is a proven innovative business leader with 20 years of experience in strategic real estate-related business development. Levi founded Harbor Capital, a private equity firm focused on industrial real estate in Te...

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May 16, 2023

Matt Doka - Co-Founder & CTO of Fivestars

Matt began as a top consultant at McKinsey, where he witnessed the power of customer loyalty programs and immediately understood why large companies pay millions of dollars to create them. His vision for Fivestars was to make...

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May 9, 2023

Kyle Matthews - Founder of Matthews REIS - The Blueprint For Becoming…

Kyle Matthews is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Matthews Real Estate Investment Services™ and has served in this role since the company’s founding in 2015. Matthews™ is the parent company of a diversified group of...

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May 4, 2023

Robert Bryce - Power Hungry, Energy, Politics, Nuclear, and Fossil Fu…

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/survey Robert Bryce is an author, podcaster, and film producer. He is...

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May 2, 2023

John Andrew Entwistle - Founder & CEO of Wander - Vertically Integrat…

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/survey John Andrew is a Thiel Fellow, recipient of the Forbes 30 Unde...

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April 25, 2023

Moses Kagan & Rhett Bennett - Co-Founders of ReSeed Partners - Buildi…

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/survey Moses Kagan is co-founder and partner at Adaptive Realty, a Lo...

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April 20, 2023

Liberty RPF - Exploration As a Service, Creator Value, Constellation …

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/survey Liberty writes about business & investing, science & technolog...

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April 18, 2023

Jake Wurzak - Founder & CEO of DoveHill Capital Management & Presiden…

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/survey Jake Wurzak is the Founder and CEO of DoveHill Capital Managem...

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April 11, 2023

Andy Dunn - Co-Founder of Bonobos - Building an Apparel Co, Future of…

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. Andy Dunn co-founded the menswear brand Bonobos and served as CEO until its 2017 acquisition by ...

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April 6, 2023

Paul Yancich - Co-Founder of Arcadea Group - Acquiring VSaas Business…

Paul oversees the strategic direction and development of Arcadea across all areas of the firm alongside his partner, Daniel. Paul began his career as a member of the Citigroup Global Analyst program, where he gained exposure ...

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April 4, 2023

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

Bill D’Alessandro is the Founder and CEO of Elements Brands, one of the original holding companies for direct-to-consumer brands. He has acquired or founded more than a dozen businesses with over $100M of revenue and has real...

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March 28, 2023

Michael Girdley - Chairman of Girdley Enterprises - Becoming a Creato…

Michael is CEO of Girdley Enterprises, LLC, a diversified holding company of 11 businesses. In this episode Chris & Michael discuss: Becoming a creator and the business of creating How he has built a hold-co and keeps everyon...

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March 23, 2023

Peter Askew - Founder of Deep South Ventures - Investing in Domain Na…

Peter Askew runs a bootstrapped, .com domain development business (often solo). He typically sources domains from the expired aftermarket and uses their descriptive nature as inspiration for each venture. Current projects: Vi...

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March 21, 2023

Charlie Light - Founder of Alpha Social - How to use Twitter to build…

Charlie started the John W. Rich parody account, which became the springboard for his content agency, Alpha Social. Charlie has helped dozens of clients build up their personal brands with Twitter content, amassing millions o...

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March 16, 2023

Brandon Sedloff Interviews Chris: Reflections On My Career, Fort, Rai…

Brandon Sedloff is Managing Director and Founding SVP of Sales at Juniper Square where he focuses on business development, and strategy and serves some of the world's largest institutional investment managers. Juniper Square ...

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March 14, 2023

Chad Cook - Founder of Quadrant Investment Properties - Placemaking &…

In today’s episode, Chris is joined by Chad Cook, founder of Quadrant Investment Properties, a Dallas-based real estate investment company specializing in urban office opportunities. Before founding QIP, Chad was Vice Preside...

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March 7, 2023

Collin McLelland - Co-Founder of Digital Wildcatters - Making Energy …

EPISODE #267 In today’s episode, Chris is joined by Collin McLelland, co-founder of Digital Wildcatters, a community of energy professionals who are changing the way that we think about energy. After leaving high school, Coll...

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Feb. 28, 2023

Billy McFarland - Fyre Festival Founder - Story Details, Lessons Lear…

EPISODE #266 In today’s episode, Chris is joined by Billy McFarland, the founder of the controversial Fyre Festival event. The Fyre Festival dominated headlines in April 2017 when videos surfaced online promoting the festival...

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Feb. 21, 2023

Nathan Barry - Founder of ConvertKit - How Creators Are Taking Over T…

EPISODE #265 In today’s episode, Chris is joined by the founder of ConvertKit, Nathan Barry. Nathan’s journey to helping creators all around the world began when he was doing web design in high school before expanding into fr...

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Feb. 16, 2023

Nick Huber & Mitchell Baldridge - How Twitter Changed Our Lives, Real…

EPISODE #264 In today’s episode, Chris sits down with Mitchell Baldridge and Nick Huber to discuss the current real estate market, how Twitter changed their lives, and cost segregation. Nick has been a small business owner si...

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Feb. 14, 2023

Troy Robertson - Co-Founder of Firestone & Robertson Distilling Comp…

EPISODE #263 In today’s episode, Chris is joined by the co-founder of the Firestone & Robertson Distilling Company, Troy Robertson. Troy grew up in West Texas in a family that was heavily involved in the oil and gas industry....

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