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Feb. 20, 2024

Fearless Decision Making - Jamie Winship

Jamie Winship has decades of experience bringing peaceful solutions to some of the world’s highest conflict areas. After a distinguished career in law enforcement in the metro Washington D.C. area, Jamie earned an M.A. in English and developed a unique process of resolving inner conflict that results in the ability…

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Feb. 15, 2024

The Art of Microcap Investing - Ian Cassel - Founder @ Intelligent Fanatics Capital Management

Ian is the founder of MicroCapClub.com, a global community of microcap investors. He is also the founder of Intelligent Fanatics Capital Management LLC, where his team works with private wealth clients to help give them exposure to the smallest public companies in the world. We discuss: - The world of…

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Feb. 14, 2024

How I Came to Christ

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Feb. 13, 2024

King of the Dallas Tollroad - Bill Cawley - CEO @ Cawley Partners

Bill Cawley is the brand and vision behind Cawley Partners, a full-service, Dallas-based real estate company historically focused on commercial office product. Over the course of his career, Bill has owned all classes of commercial real estate in multiple markets across the country. He is continually recognized as one of…

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Feb. 9, 2024

One of the MANY Awesome stories from our Podcast with Barry Sternlicht!

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Feb. 8, 2024

Barry Sternlicht on Inflation

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Feb. 6, 2024

Barry Sternlicht's Stories from Building a $120 Billion Empire

Barry Sternlicht is Chairman & CEO of Starwood Capital Group, the private alternative investment firm he formed in 1991 that is focused on global real estate. He also serves as Chairman & CEO of Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD), a leading diversified finance company. For the past 32 years, Barry…

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Feb. 4, 2024

Thoughts on Interest Rates and Rent Increases in 2024

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Feb. 4, 2024

How We are Leveraging AI at Fort Capital in 2024

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Feb. 1, 2024

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

In this conversation, I sit down with my partner and Fort Capital CEO Jason Baxter to talk about our current fundraise, company wins, building out Fort’s custom AI, deal pipelines, profitability, how the team has grown, and an outlook for 2024. Topics: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:54 - Reflecting on 2023…

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Jan. 30, 2024

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

Devon Eriksen grew up with images of the galaxy and the imagined worlds of the golden age of science fiction. Now a retired software engineer, he writes with one purpose in mind: to give the reader something to love. On this episode, Chris and Devon discuss: - Why culture is…

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Jan. 23, 2024

From $10M to $140M: Scaling a Home Services Giant - Chris Hoffmann - CEO of Hoffmann Brothers

Chris Hoffmann currently serves as the CEO at Deutschmann Lane Holdings (DLH), which operates a family of companies including Hoffmann Brothers, Ferguson Roofing & Exteriors, Deutschmann Lane Real Estate, and HBH Investment Company. Before joining DLH, Chris served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, leaving active duty…

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Jan. 16, 2024

$10 Billion in Apartments: Lessons Learned & Market Insights - David Moore, CEO @ Knightvest Capital

David is the founder and Managing Partner at Knightvest. Under his leadership, Knightvest has acquired over 55,000 units at a total capitalization of approximately $10.0 billion. Since its inception, Knightvest has sold over 15,000 units with an average IRR and multiple of over 30% and 2.2x, respectively. On this episode,…

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Jan. 11, 2024

Raising Billions in Energy Private Equity | Billy Quinn - Founder @ Pearl Energy

Billy is the founder and Managing Partner of Pearl Energy Investments and manages the firm. He currently sits on the board of most Pearl portfolio companies including Permian Resources, SLANT Energy, Infinity Natural Resources, and Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. Before founding Pearl, Billy served as Co-Managing Partner of Natural Gas…

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Jan. 9, 2024

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

Marc is Chief Executive Officer at DigitalBridge and has been an investor and operator in the digital infrastructure sector for over 25 years. He has led DigitalBridge’s transformation to become a premier platform for digital infrastructure and real estate investment. Marc founded Digital Bridge Holdings in 2013 and, as its…

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Jan. 2, 2024

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

Herbert D. Weitzman is Executive Chairman of Weitzman. In 1990, after nearly 30 years in the real estate business, Weitzman founded the company, a full‐service commercial real estate brokerage firm that now ranks as one of the largest retail‐focused real estate services firms based in Texas. On the brokerage side,…

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Dec. 28, 2023

Can we get the world to love Oil and Gas as a primary source of energy?

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Dec. 28, 2023

Can the rest of the world afford to move off Oil and Gas?

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Dec. 27, 2023

High-Yield Grade vs. Investment Grade Businesses

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Dec. 26, 2023

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

Micah is the President and Founder of Anchor Investments, which is on a mission to Build America’s Most Generous Real Estate Company. Micah focuses on identifying real estate investment opportunities for Anchor, raising capital, and leading the team. He is also the founder of Mission Hotels, the only hotel brand…

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Dec. 21, 2023

Leading a $50B Gaming, Hospitality, and Entertainment REIT - Ed Pitoniak - CEO @ VICI Properties

Edward Pitoniak is the founding Chief Executive Officer of VICI Properties, one of America’s largest real estate investment trusts and the first American REIT to go from IPO to S&P 500 inclusion in less than 5 years. Since its inception in late 2017, VICI has carried out over $30 billion…

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Dec. 19, 2023

State of Global Freight, China's Impact, & Strategy for Buying Media Companies - Craig Fuller

Craig Fuller is the founder and CEO of FreightWaves, the leading provider of global supply chain market intelligence and news. Before FreightWaves, Craig was the founder of TransCard, a major provider of fleet fuel and debit cards. He is also the CEO of FLYING Magazine, the world’s most widely read…

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Dec. 12, 2023

Lessons & Stories from Working in a $30B Oil Company - Kaes Van't Hof

Kaes has worked at Diamondback Energy since July 2016 in various roles and as President and CFO since February 2022. Prior to that, he was CEO of Bison Drilling and Field Services in Midland, TX from September 2012 to June 2016. He began his career at Citigroup as an investment…

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Dec. 5, 2023

Cycles, Crises, and Capital: Navigating The New Normal in Real Estate - Nancy Lashine

Nancy is the Founder and Managing Partner of Park Madison Partners. As a leading real estate capital markets firm, Park Madison is an advisor to investment managers and operators and provides capital placement services for institutional investors. The firm has placed over $25 billion of equity in PMP-sponsored vehicles and…

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