Episodes

Feb. 7, 2023

#262 - Andrew Segal - Founder of Boxer Property - Hybrid Work, Inflat…

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Jan. 31, 2023

#261 - Alex Olshansky - Principal at Zenith IOS - Industrial Outdoor …

EPISODE #261 In today’s episode, we are joined by Alex Olshansky, Principal, and Head of Investments at Zenith IOS. Zenith is one of the largest institutional owners of industrial outdoor storage assets in the US. Alex’s well...

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Jan. 24, 2023

#260 - Brian Good - CEO of iBorrow - How The Lending Market is Changi…

EPISODE #260 In today’s episode, we are joined by Brian Good, the co-founder and CEO of iBorrow. iBorrow is a nationwide real estate lender made by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, with an impressive track record of over $1 b...

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Jan. 17, 2023

#259 - Aaron Rubin - Founder & CEO of ShipHero - Building a Better Su…

EPISODE #259 After being bailed out of his first company by his dad 15 years ago while in college, Aaron Rubin learned his lesson and founded ShipHero in 2013 as a warehouse management system for e-commerce shippers. Since th...

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Jan. 10, 2023

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

EPISODE #258 In today’s episode, Chris Powers and Jason Baxter take a look at the last year for Fort Capital and discuss the biggest wins of the year. How our team and technology have progressed, how we are looking at the mar...

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Jan. 3, 2023

#257: Kyle O'Hehir - Co-Founder of Constitution Lending - Crack House…

Kyle started his fixed-income career on a J.P. Morgan trading desk before joining multi-strategy hedge fund Millennium. In 2018, Kyle left Millennium to manage his own capital, emphasizing real estate debt investing. He has e...

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Dec. 27, 2022

#256: Ryan Eisenman - Co-Founder of Arch - Building The Digital Admin…

Ryan Eisenman is the co-founder and CEO of Arch, a digital solution utilized by over 180 private investment firms to automate the administration and management of tens of $Bs of alternative investments. Ryan is a Houston nati...

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Dec. 21, 2022

Welcome to The Fort

Welcome to the Fort Podcast. It's my privilege to share with you the stories, ideas, knowledge, and strategies of our era's greatest business leaders. What started as a podcast focused on only real estate has grown to cover a...

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Dec. 20, 2022

#255: Greg "Gordo" Gordon - Founder/CEO of Gordon Highlander - A Lead…

Greg Gordon has a rich history in construction as a third-generation builder with over 25 years of industry experience. He started his career in shell construction and eventually transitioned to commercial interiors before fo...

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Dec. 13, 2022

#254: Sarah Kennington - Founder of Thirty-Four Commercial - The Quee…

Sarah has 20 years of experience in office brokerage in the DFW region. Prior to founding Thirty-Four Commercial, she was previously a Principal at Peloton Commercial Real Estate (acquired by JLL in 2019) and an Associate at ...

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Dec. 6, 2022

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

Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano is an entrepreneur and technology investor. He has built and sold numerous companies, ran Product & Growth teams at Facebook, and manages a portfolio valued at more than $500 million in early-stage te...

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Nov. 29, 2022

#252: Jon Altschuler - Founder of Altschuler + Co - Dallas Office Mar…

Jon Altschuler is the founder of Altschuler and Company and has been involved in all phases of the firm’s development since its founding in 2009. He started his career with Trammell Crow Company and was the president of Strea...

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Nov. 22, 2022

#251: Kevin Lackey - President of Freedom Powersports - Selling Freed…

Kevin Lackey is the President and CEO of Freedom Powersports, a dealership group based out of Fort Worth, Texas with 13 locations spanning three states. His career in the powersports industry started in 1998 where he worked h...

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Nov. 15, 2022

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

David Senra is the Founder of Founders Podcast. David has devoted his career to learning from history's greatest entrepreneurs. David is on a mission to document the best ideas from the life and work of history’s most formida...

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Nov. 8, 2022

#249: Cody Campbell - Co-CEO of Double Eagle Energy IV - A $6.4B Tran…

Cody Campbell is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Double Eagle Energy Holdings III LLC, a partnership formed with Apollo Global Management, and co-founder of Double Eagle Development. Campbell began his business career at Te...

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Nov. 1, 2022

#248: Zamir Kazi - Founder & CEO of ZMR Capital - $0 to 1.7B of Multi…

Zamir Kazi started his career in Real Estate in 2013 after attending Florida State University buying and flipping duplexes. He formed Berkshire Property Holdings in 2014 (later rebranded to ZMR Capital) to acquire and redevel...

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Oct. 25, 2022

#247: Will Churchill - Owner of Frank Kent Motor Company - Current St…

Will Churchill is the Owner of Frank Kent Motor Company.  Frank Kent Cadillac has been awarded GM Dealer of the Year for 2012 – 2014, an honor given to only the top 2% of GM dealers throughout the country. On this episode, Chris and Will...

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Oct. 18, 2022

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

Holt Lunsford is the Founder & CEO of Holt Lunsford Commercial, a Dallas-based full-service commercial real estate company. They talk about luck in business, the process of finding and hiring great people, and Holt's advice for fathers. Enjoy! ...

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Oct. 11, 2022

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

On this episode Chris talks about the fundamentals that drive Class B Industrial: Growing demand and no new supply?  Could that be?! The types of tenants that occupy Class B Industrial How we think about Cap Ex & TI. And more! Support Our...

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Oct. 4, 2022

#244: Rayne Austin - Cattle Business 101

Chris sits down with his longtime friend Rayne Austin, to do a deep dive into the Cattle Business. Rayne walks Chris through the multiple phases of the life cycle for cattle, how each phase makes money, the "Big 4" packers, and how the pandemic...

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Sept. 27, 2022

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

Learn more about Chris Powers and Fort Capital: Follow Fort Capital on LinkedIn: Follow Chris on Twitter:   Follow Chris on LinkedIn:   Subscribe to The Fort on YouTube: Chris goes solo to hit hard on a critical aspect of operations that...

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Sept. 20, 2022

#242: Michael Arrieta - Founder of Garden City - Buying & Growing Gre…

Michael currently serves as the Founder and CEO of Garden City, a purpose-driven holding company that buys, grows, and permanently holds family-owned companies. Once acquired, Garden City seeks to grow them through culture, technology, and sales. Most...

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Sept. 13, 2022

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

Tim is a Partner at Majority Search, a private equity firm focused on helping top mid-career professionals pursue entrepreneurship through acquisition (EtA).  He is a veteran search fund investor who has backed over 80 search funds and first-time...

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Sept. 8, 2022

#240: Wyatt Smith - Founder of UpSmith - On a Mission to Combat Ameri…

Wyatt is the founder and CEO of UpSmith, a technology company on a mission to combat America’s skilled worker crisis.  UpSmith partners with employers to identify high-demand gaps in their labor force, then sources and screens candidates to...

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