Season 1

March 18, 2021

#121: Andrew Wilkinson - Co-Founder of Tiny Capital

Today's episode features the Co-Founder of Tiny Capital, Andrew Wilkinson. Tiny Capital owns 30+ companies and focuses on buying, starting, and investing in internet businesses. On this episode, Chris and Andrew discuss his childhood creating MetaLab...

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March 15, 2021

#120: Chris Bakke - Freelancer Economy, Startups, & Venture Capital

Chris Bakke is the co-founder and CEO of Laskie. Previously, he was the co-founder of Interviewed (acquired by Indeed), COO of 42Floors (acquired by Knotel), and managed business development for Zillow and RentJuice (acquired by Zillow). On this...

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March 11, 2021

RE #119: Ray Washburne - Luxury Retail, Tex Mex, Trump, & Texas

Ray Washburne is the owner of the Mi Cocina restaurants, Dallas Highland Park Village, and former President and CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. On this episode, Chris and Ray talk about Ray's career path in real estate and...

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March 8, 2021

#118: Chris Torres & Vangeli Gelekas - NFTs 101

Chris Torres is an artist and creator of Nyan Cat, one of the most popular memes in internet history. Vangeli Gelekas is currently building the largest NFT (Non-Fungible Tokens) artist community on the web and helping artists leave the constraints …

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March 4, 2021

RE #117: Chris Powers - The Barbell Theory in Real Estate

On this episode, Chris dives into what is known as the 'Barbell Theory' in real estate. He discusses how he came to learn about the theory and how folks in the industry can capitalize on the theory by getting ahead …

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March 1, 2021

#116: Mitchell Baldridge, CFP/CPA - Founder of Baldridge Financial

Mitchell Baldridge is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Financial Planner with vast experience in corporate accounting, business advisory, and financial planning. His passion is building lifelong relationships with business owners to help...

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Feb. 25, 2021

#115: James Beshara - Angel Investing, AirBnb, Clubhouse, & Being Con…

James Beshara is a full-time Angel Investor & Founder of Magic Mind. He also is the host of the podcast Below the Line. In his third appearance on The FORT, James and Chris discuss the origins of their friendship, the …

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Feb. 22, 2021

#114: Patrick Dossett - Navy SEAL and Founder of Madefor

Patrick Dossett is a Navy SEAL and Co-Founder of , a ten-month program that applies the principles of modern neuroscience, psychology, and physiology to make your brain and body better. On this episode, Patrick talks about his journey of becoming …

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Feb. 18, 2021

RE #113: Chris Powers - Executing Your First Real Estate Deal

How would you go about doing your first real estate deal with no experience and no capital? On this episode, Chris answers that question as he walks through the process of executing your first deal. He explains why you need …

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Feb. 15, 2021

RE #112: Nick Huber - Self Storage, Twitter, & Sweat (Part 2)

On this episode, Nick Huber joins Chris for his second appearance on The FORT podcast. Nick is the founder of The Sweaty Startup whose mission is to help people do common things uncommonly well. Nick and Chris discuss his massive …

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Feb. 11, 2021

#111: Tomas Hoyos - Co-Founder & CEO of Airsubs

Today's episode features Tomas Hoyos, the Co-Founder & CEO of airsubs, a platform launched in the midst of the pandemic that allows creators to connect virtually with their audience to teach classes, host fitness courses and more all while...

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Feb. 8, 2021

#110: Matteo Franceschetti - Co-Founder & CEO of Eight Sleep

Matteo Franceschetti is the Co-Founder and CEO of , a proprietary technology reinventing the way people sleep. Eight graduated from Y Combinator in the summer 2015 and from Stanford’s StartX program in May 2015. On this episode, Matteo offers...

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Feb. 4, 2021

#109: Jeff Worn - President & CEO of South Georgia Pecan Company

Jeff Worn is President & CEO of South Georgia Pecan Company, the largest nut-sheller in the world. On this episode, Chris and Jeff discuss taking over his family business, growing the company to $300M in revenue, the domestic and global...

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Feb. 1, 2021

RE #108: Brady Wood - Founder of Woodhouse 'A Hospitality Legend'

Brady Wood is an influencer and innovator in the entertainment concept and real estate development space. He has the proven ability to “see the unseen” which allows him to navigate the complex and nuanced art of concept creation. On this …

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Jan. 28, 2021

RE #107: Sean Dalfen - President & CIO of Dalfen Industrial

Sean Dalfen is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Dalfen Industrial and is responsible for the firm’s investment activities, the origination of new business, and implementation of the last mile investment strategy. Sean is also a member...

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Jan. 25, 2021

RE #106: RE Private Equity - Stay Small or Grow a Platform?

When starting a career in RE Private Equity, should you stay small or grow a platform? On this episode, Chris answers that question as he walks through the process of growing a real estate company from a one-man band to …

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Jan. 21, 2021

RE #105: RE Private Equity w/ 'The Real Estate God'

On this episode, Chris talks with the anonymous "Real Estate God" () about how and why he launched his online persona to tweet about Real Estate. They also discuss his experience working in Private Equity in San Francisco, the future …

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Jan. 18, 2021

RE #104 - Fort Capital's 2020 Annual Letter

This episode features the audio version of Fort Capital's 2020 Annual Letter detailing the decisions we made and the processes we followed throughout an unprecedented year. To read the full-text version, click . Follow Chris on Twitter: Learn...

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Jan. 14, 2021

RE #103: Fort Capital's 2020 Year in Review

Fort Capital COO, Jason Baxter, returns to discuss Fort Capital's 2020 'Year in Review'. On this episode, Chris and Jason discuss the processes implemented in 2019 that helped our team through the pandemic in 2020, starting a property management...

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Jan. 11, 2021

RE #102: Jonathan Wasserstrum - Co-Founder & CEO of SquareFoot

Jonathan Wasserstrum is CEO and Co-Founder of SquareFoot, a personal commercial real estate assistant. Prior to business school, Wasserstrum worked in the International Capital Group at Jones Lang LaSalle where he advised foreign and domestic clients...

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Jan. 7, 2021

RE #101: Chris Weekley - Executive Vice President at David Weekley Ho…

Chris Weekley is the Executive Vice President at , one of the largest privately-held home building firms in the country. On this episode, they discuss the culture at DWH, Weekley's different product types in home building, the challenges and...

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Jan. 4, 2021

#100: Tommy McGuire - President of Echo Evironmental

Tommy McGuire is the President of Echo Environmental, which specializes in electronic recycling, IT asset management, and scrap metal purchasing. Echo Environmental has raised the bar and redefined what it means to be an end-of-life recycler. On...

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Dec. 31, 2020

#99: Abraham Shafi - Co-Founder & CEO of IRL

Abraham Shafi is the Co-Founder and CEO of , one of the fastest growing social networking apps in the world. IRL was founded along with Henry Khachatryan and PayPal’s first board member Scott Banister. "IRL: Do More Together" has raised …

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Dec. 28, 2020

RE #98: How To Assemble & Entitle Urban Land

On today's episode, Chris is joined by Jason Baxter, President and COO of Fort Capital to discuss the ways in which they think about the process around assembling and entitling land. They break down the due diligence work needed, why …

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