55 min
#246: Holt Lunsford - Founder & CEO of Holt Lunsford Commercial The Fort - An Entrepreneurship Podcast
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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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(3:08) - Holt’s background and career
(5:30) - The Great Trammel Crowe generation of Texas Real Estate Operators
(19:26) - How much of business success is luck and how much are things that you can control?
(21:28) - Holt’s Growth standards
(24:22) - How long was the business going until you started making hires
(25:24) - What were things you weren’t doing well that people could learn from?
(28:55) - Holt on building relationships with the people he works with and loyalty
(31:21) - Holt on the culture of people moving jobs constantly and attracting the next generation of employees
(36:21)- What within Real Estate has changed dramatically since starting in ’86?
(38:33) - Chris and Holt on life balance
(43:02) - What did you give your kids for their 18th birthday?
(46:19) - What advice would you give your 21-year-old self
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!
Support Our Sponsors:
Juniper Square: https://www.junipersquare.com/
Frank Kent Cadillac: https://www.frankkentcadillac.com/
Learn more about Chris Powers and Fort Capital: www.FortCapitalLP.com
Follow Fort Capital on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/fort-capital/
Follow Chris on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/FortWorthChris
Follow Chris on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/
Subscribe to The Fort on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJ32shRt8Od3MxMY-keTSQ
(3:08) - Holt’s background and career
(5:30) - The Great Trammel Crowe generation of Texas Real Estate Operators
(19:26) - How much of business success is luck and how much are things that you can control?
(21:28) - Holt’s Growth standards
(24:22) - How long was the business going until you started making hires
(25:24) - What were things you weren’t doing well that people could learn from?
(28:55) - Holt on building relationships with the people he works with and loyalty
(31:21) - Holt on the culture of people moving jobs constantly and attracting the next generation of employees
(36:21)- What within Real Estate has changed dramatically since starting in ’86?
(38:33) - Chris and Holt on life balance
(43:02) - What did you give your kids for their 18th birthday?
(46:19) - What advice would you give your 21-year-old self
55 min