Chris Powers: Real Meaning & Real Estate - Outside Insights Permanent Podcast: Real Talk About Private Equity and Buying, Selling, and Operating Small Businesses

Chris Powers (Fort Capital) joins Brent Beshore & David Cover to talk about almost losing everything, what changed his life and business for the better, building exceptional teams, the critical importance of real friendship and support, knowing where you’re going to provide the most value and find satisfaction, and prioritizing an operator’s mindset in the face of challenging conditions.
 
LINKS & MENTIONS FROM THIS EPISODE
Capital Camp https://www.capitalcamp.com/
Fort Podcast: https://pod.link/1410549811 
Fort Capital https://fortcapitallp.com/ 
John Marsh https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-marsh-1576069/
Sacred Pace by Terry Looper
Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
Permanent Equity’s 2022 Annual Letter https://www.permanentequity.com/writings/2022-annual-letter-15-years-in-the-trenches 
 
CONNECT
Chris on twitter https://twitter.com/fortworthchris
Chris on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/ 
Brent on twitter https:/https://twitter.com/BrentBeshore
Brent on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentbeshore 
David on twitter https://twitter.com/DavidACover
David on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-cover-318752230/ 
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:25 Getting Marshed at Capital Camp
2:38 What You’ve Learned From Doing The Fort Podcast
4:10 Who Is Chris Powers & Why Brent Didn’t Like Him
6:35 What Led to Your Radical Transformation?
15:40 How Has Your Life & Business Changed?
19:00 Has the New Chris Lost His Edge?
20:07 What’s Led to Fort’s Success?
22:56 Why Fort Struggled from “The Me Show”
26:55 How to Raise More Capital
29:18 Market Takes & Real Estate
35:32 The Nitty Gritty of Fort’s Operations
38:50 Biggest Mistakes
48:00 Lighting Round Hot Takes
54:50 The Responsibility of Being Wealthy
57:00 Building the Life You Want
1:01:26 What’s Next?
1:03:26 Legal Disclaimer
 
EPISODE CREDITS
Produced by David Cover
Additional editing by Bill Pollock 
Intro music by David Cover, Andy Freeman, Rhett Johnson, & Andrew Luley
Outro music by Jees Guy
 
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