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Description text goes hereChris 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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LEGAL DISCLAIMER

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