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Jun 15, 2023 • 1h 5min

#289 - Brett Hagler - CEO of New Story Homes - Pioneering Solutions to End Global Homelessness

Brett is the CEO and Co-Founder of New Story, an organization pioneering market-driven solutions to end global homelessness. Brett is a Y Combinator graduate, and New Story was named among Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies in the World” four times in the last five years. New Story aims to bring life-changing housing solutions to 1M people by 2030. Brett is also a Co-Founder of Hometeam Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on housing innovation.On this episode, Chris and Brett discuss:➡️ the massive scale of inadequate housing➡️ how New Story is not only building homes, but creating housing markets➡️ taking a non-profit through Y-Combinator➡️ how to approach raising capital as a non-profitWe'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/surveyAdditional Resources👉 New Story👉 Brett on Twitter👉 The Builders Program➡️ Go here to save $500 on your Re-Convene Tickets!➡️ Check out RE Cost Seg➡️ Fort Capital: https://bit.ly/FortCapital➡️ Follow Fort Capital on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/fort-capital/➡️ Follow Chris on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3BYIjcH➡️ Follow Chris on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/➡️ Sign Up for our Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefortpod.com/➡️ Subscribe to The Fort on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3oynxNX(00:05:08) Brett’s career leading up to New Story(00:14:10) What is inadequate housing?(00:16:08) What happens when you introduce a more stable way of living for these families?(00:18:56) Experiences at Y Combinator(00:23:36) Finding problems behind the problems(00:27:21) Where New Story operates and how they develop housing markets(00:36:33) Does your approach change when you enter different markets & cultures?(00:38:28) Why is the issue of adequate housing growing?(00:39:40) Who is in charge of the architecture?(00:41:09) Is any of what you’re doing applicable to the United States?(00:44:05) What are the other benefits of creating a market like this?(00:47:34) How would you advise entrepreneurs wanting to get into the non-profit space?(00:51:27) How should someone do due diligence on a non-profit before giving them money?(00:55:25) How do you approach raising money for philanthropy?(00:59:48) Is there any replacement for people who don’t have the means to do missionary trips?(01:02:37) What’s the best way for people to learn more?newstoryhomes.org--The FORT Podcast with Chris Powers is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about entrepreneurship, real estate, investing, and more.Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode!The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts
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Jun 13, 2023 • 1h 39min

#288 - Wilkie Colyer - CEO of Contango Resources

Wilkie has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Contango Oil & Gas since 2018. Prior to Contango, he was employed by Goff Capital, the family office of John C. Goff, from 2007 until August 2018. Mr. Colyer was responsible for the firms’ energy investing and has held a material role in public and private investments in sectors including financial services and real estate, among others.On this episode, Chris & Wilkie discuss:➡️ lessons learned working for John Goff➡️ story of buying and becoming CEO of Contango➡️ how they find value in oil & gas assets➡️ why all energy resources are criticalWe'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/surveyAdditional Resources👉 Wilkie on LinkedIn👉Contango Oil & Gas👉Goff Capital➡️ Fort Capital: https://bit.ly/FortCapital➡️ Follow Fort Capital on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/fort-capital/➡️ Follow Chris on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3BYIjcH➡️ Follow Chris on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/➡️ Sign Up for our Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefortpod.com/➡️ Subscribe to The Fort on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3oynxNXTimestamps(00:02:18) Wilkie’s career, investment philosophies, and learning under John Goff(00:18:19) Acquiring Contango and becoming the CEO(00:32:07) The Mission of Contango(00:35:58) Acquiring Whitestar at the 11th hour(00:57:03) Crescent(01:14:52) Thoughts on the Fossil Fuel industry(01:21:57) Where do you see supply coming from going forward?(01:26:52) Is there any technology in Upstream that’s on the horizon?(01:29:38) When you’re looking at a business investment opportunity, what sticks out that gets you excited?(01:34:14) What were some biggest takeaways while working under John Goff?--The FORT Podcast with Chris Powers is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about entrepreneurship, real estate, investing, and more.Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode!The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts
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Jun 6, 2023 • 1h 29min

#287 - Scott Everett - Founder & CEO of S2 Capital - On MF Outlook, FED, Banking Crisis, Capital Markets

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/surveyScott Everett founded S2 Capital in 2012 to acquire multifamily Real Estate. In the past 11 years as CEO of S2 Capital, he has built a Real Estate investment company that has transacted on $10B of multifamily assets totaling 45,000 units and 3 operating companies that generate annual revenues in excess of $400M with over 600 employees. This is Scott's second appearance on Fort, if you want to hear his first episode, you can do so here.On this episode, Chris and Scott discuss:➡️ reflecting on Scott's fixed rate debt claims➡️ capital markets & slowing rent growth➡️ bear market predictions➡️ S2's strategy going forwardAdditional Resources👉S2 Capital👉Scott's First Appearance on Fort➡️ Go here to save $500 on your Re-Convene Tickets!: https://bit.ly/3MGFEJl➡️ Learn more about Better Pitch: https://bit.ly/42d9L0I➡️ Learn more about Juniper Square: https://bit.ly/45yiYUq➡️ Fort Capital: https://bit.ly/FortCapital➡️ Follow Fort Capital on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/fort-capital/➡️ Follow Chris on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3BYIjcH➡️ Follow Chris on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/➡️ Sign Up for our Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefortpod.com/➡️ Subscribe to The Fort on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3oynxNXTimestamps(00:06:25) Reflecting on last year: Fixed Rate Debt(00:13:51) Factors creating deal flow in Multifamily(00:16:36) Capital Markets(00:21:57) Slowing Rent Growth(00:23:29) Equity and lending in the next 24 months(00:27:11) What are capital providers wanting to see in the next year?(00:33:31) Debt markets(00:34:40) A Bear-ish market prediction(00:44:35) What metrics matter to you the most?(00:50:19) S2’s strategy going forward(00:55:47) What kills growth markets?(01:00:22) Is the sun belt still the place to be?(01:02:02) How are you thinking about pacing your capital deployment?(01:06:16) How are you leading your company in this environment?(01:08:40) How are you thinking about AI?(01:12:31) How do you generate deal flow that isn’t acquiring assets?(01:16:31) What’s your approach to development?(01:18:49) What will consume your days over the next 10 years?(01:22:33) What do you envision S2 looking like in 10 years?(01:24:26) Why Scott left Twitter--The FORT Podcast with Chris Powers is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about entrepreneurship, real estate, investing, and more.Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode!The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts
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Jun 1, 2023 • 1h 12min

#286 - Joe Pohlen - Co-Founder of Cardinal Senior Living - Building a Better Future For Seniors in Assisted Living

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/surveyJoe Pohlen is the Founder and Partner of Cardinal Senior Management, an assisted living company operating facilities in Michigan and Pennsylvania.This is Joe's second appearance on The Fort, if you'd like to hear round 1, you can do so here.On this episode, Chris and Joe discuss:➡️ Family dynamics and American culture towards how we treat our elders➡️ Why assisted living has been in decline since 2017➡️ Joe's ideas to improve assisted living long term➡️ Discussion on the current market and what he expects in the next few years➡️ Cardinal's recent sale and how they'll structure the company differently going forwardAdditional Resources👉 Live Cardinal👉 Joe on Twitter➡️ Go here to save $500 on your Re-Convene Tickets!➡️ 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/➡️ Sign Up for our Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefortpod.com/➡️ Subscribe to The FORT on YouTubeTimestamps(00:04:54) Why is there a decline in care quality within Assisted Living?(00:07:04) Why is the government trying to push people out of Nursing homes?(00:09:46) Why is it so much harder for elderly people to be obese?(00:11:16) Joe’s first day in Assisted Living - Showering the elderly(00:18:45) Why are we seeing fewer people entering the industry?(00:23:06) What can the everyday citizen person do to help our elderly population?(00:26:58) How are your planning on leveraging Cardinal to radically change Assisted Living?(00:46:16) How would you structure a long-term hold?(00:52:50) Are there any national brands in this industry?(00:54:03) How much scale do you need to justify a back-office?(00:58:34) How would you begin to attack expenses and operational issues in the day-to-day?(00:59:50) What happens when a tenant can’t pay rent?(01:00:42) Are there any state or federal support options to help residents?(01:01:46) Are there ways to design buildings in a more efficient way?(01:03:20) Are people waiting longer to move into Assisted living?(01:03:58) Are there any lingering effects of Covid?(01:05:16) Why are you only in PA and MI?(01:06:00) Are there any states you wouldn’t go into?(01:08:45) Who is the ideal investor for Cardinal?--The FORT Podcast with Chris Powers is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about entrepreneurship, real estate, investing, and more.Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode!The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts
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May 30, 2023 • 1h 25min

#285 - Gabe Bodhi - CEO of Tekton Group - Expert in Sub-Institutional Multi-family investments

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/surveyGabe is responsible for all aspects of the investment process including deal origination, due diligence, financing, investor relations, dispositions, and refinancings. Gabe works closely with the Head of Renovations on building repositioning and the Chief Operating Officer on asset management and property management. Gabe believes that a deep understanding of market and economic fundamentals are key to pricing real estate assets and leverages his 25 years of investment analysis to understand and forecast the risks and cash flows of investing in metro Denver real estate.Gabe has led more than $50mm of multi-family investments in metro Denver, across more than 500 apartment units in Denver, Lakewood, and Aurora. Gabe is also the co-manager of over $25mm of multi-family investments (164 units) in Los Angeles.On this episode, Chris & Gabe discuss:➡️ His investing principles➡️ What he learned from years on Wall Street➡️ Why he chose sub-institutional MF➡️ How he underwrites opportunities and creates value➡️ Current market discussion and Tekton's plans for the futureAdditional Resources👉 Tekton Group👉 Gabe on Twitter➡️ Go here to save $500 on your Re-Convene Tickets!➡️ Learn more about BetterPitch➡️ 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/➡️ Sign Up for our Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefortpod.com/➡️ Subscribe to The FORT on YouTubeTimestamps(00:00:00) Intro(00:05:02) Gabe’s background and career on Wall St.(00:08:33) Investment principles developed on Wall St. and in Real Estate(00:15:29) Don’t fight the FED!(00:25:58) Only play winnable games(00:33:02) Making the jump from Wall St. to Real Estate(00:36:44) Sourcing deals(00:41:14) What a great deal looks like for Gabe(00:51:02) Creating value on assets(00:57:03) Finding a great 3rd party manager(01:00:49) Unit renovations and turnover times(01:04:14) Landlord horror stories(01:12:29) How are you positioning your company for the next three years?(01:21:51) Syndications and Funds--The FORT Podcast with Chris Powers is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about entrepreneurship, real estate, investing, and more.Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode!The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts
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May 23, 2023 • 56min

#284 - Kelcey Lehrich - Co-Founder of 365 Holdings - Buying Niche E-Comm Businesses in a Hold-Co Structure

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/surveyKelcey Lehrich is the Co-Founder and CEO of 365 Holdings. 365 Is a vertically integrated owner and operator of consumer product brands focused on eCommerce.On this episode, Chris & Kelcey discuss:➡️ How they look at investing in niche e-commerce businesses➡️ Why they've chosen shared services hold-co structure➡️ The current eCommerce market➡️ Deep dive into two of their businesses (cloth diapers & good for preppers)Timestamps(00:04:14) Kelcey’s background and 365 Holdings(00:05:14) What does shared services mean?(00:06:39) Acquiring the first eCommerce business(00:07:09 How do you think about your role in the organization?(00:08:12) What’s happening in eCommerce right now?(00:09:44) What happened in your eyes when Apple and Facebook went at it in the Ad space?(00:10:43) What are the best ways to market online today?(00:11:44) What caused the end of the ‘Covid bump’?(00:12:41) What goes through your mind when you want to buy a business?(00:14:00) The business of cloth diapers and emergency food(00:21:41) What have you learned about structuring a deal?(00:22:57) Amazon: A Necessary Evil(00:25:37) What’s your goal for these 9 businesses?(00:26:56) What happens when you sell a business?(00:28:46) - Are the big 3 in eCommerce gaining more dominance?(00:31:06) AI in eCommerce(00:31:57) What type of HoldCo do you run and how would it differ from others?(00:37:10) Why do you have manufacturing here in the US?(00:39:42) How is the business capitalized?(00:41:17) HoldCo Conf(00:53:28) TwitterAdditional Resources👉 Kelcey on Twitter👉 365 Holdings👉 HoldCo Conf➡️ Visit RE Cost Seg for a free proposal to see your potential tax savings➡️ 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/➡️ Sign Up for our Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefortpod.com/➡️ Subscribe to The FORT on YouTube--The FORT Podcast with Chris Powers is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about entrepreneurship, real estate, investing, and more.Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode!The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts
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May 18, 2023 • 1h 14min

#283 - Levi Benkert - Founder & CEO of Harbor Capital - Building a Class B Industrial Empire in Texas

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/surveyLevi Benkert is a proven innovative business leader with 20 years of experience in strategic real estate-related business development. Levi founded Harbor Capital, a private equity firm focused on industrial real estate in Texas. Levi has leveraged his skills to identify unique opportunities, maximize growth, raise capital, and create a lasting vision for companies that he has founded and led. Levi has bought, managed, and developed over $450M in real estate properties in his career.On this episode, Chris & Levi discuss:➡️ Lessons learned during the 2008/2009 Great Financial Crisis➡️ Story of moving to Ethiopia to build an orphanage and several businesses➡️ Why he chose to focus on Class B Industrial throughout Texas➡️ How Harbor underwrites deals and structures their real deals➡️ Discussion on current real estate marketLearn more about The Fort Podcast by going to https://www.thefortpod.com/Timestamps(00:04:44) Levi’s career in home building through the GFC(00:22:06) Building an orphanage & 4 different businesses in Ethiopia(00:33:40) Building Harbor Capital with a focus on Class B Industrial(00:36:06) Levi’s focus within Class B Industrial(00:46:21) Doing a deal in Katy, TX that ended up being next to the Tesla Factories(00:52:02) Insights on the Houston & San Antonio markets(00:56:07) “Buy, Refi, Die.” - Long-term holds(00:57:46) Harbor and Fort Capital’s future plans(01:06:36) Harbor’s organizational structure(01:09:30) TwitterAdditional Resources👉 Levi on Twitter👉 Harbor Capital➡️ Get $500 off your ticket to Re-Convene!➡️ Learn more about Juniper Square➡️ Check out The Distribution by Juniper Square Podcast➡️ 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/➡️ Sign Up for our Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefortpod.com/➡️ Subscribe to The FORT on YouTube--The FORT Podcast with Chris Powers is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about entrepreneurship, real estate, investing, and more.Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode!The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts
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May 16, 2023 • 1h 9min

#282 - Matt Doka - Co-Founder & CTO of Fivestars

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/surveyMatt began as a top consultant at McKinsey, where he witnessed the power of customer loyalty programs and immediately understood why large companies pay millions of dollars to create them. His vision for Fivestars was to make the power of a Fortune 500 customer loyalty program accessible to local businesses. Fivestars has gone from two guys in a garage to serving thousands of businesses across the country. In October 2021, Fivestars was acquired by global payments leader, SumUp.Matt has led technology at FiveStars since its founding, spearheaded their transformation into a payments company, and drives ongoing business development and payments strategy. Before Fivestars, he volunteered with TechnoServe in Uganda, was a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company, and an analyst at AVM, a 32-year-old global macro hedge fund.On this episode, Chris & Matt discuss:➡️ Their process for deciding what startup idea to pursue & why they chose a loyalty program for small businesses➡️ Lessons learned while building a startup➡️ The challenge of finding product market fit, even if the business is growing like a rocket ship➡️ How AI will impact businesses and consumersTimestamps(00:03:00) From El Paso to the Tech world(00:09:26) What does an entry-level person at McKinsey even do?(00:11:17) Did you have a filter for easy no’s while in consulting?(00:12:48) What’s an example prototype you were working on in Technology?(00:15:07) How did you transform your skillsets to become a CTO?(00:17:10) What did you get from Y Combinator and learn from Paul Graham?(00:19:46) What was the origin of Fivetars?(00:24:42) If you were building another company now is there a way to avoid the mistakes you made the first time?(00:26:09) Finding Product Market Fit(00:30:06) How do you avoid the trap of taking on too much overhead?(00:36:13) How were you able to take the credit card fee and turn it into more CRM users?(00:38:56) When did you begin to decide it was time to sell?(00:43:10) What was the transition like going from start-up culture to integrating into a larger organization?(00:47:32) How are you receiving the entrance of AI?(00:50:29) Will the job of the VC change with AI?(00:52:48) How Chris thinks AI will affect RE(00:58:49) How should we simplify all of these different AI languages available?(01:01:44) How is the American Customer right now?(01:05:18) What are you predicting for the Startup scene over the next five years?Additional Resources👉 Fivestars👉 Matt on LinkedIn👉 Matt.Doka@Gmail.com➡️ 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/➡️ Sign Up for our Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefortpod.com/➡️ Subscribe to The FORT on YouTube--The FORT Podcast with Chris Powers is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about entrepreneurship, real estate, investing, and more.Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode!The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts
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May 9, 2023 • 2h 5min

#281 - Kyle Matthews - Founder of Matthews REIS - The Blueprint For Becoming a Successful Broker

We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/surveyKyle Matthews is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Matthews Real Estate Investment Services™ and has served in this role since the company’s founding in 2015. Matthews™ is the parent company of a diversified group of real estate service, investment, debt, leasing, and asset management firms. Through Kyle’s leadership, Matthews™ has become one of the country's largest commercial brokerage firms in both transaction volume and by a number of agents and employees. Prior to founding Matthews™, he led Matthews Retail Group, Inc. to become the number one real estate investment sales group at a publicly-traded, global real estate investment service company. Under his guidance, Matthews™ has experienced total revenue growth of 1,225% in the company’s first five years since its founding and has grown from 18 agents and employees to presently over 400. Furthermore, Kyle oversees the expansion of Matthews™ with the footprint having expanded from one office in El Segundo, CA, to over 14 offices nationwide.On this episode Chris & Kyle talk about:➡️ His story of becoming a broker and eventually starting Matthews➡️ The characteristics and work ethic of the best brokers➡️ Why having fun is important in business➡️ What's going on in the current real estate marketChapters:(00:00:00) Intro(00:04:28) Kyle’s upbringing in an NFL family, playing football at USC, winning a national title(00:15:33) Lessons learned from playing for Pete Carroll(00:29:27) Kyle’s career in brokerage(00:38:40) Working through the GFC(00:55:24) Starting Matthews REIS(01:14:20) The Matthews Culture(01:29:09) How Matthews is scaling and implementing technology(01:45:25) Work-Life Balance(01:55:37) A Discussion on the RE MarketAdditional Resources👉 Follow Kyle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KyleMatthewsCRE👉 Matthews REIS: https://www.matthews.com/➡️ Learn more about Better Pitch: https://www.betterpitch.com/➡️ 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/➡️ Sign Up for our Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefortpod.com/➡️ Subscribe to The FORT on YouTube--The FORT Podcast with Chris Powers is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about entrepreneurship, real estate, investing, and more.Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode!The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts
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May 4, 2023 • 1h 6min

#280 - Robert Bryce - Power Hungry, Energy, Politics, Nuclear, and Fossil Fuels

 We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/surveyRobert Bryce is an author, podcaster, and film producer. He is the acclaimed author of six books on energy and innovation, including most recently, A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations. Bryce has given more than 400 invited or keynote lectures to groups ranging from the Marines Corps War College to the Sydney Institute as well as to a wide variety of associations, universities, and corporations. He is the host of the Power Hungry Podcast and the co-producer of the feature-length documentary: Juice: How Electricity Explains the World, which is available on iTunes, Amazon Prime, and other streaming services.On this episode Chris & Robert discuss:➡️ Russia and China's influence on global energy➡️ Europe headed toward de-industrialization?➡️ Climate becoming a religion based on hopes rather than facts➡️ Nuclear is on the rise➡️ Climate NGOs - do as I say, not as I do.Topics:(00:00:00) Intro(00:02:54:) We need Energy to live(00:04:00) What’s driving the chaos and uncertainty in the world?(00:06:35) How would we compare Japan to America in regard to energy policy?(00:09:55) Are we going to see more global coal plants being built in the near term?(00:14:50) What is Russia’s role in global energy?(00:19:15) Does America buy natural resources from Russia?(00:20:09) How dependent is Europe on Russia’s resources?(00:21:33) What is the relationship between Russia and China?(00:22:19) Does the Russia/Ukraine conflict end anytime soon?(00:26:25) Is Nuclear gaining popularity?(00:31:36) Why wouldn’t the US subsidize Nuclear energy?(00:33:37) What is a Climate NGO?(00:34:43) Why would billionaires be anti-energy?(00:36:45) Are Carbon Credits a sham?(00:39:10) How is China emerging as a global energy leader?(00:42:02) The USA’s affect on Climate(00:47:18) Control over energy & population(00:50:25) How hydrocarbon cuts cause starvation(00:54:45) Politics: The Disgusted Party(00:58:48) Is there any indication the pendulum is swinging toward pro-energy?(01:01:38) What can America do better?Additional Resources👉 Robert's Substack👉 Robert's Podcast: Power Hungry👉 Robert's Books on Amazon👉 Robert's website➡️ 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/➡️ Sign Up for our Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefortpod.com/➡️ Subscribe to The FORT on YouTube--The FORT Podcast with Chris Powers is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about entrepreneurship, real estate, investing, and more.Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode!The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts

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