

POWERS
Chris Powers
POWERS brings you inside the minds of world-class leaders who have built, battled, and succeeded at the highest levels.POWERS digs beyond the surface with questions driven by curiosity, uncovering stories and insights rarely shared publicly. Each episode delivers timeless wisdom and hard-earned lessons that apply across business and life.The show has earned a reputation for asking the right questions at the right moment. The focus is on timeless principles, proven through years of discipline and risk, not on shortcuts. Each conversation is direct, deliberate, and designed to leave listeners sharper than when they arrived. The aim is simple: to deliver insights that matter and can be carried into business and life.Since its launch, POWERS has drawn a high-caliber audience of builders, investors, and decision makers. Past guests have represented companies such as Starwood Capital, JLL, Hillwood Capital, Chick-fil-A, Morning Brew, Founders Podcast, Tiny Capital, Permanent Equity, Fort, Matthews REIS, Bonobos, and ConvertKit.At its core, POWERS is a celebration of leadership, of work that matters, and of the American spirit that makes it possible.
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Nov 21, 2023 • 1h 13min
#321 - Casey Mericle - The Art of the Deal: Unconventional Deal Structuring in Real Estate
Casey Mericle, a real estate investor specializing in deal structuring, discusses unconventional negotiating, note structures, walkable debt, and creative ways to finalize deals. He also shares insights on finding out what a seller wants, the benefits of seller-financing, and creating debt to make money off the debt rather than the deal.

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Nov 14, 2023 • 1h 14min
#320 - Real Estate Real Talk: Personal Guarantees, Foreclosures, Bankruptcy, and Bouncing Back with Andrew Kirsh and Zack Streit
Real estate experts Andrew Kirsh and Zack Streit discuss personal guarantees, different types of loans and guarantees in real estate, negotiating loan and legal document origination, understanding covenants in commercial loans, strategies for dealing with financial trouble in real estate, and when to file for bankruptcy.

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Nov 7, 2023 • 1h 31min
#319 - John Marsh - Taking Wise Counsel, Influence, Our Blind Spots, Forgiveness, & A Little Thing Called Humility
John Marsh, Co-Founder of Marsh Collective and host of the Redemptification Podcast, discusses the power of influence, humility, blind spots of entrepreneurs, learning forgiveness, and the impact of divorce on finances. They also delve into changing the hospitality landscape, the importance of open communication in conflict resolution, and rethinking the food source to address obesity. The episode concludes with a discussion on the key characteristics for thriving towns and their plans for expanding nationwide and worldwide.

Nov 2, 2023 • 1h 11min
#318 - Jillian Murrish - Co-Founder @ Pier Asset Management - Speciality Finance Makes The World Go Round
Jillian Murrish, Co-founder and CEO of Pier Asset Management, talks about senior credit facilities, litigation finance, underwriting risk, consumer loan defaults, and why private credit firms should not be regulated like banks.

Oct 31, 2023 • 1h 7min
#317 - David Gibson - Minister @ Trinity Church - Living Life Backward, Ecclesiastes, Building a Church!
David Gibson, Minister of Trinity Church in Aberdeen, Scotland, discusses topics such as Christianity in Europe vs. the US, coming to Christ, buying and restoring a church, the book of Ecclesiastes, embracing death, introducing kids to Ecclesiastes, and the dynamics of family relationships.

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Oct 24, 2023 • 1h 48min
#316 - John Goff - Founder @ Goff Capital Partners
John Goff, an investor based in Fort Worth, Texas, talks with Chris about his career working with Richard Rainwater, building and selling Crescent Real Estate, insights on the current real estate market, and the challenges and opportunities facing Fort Worth.

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Oct 17, 2023 • 1h 20min
#315 - Dean Adler - Co-Founder @ Lubert-Adler Partners - Current Market Conditions, Private Credit, Pref Equity for the Win, Office, and Their Best Deal of All Time
Dean Adler, CEO and Co-Founder of Lubert-Adler Partners, discusses analyzing the current market, vetting folks for private credit, thoughts on the office asset class, accidentally building a grocery empire, and dying asset classes in today's market.

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Oct 12, 2023 • 1h 17min
#314 - Sieva Kozinsky - Founder @ Enduring Ventures - Permanent Capital HoldCo That Owns 21 Businesses & Counting
Sieva Kozinsky, Founder of Enduring Ventures, talks about their long-term holding company that owns 21 businesses. They discuss their structure, sourcing opportunities, setting incentives for leaders, assessing industry-agnostic deals, and the story of acquiring Scribe via Twitter.

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Oct 10, 2023 • 1h 7min
#313 - Sean Dalfen - CEO @ Dalfen Industrial - Investing in Industrial RE Across North America
Sean Dalfen, CEO of Dalfen Industrial, talks about the state of construction, predictions for the DFW market, robotics implementation in industrial spaces, industrial outdoor storage, and the evolving supply chain. He also shares his thoughts on Amazon and the criteria for buying deals in industrial real estate.

Oct 5, 2023 • 1h 3min
#312 - Alex Bridgeman - Host @ Think Like An Owner - Studying CEO's, Data Businesses, & Chief of Staff Roles
Alex Bridgeman, host of Think Like an Owner podcast, discusses the benefits of podcasting, his Chief of Staff role, the content customer acquisition flywheel, data businesses, and the impact of AI on the data world.