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Permanent Podcast: Real Talk About Private Equity and Buying, Selling, and Operating Small Businesses
Hosted by Permanent Equity · EN
Small businesses don't stay small on purpose. And the marketplace for small to midsize businesses is messy. Listen in on conversations happening around the Permanent Equity house about private equity, investing, buying, selling, managing, & operating small businesses, and more.
The first 40 episodes are the Messy Marketplace audiobook. Having peeked behind the curtain at over 10,000 companies, this expanded audiobook-podcast aims to demystify the buyers, the process, and the inevitable emotional journey that is selling a company.
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Chris Powers: Real Meaning & Real Estate - Outside Insights
Mar 8, 2023Tap to summarizeChris 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/ Visit https://www.permanentequity.com/ for more Sign up for our weekly newsletter for operators, Permanent Playbook: https://www.permanentequity.com/newsletter Sign up for a new daily newsletter from our very own Tim Hanson, Unqualified Opinions: https://www.permanentequity.com/unqualified-opinions 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 WE STEWARD COMPANIES THAT CARE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT Visit https://www.permanentequity.com/ for more Sign up for our weekly newsletter for operators, Permanent Playbook: https://www.permanentequity.com/newsletter Sign up for a new daily newsletter from our very own Tim Hanson, Unqualified Opinions: https://www.permanentequity.com/unqualified-opinions Check out our other podcast episodes here: hhttps://pod.link/1480383949 LEGAL DISCLAIMER This podcast is made available solely for educational purposes, and the information presented here does not constitute investment, legal, tax or other professional advice, and should not be construed as an offering of advisory services, or as a solicitation to buy, an offer to sell, or a recommendation of any securities or other financial instruments. The thoughts and opinions expressed by or through this podcast are those of the individual guests and speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Permanent Equity. The discussion on this podcast of any entity, product or service does not imply an endorsement thereof, and the guests may have a financial interest, whether through investment or otherwise, in one or more of any such entities, products or services. This podcast is presented by Permanent Equity and may not be copied, reproduced, republished or posted, in any form, without its express written consent.
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Shane Parrish: Why Discipline Doesn't Matter - Outside Insights
Jan 31, 2023Tap to summarizeShane Parrish (The Knowledge Project & Farnam Street) explains why your New Year's resolutions won't last, the importance of ritual, and his most costly mistakes as an investor in the first episode of a new series on the Permanent Podcast called Outside Insights. LINKS & MENTIONS FROM THIS EPISODE Visit Shane's website https://fs.blog/ Shane mentions Buffet: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein (44:12). Brent mentions Todd Peterson and Illuminations (31:22) https://illuminations.bible/ Follow Shane on twitter https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish Follow Brent on twitter https:/https://twitter.com/BrentBeshore Follow David on twitter https://twitter.com/DavidACover Visit https://www.permanentequity.com/ for more. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro & About Shane Parrish 3:40 Meat and Greet 6:03 Why New Years Resolutions Always Fail 10:30 Ritual vs Discipline 13:59 From Intelligence to Knowledge 19:30 Two Kinds of Knowledge: Tactic and Perspective 22:31 Why Should People Care About Continuous Learning? 27:28 The Best Sources of Knowledge 33:06 What Should You Stop Doing? 36:47 A Good Position is Better Than A Good Decision 39:06 Efficiency vs Relationships 41:34 Shane the Investor 45:42 Biggest Mistakes You See New Investors Make 52:38 How Has Growing Your Resources Changed You? 55:07 What Would You Tell Your 30-Year-Old Self? 57:17 Five Minute Management & More Coming on the Permanent Podcast
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