This week, Victor and Benton spoke with Sieva Kozinsky and Xavier Helgesen, the founders of Enduring Ventures. Topics covered included:

This week, Benton discusses his views on how feedback loops and flywheels permeate everything in life from business to interpersonal relationships to spirituality.

This week, Victor and Benton spoke with Ed Redden, President of Evermore Industries. In our conversation, we covered the following topics:

This week, Victor and Benton discussed Benton’s recent acquisition of a real estate services company (property management, leasing, maintenance). They dig into what his first week was like, what’s on his immediate to-do list, and how he’s feeling as a new owner.

This week, Victor and I spoke with Chris Williams about his current search for a lower middle market business to acquire and how he thought through choosing the right route as an ‘entrepreneurial investor.’ In our conversation, we covered the following topics:

This week, Victor and I spoke with Chris Powers about how he built Fort Capital into the real estate company it is today - all while investing in early stage tech companies and running a podcast. This is a masterclass in delegation, hiring, and how to surround yourself with the right people. In our conversation, we covered the following topics:

- How Chris grew Fort Capital from his first real estate purchase in college

- Delegation as a prerequisite to growth

- Fort Capital’s unique bonus structure

- Fort Capital’s industrial real estate thesis & flywheel

- The massive opportunity in the proptech space

- How Chris sources both real estate and early stage tech deals

This week, Victor and I spoke with Thomas Kim about building the Everclean Car Wash brand and how he dealt with personal tragedy as an entrepreneur. In our conversation, we covered the following topics:

- Switching from early stage tech companies to ‘boring businesses’

This week, Victor and I spoke with Dan Teran about building and operating a tech enabled services business in the office management space. Dan is the founder of Managed by Q which was sold to WeWork. He was also the former head of Corporate Development and Venture M&A at WeWork. In our conversation, we covered the following topics:

- Why happy employees help create happy customers

- The opportunity in tech enabled services

- His role in M&A at WeWork

- His thoughts on the office and big cities post-pandemic

This week, Victor and I spoke with John Wilson about buying, building, and operating businesses in the trades. John is the owner of The Wilson Companies and in our conversation, we covered the following topics:

- The first 90 days post-close in a service business

- How to structure compensation and incentives in the trades

- How John sources deals through CapTarget

- Why John insists on using ServiceTitan in the trades

This week, Victor and I spoke with Bill D'Alessandro about buying, building, and operating great e-commerce brands. Bill is the founder and CEO of Elements Brands and in our conversation, we covered the following topics:

- How to source a contract manufacturer as a CPG business

- How to apply an 80/20 approach to your business

- How Elements Brands is organized

- How to know if a company has an actual 'brand'

- Building an e-commerce brand

- How to strategically position a brand by price and quality