#311: Chris Powers – Entrepreneurship, Optimism, & Mentorship

<p>Chris is a serial entrepreneur with more than 14 years of real estate development and investment experience. He’s raised more than $110 million in equity financing. To date, Fort Capital has invested and developed over $504M in multifamily, student housing, commercial/industrial, and residential &amp; land development projects throughout Fort Worth and the state of Texas.</p> <p>But in this conversation, we didn't speak about too much of that. We spoke about optimism, envy, giving, parenting, mentorship, and much more.</p> <p>(0:00) Intro</p> <p>(2:31) Changing Careers</p> <p>(9:15) Early Entrepreneurial Ventures</p> <p>(17:25) Figuring Out Human Patterns</p> <p>(22:03) Putting Himself Online</p> <p>(26:42) Optimism</p> <p>(31:00) Envy</p> <p>(33:03) Giving</p> <p>(39:10) Parenting</p> <p>(41:21) Finding A Spouse</p> <p>(48:20) Mentorship</p> <p>(54:51) Making Money</p> <p>(57:32) The Lows of Entrepreneurship</p> <p>(1:02:47) Challenge</p> <p>Chris' Links</p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/fortworthchris">https://twitter.com/fortworthchris</a></p> <p>Podcast: <a href="https://www.thefortpod.com/">https://www.thefortpod.com</a></p> <p>My Links</p> <p>✉️ Newsletter: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWxNR0pSLUlnWHRkZmZsNU5BR0ZHVTRSY0tmQXxBQ3Jtc0ttcHNaSkRwd2h5S2JsVEJ0Q1ZpQ1d6b2pEMGNnejlBVE5ibjJ4VXlISXJXSzhaSmlndkhOUWp5UTFiX1FBVExLbjZ3d0pwWXc1SmRNT1BDNk9oWWk5VXd0bGx2eEdlTE93dEVwSFFvRUlOOTE1aEJXNA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdannymiranda.substack.com%2F&amp;v=rNqZrwJRA_4">https://dannymiranda.substack.com</a></p> <p>🎙 Podcast: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2tvQm5TUl9EX2dlUDRuMmJ2QTVmLUJsRXhVZ3xBQ3Jtc0trQWVwajBWRDFxWHZCWEZvbGtkV3I0Ynd6N2JVMV9oeUl4eXpxb3dwaFpVaXVvR3RiVlF6NlFmUjNzaUlkdUZkS0NEUEFqdE9adGpYZUxYdzJfUjF1YTY2QkdsOW84YUZuT1QxdFBnMmNTU0xVR3FjMA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fanchor.fm%2Fdannymiranda&amp;v=rNqZrwJRA_4">https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda</a></p> <p>🎥 YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/dann