Always Be Building

Oct 14 2024 214 ep. 60 mins 54
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The Always Be Building Podcast interviews guests across across different industries, disciplines and backgrounds. The host, Max Gagliardi, is an entrepreneur building businesses in Energy, Real Estate, Tech and Media. Prior to rebranding to Always Be Building, the podcast was called "Talk Energy" and had a 160 episode run interviewing guests in the energy space. Always Be Building releases new episodes weekly.

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#215: $10 Billion in Transactions: A Masterclass on Building a Brokerage - Chris Atherton

Oct 14 2024 59 mins  
This episode's guest is Chris Atherton. Chris is the CEO of EnergyNet, a leading online platform for oil and gas asset transactions. The company has brokered over $10 billion in deals since it was founded in 1999. This year EnergyNet has also launched separate marketplaces for real estate, alternative energy, and other real assets under the Efficient Markets platform. In this episo

#214: The Changing World Order - Doomberg

Sep 30 2024 65 mins  
This episode we have returning guest Doomberg. Over the years Doomberg has made multiple appearances on the show and his episodes are some of my favorite to record. If you don't already know, Doomberg runs one of the largest paid substack newsletters and puts out some incredible content around energy, markets, business, politics, and the other craziness going on in the world. This

#213: From Getting Fired to Building Companies - Nik Hulewsky

Sep 13 2024 47 mins  
This episode's guest is Nik Hulewsky, the co-founder of multiple 7 figure businesses that he has successfully built and flipped. Nik started on the corporate career path and ultimately got fired from his job. Rather than going back to the corporate world he used an SMB loan to buy his first business, a medical payments company. After a few years he grew the revenue of that business

#212: Building an 8 Figure HVAC Business - Ted Dockrey

Aug 20 2024 67 mins  
This episode's guest is Ted Dockrey. Ted left his job during his 20s and bought a HVAC company. Him and his partner took the business from a mid 6 figures revenue to 8 figures of revenue in just a few years and then sold it to private equity.This episode we discuss Ted's entrepreneurial journey and what it took to take the leap to go out on his own and buy a business. We talk about

#211: Investing in Macro Trends - James Fishback

Jul 18 2024 60 mins  
This episode's guest is James Fishback. He recently had a high profile (and highly meme'd) exit from David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital. He's moved past the 'head of macro" controversy, and is now focused on building his next venture, Azoria Capital.This episode James shares his insights on the current state of the macro economy, including his thoughts on U.S. inflation and the Fed

#210: Getting Deals Done - Clay Brett

Jun 28 2024 63 mins  
This episode's guest is Clay Brett. Clay is a partner at Baker Botts, and leads a broad transactional practice, representing private equity investors, private credit investors, portfolio companies and financial institutions in M&A, capital formation, financing and joint venture deals. While Clay has led transactions across sectors as a generalist, Clay is regarded as one of a h

#209: How to Not Lose Money - Aleksey Chernobelskiy

Jun 14 2024 49 mins  
This episode's guest Aleksey Chernobelskiy. Aleksey has a background in managing a $10 billion commercial real estate portfolio at STORE Capital and is currently a principal at Centrio Capital Partners. With Centrio, Aleksey focuses on helping LPs in real estate investment funds better understand the investment risks they are making and vetting GP investment presentations for red f

#208: Serial Entrepreneurship - Chris Koerner

May 28 2024 64 mins  
This episode's guest is Chris Koerner. He is a serial entrepreneur and loves the art of building businesses. Chris has founded and built multiple companies across different industries and currently manages them in his holding company. This episode we discuss the challenges Chris has faced juggling so many different companies at once. We look at the successes and failures he's had i

#207: How to Grow a Brand - Hans Lorei

May 16 2024 56 mins  
This episode's guest is Hans Lorei. I met Hans in the short-term rental space, and have been following him as he's grown a massive interior design brand across social media the last 8 months. Interior design has always been one of the most important aspects of building a home. However, it can be very challenging due to the need to balance multiple factors like functionality, aesthe

#206: Building a Successful Restaurant Business - Joey Morris

Apr 17 2024 71 mins  
This episode's guest is Joey Morris, one of the co-founders and partners of a popular restaurant group based in Oklahoma City. Joey is also my cousin in-law, and every time we get together at family gatherings I've always enjoyed talking business and entrepreneurship with him. His team has put together multiple successful restaurant concepts that have stood the test of time and had