by Matias Brossard | Oct 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Fraud moves fast. Recovery is slow, expensive, and incomplete. A credit freeze is quick, fast, and blocks new accounts from being opened in your name without your approval. It will not stop fraud on your existing accounts, but it closes the most obvious gap. Control...
by Thomas Powell | Sep 17, 2025 | Commercial Real Estate, Global Real Estate, Investing, Oil & Gas, Six Keys of Capital™, The Founders Office™, Uncategorized
In today’s vlog, I discuss the future of due diligence— how massive data rooms are managed, where AI fits into real risk management, and what that means for both founders and investors. Here’s the reality: Data sets are growing faster than ever and AI...
by Thomas Powell | Sep 8, 2025 | Economics, Six Keys of Capital™, The Founders Office™, Uncategorized
In today’s vlog, I talk about capital; it’s more than just investor funding — it’s every resource you’ve used to build your business, from credit cards and home equity to side jobs. As interest rates rise, the true cost of that capital becomes a risk...
by Thomas Powell | Nov 26, 2018 | Commercial Real Estate, Economics, Uncategorized
I am going to switch gears a bit because it has been a while since I’ve written about commercial real estate. In our minds this time of year, CRE is inextricably linked to the current state of retail. Let us talk a bit about the business of the entertainment retail...
by Thomas Powell | Aug 30, 2018 | Energy, Uncategorized
California Needs a Way to Store its Solar and Wind Energy The Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power is proposing to turn the Hoover Dam into a giant battery that would act as storage for locally-produced wind and solar energy, to the tune of $3 billion. The New York...
by Thomas Powell | May 25, 2018 | Economics, Uncategorized
What is considered “wealthy” in America? Depends on who you ask … and where you live … and what you like to do … and other things. According to a recent study from Charles Schwab, to be wealthy in America means making $2.4 million a...
