#294 - Sahil Bloom - The Business of Building a Content Empire That Inspires Millions

Sahil Bloom is an inspirational writer and content creator, captivating millions of people every week through his social insights and bi-weekly newsletter, The Curiosity Chronicle. Sahil is also a successful entrepreneur and owner of SRB Holdings, a personal holding company currently comprised of seven cash-flowing businesses, and the Managing Partner of SRB Ventures, a $10 million venture investment firm committed to investing in and accelerating the most compelling startups in the world. Prior to launching SRB Ventures in January 2022, Sahil was an early-stage investor in 40+ startups across the technology landscape, including multiple unicorns. On this episode, Chris & Sahil discuss: ➡️ Sahil’s upbringing and core influences ➡️ building an audience & spinning up online businesses ➡️ where he’s reinvesting money ➡️ His forthcoming book We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners.  https://www.thefortpod.com/survey Additional Resources 👉 Sahil on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn 👉 The Curiosity Chronicle - Sahil's Newsletter 👉 Sahil's website ➡️ Better Pitch: https://bit.ly/42d9L0I ➡️ Fort Capital: https://bit.ly/FortCapital ➡️ Follow Fort Capital on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/fort-capital/ 🐦 Follow Chris on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3BYIjcH 💡 Follow Chris on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/ ➡️ Sign Up for our Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefortpod.com/ 📹 Subscribe to The FORT on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3oynxNX Timestamps (00:05:12) Sahil’s life in New York (00:07:45) Sahil’s upbringing and core influences (00:20:19) The day Sahil decided to start writing online (00:25:10) How do you explain what you do? (00:28:09) Finding a network on Twitter (00:30:53) Making the decision to not engage in Twitter BS (00:35:17) Realizing this could become a business (00:41:37) Making big decisions requires speed (00:43:50) Spending time simply to think (00:47:13) Sahil’s vision for a future ecosystem (00:54:50) How Sahil spins up new businesses (00:56:33) How would you describe your flywheel? (01:01:53) Writing a book (01:08:12) The power of LinkedIn (01:10:35) How are you reinvesting the money you’re making? (01:17:01) Plans for the future (01:21:06) Is there an infinite amount of things to talk about in your brand? -- The FORT Podcast with Chris Powers is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about entrepreneurship, real estate, investing, and more. Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode! The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts

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Here, we uncover the proven strategies, insights, and inspiring stories of today’s greatest leaders in the worlds of business, real estate, entrepreneurship, and investing. Each episode’s mission is to help you to level up your entrepreneurial game by hearing directly from the men and women in the arena. Chris is able to uniquely uncover things not commonly discussed because he is an entrepreneur himself. We not only cover business, but we also cover the personal side of entrepreneurship. The Fort began in 2018 as a way for Chris to publicly explore the fascinating world of entrepreneurship. Since he was a child, he’s been characterized as obsessively curious about the world around him.  The Fort has now been downloaded over 2M times, across more than 50,000 unique listeners. Each week features conversations with entrepreneurs, Founders, CEOs, and Executives from some of the leading companies in America. Past guests have represented companies such as JLL, Hillwood, S2 Capital, Chick Fil A, Morning Brew, Founders Podcast, Tiny Capital, Permanent Equity, Fort Capital, Matthews REIS, Bonobos, and ConvertKit. 🐦 Follow Chris on Twitter: www.twitter.com/FortWorthChris 💡 Follow Chris on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/ 📹 Subscribe to The FORT on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FORTpod