{"podcast":{"title":"Founder's Story","slug":"founder-s-story-648906","podcast_index_feed_id":648906,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/NVPdHs07","website_url":"https://bleav.com/shows/founders-story/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4454fd97-2647-4bda-918e-0516d45f4964/e4396306-a844-480a-a218-101fba618ece/3000x3000/chatgpt_image_jun_17_2026_085141_pm.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"IBH Media","episode_count":381,"summary":"\"Founder's Story\" by IBH Media isn't a business show. It's the conversation founders don't get to have anywhere else. Think 60 Minutes, but for entrepreneurs. We sit down with the most interesting people in business and go past the highlight reel, past the pitch, past the polished version they give every other podcast. We go into the mud with them. The 2 a.m. doubts. The bet that almost ended everything. The moment they wanted to quit and didn't. You'll hear from household names like Gary V, Codie Sanchez, Rob Dyrdek, and Tom Bilyeu, and just as often from founders you've never heard of who are building something the world needs to know about. Either way, the goal is the same: a real conversation that makes you laugh, makes you think, and sometimes catches you off guard with how much it makes you feel. This is where the story behind the success finally gets told. This is \"Founder's Story.\"","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T04:23:14.302086+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/founder-s-story-648906"},"episode":{"title":"Financial Expert: \"Owning 5 Tech Stocks Isn't A Portfolio\" | Ep. 447 with Christopher Zook Chairman & Chief Investment Officer of CAZ Investments","slug":"financial-expert-owning-5-tech-stocks-isn-t-a-portfolio-ep-447-with-christopher-zook-chairman-chief-investment-officer-of-caz-investments","published_at":"2026-09-25T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/founder-s-story-648906/financial-expert-owning-5-tech-stocks-isn-t-a-portfolio-ep-447-with-christopher-zook-chairman-chief-investment-officer-of-caz-investments","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/founder-s-story-648906","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/founders-story/","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1184/afp-969439-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/a7765f3f-02e4-4ded-bca1-01a20b7f82a5/episodes/dd9d2d58-6fb4-4aaa-85a6-726e2e8e9fa8/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=a7765f3f-02e4-4ded-bca1-01a20b7f82a5&awEpisodeId=dd9d2d58-6fb4-4aaa-85a6-726e2e8e9fa8&feed=NVPdHs07","summary":"Daniel Robbins sits down with Christopher Zook, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Investment Officer of CAZ Investments, to unpack how a vision he wrote down in 1991 eventually became one of the leading alternative investment firms in the world. Christopher shares how Tony Robbins shaped his life decades before they became partners and co-authors, why he does not believe in “manifesting” without work, how ultra-high-net-worth investors think differently, and why private markets, professional sports, diversification, tax efficiency, and purpose matter so much in building lasting wealth. The conversation also explores sacrifice, faith, 9/11, the 2008 financial crisis, the cost of success, and what Christopher would tell his younger self before starting CAZ.","meta_description":"Daniel Robbins sits down with Christopher Zook, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Investment Officer of CAZ Investments, to unpack how a vision he wrote down i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1745,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/founder-s-story-648906/episodes/financial-expert-owning-5-tech-stocks-isn-t-a-portfolio-ep-447-with-christopher-zook-chairman-chief-investment-officer-of-caz-investments/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/founder-s-story-648906/financial-expert-owning-5-tech-stocks-isn-t-a-portfolio-ep-447-with-christopher-zook-chairman-chief-investment-officer-of-caz-investments.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}