#256: Ryan Eisenman - Co-Founder of Arch - Building The Digital Admin for Private Investments

Ryan Eisenman is the co-founder and CEO of Arch, a digital solution utilized by over 180 private investment firms to automate the administration and management of tens of $Bs of alternative investments. Ryan is a Houston native, graduated from Vanderbilt University, and now lives in New York City where Arch is headquartered. On this episode Chris and Ryan discuss: the story of how he got the idea to build and execute on Arch the issues behind managing wealth and private investments how he raised VC capital Ryan asks Chris several questions about his career Support our Sponsors: Frank Kent Cadillac CRE Daily Newsletter  Fort Capital  Learn more about Chris Powers and Fort Capital: www.FortCapitalLP.com Follow Fort Capital on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/fort-capital/ 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/channel/UCuJ32shRt8Od3MxMY-keTSQ Links: Ryan on Twitter Arch Topics: (2:27) - Ryan’s background and career (3:49) - The Israeli Entrepreneurship scene (6:41) - Ryan’s journey to founding Arch (12:16) - What are you solving with Arch? (14:15) - Who are the customers for Arch? (15:13) - What was your experience raising capital in 2021? (17:14) - What do you lean on VC’s for? (19:20) - How do you break into the VC world and start setting meetings? (20:30) - How long did it take to convince your first major investor? (23:09) - How often do you talk to your investors? (23:25) - What’s “the next stage” of the business? (24:53) - Why was $1mm in revenue the point where you brought in more sales staff? (26:37) - How has your role changed as the company grows? Ryan Interviews Chris (28:17) - Chris’ thoughts on what’s broken in this industry (33:11) - What is and what should your first step be after a major liquidity event? (35:16) - What separates a great advisor from the rest of the pack? (38:27) - Chris’ role as an asset Manager and the purpose of Fort Capital (40:54) - How did you raise your first deals? (42:13) - Where do you see FC in 5 years? 15 years? (43:29) - How is the current market affecting your strategy? (48:43) - Being fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful (52:10)- What would you be building if you had to work somewhere else?

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