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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 continued success. 

This episode and Joey talk about the success of his restaurant chain and the difficulties he faced in the early stages. We also chat about real estate, employee relations, profit margins and numerous other topics you need to know about the hospitality business.

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Joey's restaurant here: https://okc.themuleokc.com/

Another one here: https://thepressokc.com/

This episode's guest is Chris Hellgeth the man behind the GasBizGuy Twitter account. I was excited to get Chris on the podcast since we have both made our careers in the hydrocarbon marketing space. 

This episode we discuss the retail gasoline distribution business and how Chris has been able to carve out a profitable business in that niche. We talk about his investments in real estate and the time when he almost lost it all during the great financial crisis in 2008. Lastly we discuss dealing with the highs and lows of entrepreneurship and how Chris has been able to make peace with the process over the years. 

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This episode's guest is Matt Marshall the President of AEGIS CTA. 

Matt is an oil and gas markets guru and it's a luxury to be working with him and his team at AEGIS. 

In this episode, we discuss the current oil and gas market dynamics, and get Matt's view on what is driving pricing. 

We dive into the recent natural gas bear market and what is on the horizon that could lift us out of this slump. We talk oil fundamentals and the psychology OPEC. Lastly, we touch on NGLs and what to be on the look out for.  

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This episode's guest is Mike Beckham the founder and CEO of Simple Modern, an industry leading producer of premium drinkware and lifestyle products. We discuss the various stages of entrepreneurship and the sacrifices it takes to build a successful business.

He shares insights on how he built his company's culture and business practices over time, which took a bootstrapped start-up from zero in sales to currently over $250 million in revenue. 

Lastly, we discuss the challenges of dealing with success and how money can be used as a tool to create businesses but ultimately happiness is something that can be difficult to obtain. 

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This episode I have returning guest Brian Gitt. Brian has been a fan favorite and I was happy to have him back on the show to talk about his new book "In The Dark: Fixing Energy Policies that Hurt People and the Planet." 

During the conversation we walkthrough the major topics in Brian's book and what his motivations were behind deciding to become an author.

We dive into why the current energy policies are failing, what the unintended consequences are, and Brian's suggestions on how to fix the problem. 

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This episode's guest is Bryan Sansbury the CEO of AEGIS Hedging. If you haven't heard the news, AEGIS recently acquired my energy company Ancova.  This was a massive life event for me and my co-founder. 

We started the business 10 years ago as a bootstrapped advisory business that transformed into a commodity marketing and technology firm that disrupted our niche of the industry. 

This episode we discuss the genesis of the merger, why the firms fit together, and what we are hoping to accomplished with the combined firm. 

I know I have been on a break releasing new episodes the last few months but this deal was taking up a ton of my time! I'm going to start releasing episodes on a more frequent schedule moving forward. 

Hope you enjoy the show! 

Press release on the merger: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240116717809/en/AEGIS-Hedging-Acquires-Ancova-Energy