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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Compassionate Capitalism: Merging Profits with Purpose | A Conversation With Brandon Fugal

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode is from a conversation I had with Brandon Fugal, the Chairman of Colliers International. From starting in commercial real estate at 18 to becoming a leading industry figure, Brandon emphasizes the power of relationships, specialization, and leveraging technology to gain a competitive edge in today’s digital landscape. We discuss the importance of becoming a subject matter expert, seeking out mentorship, and Brandon explains how his compassionate capitalist approach uses real estate as both stewardship and a means to enrich communities.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Playbook.

0:02.9

There's Dave Meltzer with Entrepreneurs of Playbook, and I'm in the most expensive piece

0:11.2

of real estate in Inglewood.

0:13.1

Did you know that, Brandon Fugel?

0:14.7

I did.

0:15.7

$5.5 billion with a $1 billion signage up there, which still blows my mind.

0:20.8

And I think the sound is even better than the sites.

0:24.7

But we're going to learn something today because we have one of the greatest real estate

0:28.5

entrepreneurs, the chairman of Collier's International, welcome Brandon Fugel.

0:33.9

Hey, it's a pleasure being with you.

0:36.0

Well, a lot of pressure is on me because you come with quite an entourage, will that

0:41.0

alone a reputation of being a kind person?

0:44.2

Oh, I'm very fortunate.

0:46.3

I feel like I have the best job in the world, and that is being trusted advisor to countless

0:52.3

entrepreneurs and executives, which has rendered you an entrepreneur of the year with

0:57.8

EY and so many others for not just your own accomplishment, but empowering others, elevating

1:04.5

others that has elevated yourself.

1:08.3

You come from a collective consciousness of people that I know that are abundant, kind,

1:14.8

but also extremely intelligent and hardworking.

1:17.6

A lot of the characteristics that have determined your success, a lot of our friends have learned

1:23.3

at an early age, some of us had heavier lessons to learn later in the career like me.

1:28.4

But for you, how has the character journey played out to create such a huge success, not

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