It's Not Magic, a Sixth Street podcast

Sean Mendy joins us to talk about founding Westbound Equity Partners, an early stage investment firm with a dual purpose: to invest in and build great companies, while addressing the dramatic under allocation of investment in founders of color. We discuss Westbound's first unicorn portfolio company, what's changed and what hasn't since George Floyd's murder, and we learn about the teacher that made the biggest impact on Sean's life. Learn more at https://sixthstreet.com/podcasts/Note: Westbound Equity Partners, formerly known as Concrete Rose Capital Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ambassador Michael McFaul joins us for a special episode from the Sixth Street Offsite in Austin, TX. He takes us back to his prescient warnings about the rise of Putin's autocracy in 2000. We hear about how Putin has changed since coming to power, what he's like in person, and the latest from leadership in Kyiv. We also discuss how to run an embassy, the value and limitations of historical analogues, and why the Secretary of State told him to get on Twitter. Learn more at https://sixthstreet.com/podcasts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Evan Smith brings us back to the beginnings of The Texas Tribune. We talk about how the business model he spearheaded is saving local news and maybe even keeping the art of civil conversation alive. He tells us how he honed his pitch on the way to raising over $100 million from across the ideological spectrum, and we find out why they play Lyle Lovett for him wherever he goes in Texas. Learn more at https://sixthstreet.com/podcasts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.