Dean Forman: Leading a Revolution in Education
Dean Forman, co-founder of John Adams Academy, joins Mark to talk about why and how he launched the school in 2010, what has been accomplished since and about his vision for the future of education.   John Adams Academy is the culmination of decades of work by Dean and his wife Linda. With 3 schools and 5000 scholars, the academy embodies their vision of an American Classical Leadership Educa...
50m Jul 13, 2022
50m
Cultivating a Winning Mindset
Lauren Johnson is an athlete-turned-mental performance coach, who is highly motivating, and relatable with a passion for developing the minds of the elite. From the playing field to the boardroom, Lauren helps elite performers develop mental toughness so they can be their best regardless of circumstance. She joins Mark for an engaging and informative conversation about what it takes - from clar...
54m Jul 06, 2022
54m
Adrian Blanco: An Entrepreneurial Gem
Meet Adrian Blanco, founder of Adrian Blanco Jewelry in Folsom which has been voted the best local business, the best jeweler and the best jewelry store in Folsom and El Dorado Hills.  Throughout his engaging conversation with Mark, Adrian’s personal drive, strong commitment to community, and his relationship first approach to life shine through.  Tune in and learn more about the jewelry indust...
50m Jun 29, 2022
50m
Startup Elk Grove
Mark talks with visionary civic leaders, Kevin Spease and Darrell Doan from the City of Elk Grove, about how they, along with a strong and collaborative group of leaders, have effectively positioned Elk Grove as a hub of tech innovation and a startup friendly community.  By offering early-stage companies that locate in the city incentives like non-dilutive funding, permit assistance and free sp...
50m Jun 22, 2022
50m
Data, Diversity and the Future Workforce
Data, Diversity and the Future Workforce Sadie St Lawrence, Founder and CEO of Women in Data, the #1 Community for Women in AI and Tech joins Mark to talk about how and why she got started, the explosion and importance of data related careers, and how data touches all of our lives.     Sadie has trained over 400,000 people in data science and has developed multiple programs in machine learni...
55m Jun 15, 2022
55m
Maximizing Exposure to Opportunity
Arik Levy, Founder of Luxer One and General Partner in Locker One Ventures and Robert Morin, owner of Lux Powder Coat, join Mark to talk about the power of entrepreneurs helping entrepreneurs and in doing so, creating new ventures in our region.   They share the story of Robbie’s journey starting as a 19-year-old employee of Luxer One.  Arik speaks to the talent and drive he saw in Robbie and...
50m Jun 08, 2022
50m
Take 2: The Serial Entrepreneur
Derek Chase is at it again.  After selling his last company, a services-based business in the Solar Industry, he has founded Onsight Technology (which is one of our Growth Factory portfolio companies).  Onsight Technology enables Utility Solar Asset Owners get more power out of their systems with lower costs by automating the inspection process and giving them unparalleled access to data on the...
50m Jun 01, 2022
50m
Building an Entrepreneurial Workforce
Mark sits down with Willy Duncan, President of Sierra College, to talk about the critical role that this community college plays in paving the path to success for students of all ages in our region.  From offering an affordable and accessible steppingstone to a four-year degree to upskilling mid-career adults and so much more, Sierra College has a demonstrated track record of being agile, respo...
48m May 25, 2022
48m
It’s All About Leadership
#1 in agriculture, veterinary medicine, winemaking, sustainability and diversity, inclusiveness and internationalization among many other things, UC Davis is a beacon for talented students and faculty who are known for world class research aimed at solving some of our most critical global challenges.  Mark talks with Chancellor Gary May about what it takes to lead this complex, high performing ...
50m May 18, 2022
50m
Jim Corbett: An Entrepreneur Helping Entrepreneurs
Jim Corbett, Former Chairman at Bay Equity and Founder of the Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy (SEA), has not only navigated his own entrepreneurial journey culminating with a successful exit but has positively impacted the journey of so many others.  He founded SEA in 1986 before entrepreneurship was a household term and over the years has worked to support nearly 1000 entrepreneurs includi...
1hr May 11, 2022
1hr
Sell First. Then Build.
Braydan Young is the co-founder and Chief Alliances Officer of Sendoso, the world’s first Sending Platform that provides a fully integrated solution to help companies easily source, store, ship, and track ROI for everything they ever need to send: direct mail, physical gifts, plants, perishables, customer rewards, company swag, handwritten notes, gift cards, and anything else -- kind of a remot...
54m May 04, 2022
54m
Building an Enduring Business
Like many business leaders, Jason Hanson, President and CEO of Sierra Pacific Home & Comfort, Inc. (https://www.sierrapacifichome.com/) , has faced a number of major challenges over the last decade plus from the 2008 economic downturn to the recent pandemic.  He talks about how he led the company through both with clear direction setting, rapid decision making and by building a culture of excel...
28m Apr 27, 2022
28m
Self-Awareness: The Foundation for Effective Leadership
Christina Dyer, Certified Professional Coach, Organizational Change Consultant and Founder & CEO of Noble Adventures joins Mark for a fascinating discussion about one of his favorite topics: Leadership.  Christina, an expert in helping to unleash the potential of leaders around the world, talks about her approach to working with individuals and teams and her perspectives on the qualities of eff...
50m Apr 20, 2022
50m
Building a Standout Brand
What makes you different?  According to Katherine Bateman, President of Kayelbee Associates and a Fractional CMO, this is a critical question that today’s brands need to answer.  Listen in as she and Mark talk about the importance of brand building and how resource constrained early-stage startups can achieve results on a budget with scalable outsourced marketing talent.  
52m Apr 13, 2022
52m
Creating a Life of Abundance with Kelly Resendez
Kelly Resendez, EVP of Talent Acquisition and Development at GoodLeap, Speaker and Best-Selling Author shares a little about her philosophies on life, parenting, and professional success with a notable focus on cultivating an abundance mindset and putting the right people in your life.  She talks specifically about how Masterminds, which offer a curated peer group experience, can fuel personal ...
54m Apr 06, 2022
54m
Transformative Communication
Jennifer Edwards, the co-author of Bridge the Gap, a new book written in collaboration with Katie McCleary,  joins Mark to talk about the tools for becoming a strong communicator and why this matters for leaders striving to build great companies.   From exploring what gets in the way to learning how to cultivate authentic curiosity and active listening, Jennifer offers a peek into the work that...
59m Mar 30, 2022
59m
Kings Capitalize: Elevating Sacramento’s Startups
In addition to their core business – basketball – the Sacramento Kings are well known for their entrepreneurial owners, building the most high-tech arena in the world in the middle of downtown Sacramento, and for being an engaged member of the broader Sacramento community. In this segment, Mark sits down with John Rinehart, President of Business Operations at the Sacramento Kings to talk about...
55m Mar 23, 2022
55m
Navigating a Strategic Acquisition
Zach Denning and Jeremy Spillman, co-founders of Hank, a cloud based HVAC software platform startup that was recently acquired by JLL, join Mark to talk about their experience in building the company and leading it through an acquisition by a strategic investor.  Throughout this discussion, they continually emphasize what we know to be true: nobody builds (or exits) a truly great company alone....
46m Mar 16, 2022
46m
B Corp Benefits
After 20 years leading advertising and marketing campaigns, in 2004 Anne founded Sagent in response to a dare: “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?” Her answer: create an agency focused exclusively on creating positive social change that has a healthy culture and workplace.  Sagent is now an award-winning company and Sacramento’s only certified B Corp that develops strategic brand...
54m Mar 09, 2022
54m
Meaningful Innovation
Join Mark for this engaging discussion with Manvir Sandhu, Co-founder, and CEO of Zennify, an award-winning technology consulting firm and platinum Salesforce partner based in the Sacramento region that enables clients to drive change through digital transformation. Manvir left his corporate job of 19 years in 2012, and he and his co-founders Nathan Mueller and Jesse Barker set off to do a pro...
52m Mar 02, 2022
52m
Manifesting Opportunity
Meet Captain Augustine Joesph, founder of the Advanced International Aviation Academy and JetEXE Aviation Corp.  He is an entrepreneur, military veteran, pilot, and fountain of hard-earned and intentionally developed wisdom.  He recounts fascinating stories of his life from becoming a fighter pilot to his study of world religions including time at monasteries in the Himalayas, to surviving a he...
57m Feb 23, 2022
57m
Venture Funding: Setting the Stage for Entrepreneurial Success
Marcos Fernandez is the Managing Partner at Fiat Ventures (https://fiat.vc/) and a Partner at Fiat Growth. He has an extensive background in the Fintech space having led Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy at SoFi and BD/Partnerships efforts most recently at Ripple. Outside of his day-to-day responsibilities Marcos has also spent a large part of the last decade advising and investing in companies in th...
56m Feb 16, 2022
56m
The Next Wave of Education Innovation
Rebecca Ye is the co-founder and CEO of Kyros.ai, an AI-powered College Prep and College Admission platform on a mission to be the Virtual Counselor & the GPS System for high school students and families on their journey to dream Colleges. Kyros.ai uses Machine Learning to provide the largest knowledge repository, objective benchmark, and profile-based recommendations, deriving insights from 3...
53m Feb 09, 2022
53m
Telling a Standout Story
Aaron Anderson runs the Student Startup Center at UC Davis, overseeing undergraduate education and programs in technology entrepreneurship and is also a principal investor at the early-stage venture firm Impact Venture Capital where he focuses on corporate venture capital and regulated tech industries.  Previously, Aaron served as the Harvard Business School Leadership Fellow and Director of Bu...
53m Feb 02, 2022
53m
Funding the Future
From seeding ideas to scaling technologies that solve global challenges, capital is a critical component to catalyzing and commercializing innovation.  Grants – including $750B of Federal dollars – are a unique, non-dilutive part of the capital stack that can play a powerful role in funding this work.  Unfortunately, there are significant issues around efficiency, transparency, traceability an...
52m Jan 26, 2022
52m
Purpose driven entrepreneurship
Most entrepreneurs featured on the show are driven by passion and purpose.  Jon Shumate, founder of Remember.us (http://remember.us/) , takes both of these to the next level and adds a huge dose of authenticity and creativity to the mix.  He’s a really special person – as you’ll quickly discern from this segment - and we are thrilled to have him as a part of our first Growth Factory cohort. Jo...
54m Jan 18, 2022
54m
Founding Foodom: An early stage startup adventure!
Alert: Company building in progress!  Meet Reneta Jenik, founder of Foodom, a local early-stage startup that is connecting private chefs with busy families to cook meals in the customer's kitchen for less than the cost of take out.  Essentially, she’s built a better way to answer the age-old question of “what’s for dinner?”  We are very honored to be working alongside Reneta and Foodom through ...
50m Jan 12, 2022
50m
Leading with Agility and Confidence
Frank Ono is the founder of the iFish Group, a Sacramento-based government consulting firm that was named one of the fastest-growing companies by both the Sacramento Business Journal and Inc. 5000 for 2 years in a row and also recognized as one of the best places to work by the SBJ.  He joins Mark to share his experiences, agile approach to business growth, and lessons learned in building a suc...
50m Jan 05, 2022
50m
Fueling Mobility Innovation
Mark Rawson is the Chief Operating Officer for the California Mobility Center (CMC), a Sacramento-based organization whose mission is to help early-stage mobility companies accelerate the commercialization of their products by linking them with established industry leaders and service providers.  He shares more about the CMCs founding, current partner and client activities, the future of their ...
50m Dec 29, 2021
50m
Perseverance Pays Off
Kenneth Johnston, CEO of KJ 2 Productions, a full-service digital media production company based in Sacramento, California, shares his story of perseverance in life, business, and most recently through the pandemic.  Like all great entrepreneurs, KJ is living proof that while the journey is often incredibly tough, with creativity, grit, and the right people by your side so much can be accomplis...
51m Dec 22, 2021
51m
Developing Local Talent & Serving Local Startups
Scott Alvord, Roseville City Councilmember, is the founder and CEO of Advanced Development Concepts, a business consulting company that has helped companies with strategy, marketing, and team development for the last 35 years. He also teaches Marketing at William Jessup University where he engages his students in real-world projects to develop their skills and portfolio while providing value to...
53m Dec 15, 2021
53m
Arts, Entrepreneurship & Impact
Tamaira Sandifer, also known as “Miss Tee”, founded what is now Studio & Arts & Entertainment (https://www.studiotarts.org/) in 2005 to teach dance to trauma informed youth in communities that were facing a myriad of challenges.  She used hip hop dance as a vehicle to connect, engage and then support kids – providing them with a positive alternative to the streets.     She quickly evolved from...
51m Dec 08, 2021
51m
Leading with Commitment & Courage
Barry Broome, CEO of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council, is the hard-charging, always-on, vision setter who leads economic development strategy and execution for the region.  He is a masterful brand builder who has worked tirelessly to change the Sacramento narrative outside of the region -- pounding the pavement giving 2000+ presentations in 3 years.  Since arriving in Sacramento 7 years ...
52m Dec 01, 2021
52m
The Power of With
Mark talks with Growth Factory co-founder Rick Spencer about the early traction the Growth Factory acceleration platform and fund have seen over the last several months and then take a look ahead at 2022.  In honor of Thanksgiving week, gratitude is a clear theme throughout this segment. Mark and Rick share their appreciation for the many founders, partners, community and business leaders and i...
52m Nov 23, 2021
52m
Making Fundraising Fun (and Successful)
Mark invests in founders who “make the molecules move” and that is certainly true in the case of Patrick Desmond of Desmond’s Dynamic Auctions.  A talented auctioneer whose performance can be the difference between a good charity event and a wildly successful one, Pat’s job is to spur guests into action – bidding against one another for the benefit of a good cause.  Pat talks with Mark about th...
46m Nov 17, 2021
46m
Building Great Startups Together
Mark & one of his Growth Factory co-founders, Monique Brown, provide a behind the scenes peek of their new pre-seed / seed stage accelerator and accompanying early stage venture fund.  They talk a little about why they started it, how it's designed, and how it’s going with their first cohort of 15 companies.  They also share their excitement in activating the “Backyard Advantage” and recruiting...
50m Nov 10, 2021
50m
Riskalyze: Empowering the World to Invest Fearlessly
Aaron Klein, the founder of Auburn, CA-based Riskalyze, which built the world's first Risk Alignment Platform, talks about his journey from founding the company in 2011 to its successful recapitalization by Hg Capital in 2021.  Learn more about Aaron's entrepreneurial ups and downs and gather a few of his key lessons learned in this fascinating discussion that culminates with Aaron's reflection...
1hr 3m Nov 03, 2021
1hr 3m
Real Opportunity in a Virtual Land
Local angel investors, Dave Sanders and Hrish Lotlikar, co-founder of Superworld break down the basics of non-fungible tokens or NFTs and explain how NFTs are incorporated within Superworld, a virtual world where users can buy, sell, collect, and curate over 64 billion unique plots of virtual land.  They dive into how ownership of one-of-a-kind digital assets work and share how stakeholders ca...
59m Oct 28, 2021
59m
Lead by Doing your Best
On this episode, Mark has a captivating conversation with Sally Edwards, founder of a half-dozen businesses including Heart Zones and America’s largest chain of retail sports shops, FLEET FEET Sports.  Sally is a best-selling author with 24 books and 500 articles on health and fitness and she is also a professional triathlete is a 16-time Ironman finisher, a member of the Triathlon Hall of Fame...
1hr Oct 20, 2021
1hr
Tax Strategies for Startups and Early Stage Investors
Mark rolls up his sleeves and digs in with John Kapral and Matt Winans from Clifton Allen Larsen (CLA) about several key accounting and finance instruments that pertain to startups and investing.  They touch on everything from entity formation choices to how overlooked R&D tax credits can benefit early-stage startups to the tax benefits Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) Internal Revenue Cod...
48m Oct 13, 2021
48m
The Solocast - My Entrepreneurial Journey
Mark is the CEO of HaneyBiz, the host of the Mark Haney Show, an angel investor.  He recently has started a new venture called the Growth Factory.  The Growth Factory is a nonprofit startup accelerator and an accompanying early-stage venture fund. Join Mark in this wide ranging solocast as he shares his philosophies on life and entrepreneurship, offers some advice and shares some of his life ex...
57m Oct 06, 2021
57m
Hernani Alves and The Champion Advantage
Hernani Alves started as a part-time employee and eventually grew to become the President of a $3 billion publicly traded Company that was regularly voted as Best Workplace. Today, he's an author and an international speaker who helps leaders build world-class teams focused on getting results.  Hernani is also a member of the Growth Factory’s “dream team” mentor community, a group of highly su...
1hr 11m Sep 29, 2021
1hr 11m
Passion, Purpose & Fun
Kristine Hyde & Brenda Dreary met at their kids’ school where Brenda who was PTC president recruited Kristine into fundraising.  Both dynamic and hardworking women immediately hit it off.  Flash forward…they are now co-owners in 2 regional Dry Bar locations, one in Sacramento and one in Roseville.  Kristine joins Mark to talk about what inspired her and Brenda to bring Dry Bar to the region, ho...
49m Sep 22, 2021
49m
Insights in Innovation & Investment with Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford, General Partner of Impact Venture Capital joins Mark to talk about trends in innovation, startup acceleration, and Venture Capital and how the pandemic has affected this landscape.   Jack also provides a preview of the upcoming Impact Global Venture Summit, a day-long exhibition on October 7th in Sacramento focused on innovation, investing, and society. If you want insight on the...
57m Sep 15, 2021
57m
Mindset & Mentors: Key Ingredients for Startup Success
DJ Stephan has co-founded, scaled, and exited a number of high-growth tech startups including Sacramento-based SkySlope. We are thrilled that he has recently joined the Growth Factory Accelerator team as Director of Mentorship to help build and lead our growing mentor community.    DJ joins Mark on the podcast for a fantastic discussion that covers everything from the entrepreneurial mindset to...
48m Sep 08, 2021
48m
Fourthwave: Accelerating Women-Led Tech Companies
Cheryl Beninga is an experienced Venture Capital investor, Board Member and Advisor for technology companies in strategy, financing and M&A for over twenty years beginning with her time at Intel Capital. She has experience investing in and building high growth organizations in clean technology, mobile software, MedTech and enterprise software. She is Managing Director of Wai-Mohala Ventures and...
51m Sep 01, 2021
51m
A Recipe for Success
Liz Connolly, co-founder of Trifecta Nutrition, celebrates the recent close of their series B $20M raise and shares her recipe for success: continuous learning + hard work.  It wasn’t always easy, and success wasn’t pre-determined, she reveals. However, a strong relationship with co-founder (and brother) Greg Connolly along with their combined determination and growth mindset saw them through t...
39m Aug 25, 2021
39m
Paint, Passion & Purpose
World renowned performance painter and creative arts entrepreneur, David Garibaldi dazzles audiences with his Rhythm and Hue shows during which he produces pop portraits to music in a matter of minutes.  In this episode, Mark and David dive into a dynamic discussion infused with passion and purpose that covers topics from their shared love of Sacramento to the first painting David sold to the i...
48m Aug 18, 2021
48m
The Power of Goals that Matter
At 29, Michael Nelson started his first company. The dotcom bubble set him back, but he learned from the experience and started another company, TLC Tech. Now a 7-figure success, TLC Tech (https://www.tlctech.com/) is thriving for one reason, according to Michael. He developed goals, reviewed them regularly, and built in accountability. Michael used his goal-achieving system to take his company...
50m Aug 11, 2021
50m
Culture Manages People
In this episode, Chip Maxson, General Manager of the Sacramento River Cats, and Mark offer a behind the scenes look at the business of managing a minor league sports team and venue – during a pandemic. They discuss the resourceful ways that the River Cats executives and staff pivoted to use their assets to serve the community. They also dive into the critical tone-setting role of leadership, ho...
48m Aug 04, 2021
48m