The Mark Haney Podcast

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 reflections that entrepreneurship is hard but not magic...and that hard work + persistence pays off.  So -- Don't quit.

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 can earn revenue from digital activities, including In-game purchases, transactions, advertising, eCommerce, digital commerce, and gaming.
If you’ve heard of blockchain, NFTs, and Augmented and Virtual reality but don’t fully understand how it all works, why it’s important, or what relevance this might have to you, tune in.  There’s a lot to learn!!

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, and ultra-marathoner winning the hundred-mile Western States Endurance Run. 
Sally shares a few epic stories about her life as a world class athlete and ground-breaking entrepreneur drawing a number of meaningful parallels between the two and leaving us all with several nuggets of wisdom and inspiration.

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 Code can provide investors.   Get out your notebooks!  This episode is chock full of useful information you’ll want to capture.

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 experiences throughout his entrepreneurial journey.  Mark is the CEO of HaneyBiz, the host of the Mark Haney Show, an angel investor.

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 successful entrepreneurs and business leaders who are rallying to support local startup founders in building world-class venture backable companies here in the Greater Sacramento region. 
He joins Mark for a very insightful and inspiring discussion about his new book, the Champion Advantage, and how the mindsets and techniques he’s developed apply to the entrepreneurial journey.

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, how they got started, the fun they’ve had along the way and how they make their partnership work.  Kristine, who is also a human resources executive at Five Star Bank, also shares some of the valuable lessons she’s learned about building a team, developing talent, and how brand + culture = a great experience for customers and team members.

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 latest technologies, are interested in investing or starting a company, or you just want to learn more about entrepreneurship, tune in to this.

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 the critical role of mentors, to key lessons he’s learned as he’s built his companies. Chock full of wisdom borne from experience, this is a don’t miss segment for anyone interested in starting their own venture.

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 Beninga Advisors.  She is also co-founder of Fourthwave, the Sacramento-based accelerator for women-led technology companies.  She joins Mark to talk about her personal career journey that includes a wide range of experiences in the tech and venture space and how that led her to the work she is now doing with Fourthwave.  Then they dive into details about the resources like high quality mentorship, access to capital, and conscious leadership training that Fourthwave provides to the founders and talk about how investing in women is one of the most effective ways to reduce inequality and increase economic growth.   Fourthwave’s third cohort launched in August 2021 and is in full swing!  You can learn more about their cohort here: https://www.fourthwave.io/2021-cohort.

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If this episode inspires you to be part of the movement, and you believe, like me, that entrepreneurs are the answer to our future, message me so we can join forces to support building truly great companies in our region. 
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