The Mark Haney Podcast

Many people would say we live in difficult times. I would say we live in a time of opportunity. Change starts with your mindset, and how you apply that mindset to a problem. When most people discuss a topic like gun ownership, they feel social pressure to take a side. Unfortunately, that mindset, many times, can mean we are not talking about solutions.    In this episode, I sit down with Jesse Mee...

Why will Gen Z be the greatest at entrepreneurship? The young people of Gen Z value creativity, admire innovation and are not afraid to work hard. In this episode, I talk with Jake Longoria, a young entrepreneur, and CEO and founder of NoBrakes, an athletic apparel company focused on delivering a premium product through the use of innovative fabrics.  The NoBrakes ethos espouses perseverance and a...

Is Health the NEW Wealth? As an entrepreneur, we hear regularly that winning requires commitment to our dream, perseverance, hard work and some luck. What happens when the work gets really hard, and we don’t have a personal foundation of health? As COVID changed my routines, it opened up space for me to explore this question. This episode is the start of a new track for the Mark Haney Show, where...

Is Sacramento an innovator in Farm to Fork (or Glass)?    Patric Hillenbrand has built his new barn-turned-brewery, Hillenbrand Farmhaus Brewery on a bucolic 13 acre farm in Newcastle, CA.  Each of his handcrafted beers use fruits and honey harvested on-site!  Guests can take in views of the farm's 1-acre hop field, haystacks and rows of sprawling oak trees that encircle the property.    In this e...

Is the future of Sacramento at risk? In this week's podcast, I sit down with Louis Stewart, The City of Sacramento's first Chief Innovation Officer. He is doing great things in The City to promote and drive long term economic growth and job creation through innovation.  Louis and I talk about The City’s support for entrepreneurs and how much has changed in 2020. We also talk about where the fundin...

Has COVID changed entertainment forever? In this week's podcast, I sit down with Mark Birtha, the President of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento at Fire Mountain and Todd Flowers the owner of Surveillance Systems Incorporated. We talk about the future of the entertainment and gaming industry and some of the technology tools and strategies that are helping entertainment providers respond...

What if Sacramento was nationally known as a Tier 1 region for entrepreneurs to start and grow companies?  As the HaneyBiz team launches the Sacramento Growth Factory (SGF), I sat down with Rick Spencer from our Leadership Team to discuss how SGF provides founders with a customized growth program designed to achieve tangible high priority milestones.  Every engagement is fueled by the hands-on sup...

What if you didn't have your health? How much would you fight and sacrifice to win back your health? Would you be willing to start a new company? In this week’s podcast, I sit down with a Danielle Gormley the founder and CEO of Hello Puddin'. She created this product out of her own necessity stemming from many years of medical ailments that no doctor could help her with. What started out as creati...

Rick and I are back for the fourth and final chapter of my entrepreneurial journey. In this final episode we will be talking about the importance of have a strong inner circle and how to attract the right people into yours. My inner circle helps overcome fear, doubt, and uncertainty in this crazy world of entrepreneurship. I don't think I would have been able to accomplish half of what I've done i...

In this webinar, we review most recent guidance (June 23, 2020) and highlight notable changes from the SBA with regards to the PPP Loan Program and specifically on the requirements for applying for loan forgiveness.

I have always been a big dreamer. From the time I was a kid to this very day. I remember laying in bed talking to my younger brother almost every night about the day we would have the 10,000 sq ft house, circular driveway, and all the toys to go with it.  Today in part 3 of my entrepreneurial journey Rick Spencer is diving into the BIG dream I am trying to make come true today. If a dream is not b...

Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg are all entrepreneurs that changed the world with their inventions. Have you heard of the entrepreneur that is in the process of changing the world right now and will soon be added to that list?  In this week’s podcast I sit down with the most interviewed entrepreneur in America right now, Trevor Milton the Founder and Chief Executive Chai...

How do you learn to lead a business? There are more books, classes and podcasts than I can count that offer to answer this question. For me, it took painful business mistakes to find my ability and voice to lead. In this week’s podcast, episode 2 of a series where I am interviewed, I share my personal story on how I scaled a video surveillance company from 25 to 200 Million in annual revenue. Most...

Legion AVS, a full service event and video production house, and valued HaneyBiz partner shares how they've been impacted by and responded to COVID-19.  Learn more about how their pivot to producing differentiated virtual events has successfully leveraged their core skill sets to provide value to their clients and keep them busy throughout the crisis.

The tables have been turned and I have found myself in the hot seat. This is the first of a four part series where my teammate Rick Spencer, HaneyBiz's Vice President, sits down to get the full story of my entrepreneurial journey.  We go from my first entrepreneurial venture when I was a boy to vision/mission we are trying to make a reality today and everything in between. This four part series wi...

UPDATE AS OF JUNE 4th:  As a result of the Congressional bill that has now passed the Senate, the information in this webinar is no longer up to date. Please stay tuned.  We will be hosting an additional webinar shortly to review the changes and walk through new requirements and recommendations.  You can check in at www.haneybiz.com/ppp-forgiveness for additional updates and to register for the we...

I sit down with Brandon Brown the founder and CEO of GRIN to talk about how he is leading his team through this crisis. What steps he is taking to make sure that he is able to come out of this on the other side stronger and positioned to thrive.  We also talk about Save Small, Sacramento which is a fundraising effort to help small businesses in Sacramento that are unable to operate during this shu...

You’ve secured your PPP loan and funds have hit your account. Congratulations!  NOW WHAT? The SBA has yet to release final guidance on reporting requirements for forgiveness (as of May 4th).  In the meantime, you likely feel a sense of urgency to make time sensitive decisions and take action in order to maximize the benefit of these funds for your business.  We're here for you. We've assembled a s...

With revenues decimated by this crisis, many small business owners are having to employ new strategies to survive. In this webinar, we cover financial and strategic steps you can take to improve your business balance sheet and cash flows in the short term, including a process to model multiple scenarios for revenue and expense performance.

Building a community is one thing, but how can you build a community that looks to you as a leader during times like this?   Rob Williams, the host of RAD Radio, has built one of the most loyal communities in the Sacramento region. He has developed a connection with his audience that keeps them coming back day in and day out. They are now looking to him during this time of crisis for not only ente...

 What you will learn on this episode:  1) The challenges small businesses are facing trying to secure the PPP and similar loans.  2) Will the government put more money into relief loans and when.  3) What will business look like as we come out of this  4) How Sacramento can recover faster than other parts of our country  We had Amanda Blackwood, the CEO & President of the Sac Metro Chamber, on...

 We have Mike Rizzo, the Chief Banking Officer for Five Star Bank, back with us to talk about the most recent updates to the payroll protection program. He shares his thoughts on when more money will be made available through the government, why banks have stopped accepting applications, and what everyone can do to be prepared for the next round of funding. 

As CEOs and leaders we always have to get communication right, but during a crisis it is absolutely crucial! Saying the wrong thing internally, or externally during a crisis could create a whole new set of issues we don't need.  To help us navigate through this time of uncertainty we are talked with an expert in this area, the Founder of MarketSharePR, Krista Bernasconi. Krista and her team have h...