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Lay of The Land#224: The O.H.I.O. Fund — Origins and AmbitionsOn this special episode of Lay of the Land, I’m joined—for the first time—by the two co-founders of The O.H.I.O. Fund, Mark Kvamme and Ray Leach, as well as the fund’s two founding partners, Jill Meyer and Mike Venerable, to share the inside story of how a bold idea became reality.We explore the inspiration and origins behind a first-of-its-kind strategy designed to generate returns while accelerating prosperity and shaping Ohio’s future. We discuss how, in our first year, we closed on over $230 million in capital from investors and deploy...
2025-09-251h 02
200: Tech Tales FoundCKS Group: The Digital Dream That Soared and ImplodedIn the early 1990s, three former Apple executives—Bill Cleary, Mark Kvamme, and Tom Suiter—founded CKS Group, a pioneering digital agency that helped shape the internet’s commercial potential. At a time when 'interactive advertising' was an alien concept, CKS introduced clickable ads, virtual shopping carts, and integrated online campaigns for major corporations like United Airlines, Microsoft, McDonald's, and General Motors. Their groundbreaking work positioned them as the original 'digital mad men,' blending traditional marketing with emerging technologies in a pre-broadband world. By 1995, CKS had gone public with a valuation of over $200 million, riding the wave of the do...
2025-08-0922 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS11-Ep9: Unraveling Uncertainty: Tesla's Former Interim CEO on the Real Job of Modern LeadersGuest: Michael Marks, Founding Managing Partner at Celesta Capital & Former Tesla Interim CEO
Politics aside, tariffs simply can’t work without devastating business. That’s just one candid, no-nonsense point Michael Marks brings in his conversation with host Maureen Metcalf.
Marks is one of the most respected tech investors in Silicon Valley, with a four decade track record that includes high level leadership and management – including a stint as interim CEO at Tesla, and building Flex from an $8 million to $24 billion company as CEO. His unparalleled success and real-world experience offers rich leadership lessons...
2025-04-2234 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS5-Ep36: Lasting Solutions for Distribution Center Labor ShortagesGuest: Will O’Brien & Dave DuBose
The labor shortage is not going away. Workers are more transient, looking for better pay, plus Amazon, Walmart, and other large online retailers are continuing to drive up competition for distribution center (DC) employees. So, most DC operators resort to wage increases and retention bonuses as the quick solution to this really challenging people problem. Will O'Brien and Dave DuBose joins the show to share the better answer, which is a set of more robust solutions that better serve the operators’ longer-term needs and mitigate their dependence on short-lived “quick fix” wage and...
2023-04-3044 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS9-Ep15: Disruption No More: DHL’s Supply Chain VP on Future-Proofing Your BusinessGuest: Mike McLellan
Supply chain disruptions: they’ve been at the top of the list for leaders’ anxiety in nearly every sector for years. Will it ever get better?
Yes – if you’ve learned lessons from COVID and other supply chain disrupters. That’s the advice Mike McLellan has for leaders. A vice president of operations for DHL Supply Chain, Mike discusses the innovations DHL and others are implementing: from rapid responses to exoskeletons for warehouse workers. If your organization relies on supplies – and few organizations don’t – this is a must-listen episode!
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2023-04-0539 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS5-Ep32: Business Disruptions: Are You Disrupting or Being Disrupted?Featured Guest: Mark Kvamme
Business disruptions are occurring every day for entire business segments. Effective organizations are looking ahead to lead the disruptive efforts to set the new market. If you are not disrupting – you will get disrupted. Mark Kvamme joins Maureen to discuss how he works with organizations to identify opportunities and be the disruptor rather than being disrupted.
2022-12-1645 min
StrictlyVC DownloadFormer Sequoia VCs' Move to the Midwest Starts to Pay OffConnie & Alex review the week's top tech news stories and then catch up with Mark Kvamme and Chris Olsen of Drive Capital, a venture firm based in Columbus, OH, that is targeting investments in the Midwest.Music:1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired)2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher)3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance)4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea)5. "EDM Detection Mode" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3687-edm-detection-mode)
2021-01-0942 min
Fast Frontiers14 - Jason WarnerIn this episode we cover:Building Renaissance and the great programming with UnDemo Day and HotList as ways to expose top VCs to the startup talent in the midwestThe Fund of Funds model and how every MSA could benefit, including the impact they can have on a city/state/region Resources & People MentionedHerokuNew Albany, OHOne of the original investors in GitHub, Jim Goetz from SequoiaAlex Timm at Root InsuranceGitHub acquired by Microsoft in ____AstronomerSlack, Microsoft Teams, HipChat, CampfireMark Kvamme and Chris Olsen at Drive Capital Connect with Jason...
2020-12-0135 min
CBF ArchivesCrisis Management: Drive Capital's Mark Kvamme on finding opportunities despite the economyParadoxically, many technology companies have been historically wary of running their business in the cloud, connecting only through technology instead of face-to-face.Working from home was seen as a temporary or emergency fallback, say when a child was home sick. Then the coronavirus pandemic sent pretty much every office worker home, and entrepreneurs were pleasantly surprised to find out how effective that arrangement can be.“(Remote work) was never seen as a viable option on a regular basis,” said Mark Kvamme, partner at Drive Capital LLC. “What this has shown us is, for us at least...
2020-05-2422 min
The #PopHealth ShowMark Kvamme @ Drive Capital - Converging Trends in Modern Insurance, Behavior, and Data ScienceJoin us today as we speak with Mark Kvamme from Drive Capital about converging trends in modern insurance, behavior, and data science.
2019-03-2027 min
DifferentialMark Kvamme and why the heck he picked OhioMark Kvamme has worked for Steve Jobs, started his own company that went public, invested in major wins from Silicon Valley, and now he's starting his own Venture Capital firm, Drive Capital. In this episode we'll hear Mark's remarkable story and learn why he's excited to spend the prime of his life in Central Ohio. Please subscribe to Differential and review us wherever you listen to Podcasts. Thanks! http://twitter.com/_differential_
2018-09-1141 min
The Confluence CastVenture Capital in ColumbusWe’re talking about capital in the capital city. VentureOhio helps to facilitate the entrepreneurial ecosystem in our state and their annual VentureReport takes a detailed look at Ohio investment activity and the people and companies putting Ohio on the map.
I sat down with VentureOhio’s CEO Falon Donohue and Brad Mascho, the co-founder of local startup CrossChx to talk about the report, how venture capital works, and the opportunities available for entrepreneurs.
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Small Business Financing in Ohio: Loans, Grants, and Investors
VentureOhio
VentureReport 2017
CrossChx
Drive Capital
VentureDinner
Volcker Rule
NCT Ventures
Rev1 V...
2017-06-2641 min
Market Edge with Larry WeberThe Future of Marketing Software with Alan TreflerDiscussion on The Future of Marketing Software as Larry speaks with Alan Trefler,the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pegasystems.Pegasystems counts JP Morgan and Standard Chartered among their clientele.Related articles across the webPegasystems Founder Becomes Billionaire as Stock SurgesMarketing and Marketing Automation with Sanjay DholakiaMarketing to Eastern and Western Hemisphere MarketsInteractive Marketing with Mark KvammeAgencies and Google with Torrence BooneSilicon Valley's app culture eroding US ability to make serious softwareBig Data and Data Sharing with Jeff JonasPegasystems CEO Alan...
2014-04-1537 min
Market Edge with Larry WeberInteractive Marketing with Mark KvammeTalking Interactive Marketing, and the issues involving television and newspaper advertising with Mark Kvamme, a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital who focuses on investments in enterprise data management software, consumer media and advertising services.
2008-08-2732 min
ad:tech ConnectSEGuru talks to Larry Freed & Mark KvammeLarry Freed is President and CEO of ForeSee Results, a leading customer satisfaction management company with solutions based on the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). With nearly 20 years senior management experience, Mr. Freed has directed numerous ecommerce and technology initiatives. Mark Kvamme focuses on services and software investments. He is currently a Director of AdBrite, Cast Iron Systems, EMN8, Mark Logic, MotoSport.com, LinkedIn, StrongMail Systems, FON Wireless and PodShow. Previously, he had been a Director of Corvigo (acquired by Tumbleweed Communications) and Allocity (acquired by EMC Corporation). Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 1999, Mark was Chairman of USWeb/CKS...
2006-02-161h 05