Category: Innovation

  • The future of food & ag is in Greater Sacramento

    The future of food & ag is in Greater Sacramento

    Here, innovators have access to a strong supply chain, $2.25 billion total ag value and the #1 agricultural sciences university in the nation, UC Davis.

  • Launch – Machine Learning at 240 MPH

    Launch – Machine Learning at 240 MPH

    Launch Consulting accelerates decisions to keep Schmidt Peterson Motorsports at the front of the race. Have you ever been behind a slower driver on a twisty, winding road, unable to pass for miles? You get antsy. With every minute that passes, you wish more fervently you had gotten in front of them at the start…

  • How Did the Cannery, One of the Sacramento Region’s Hottest Tech Innovation Hubs, Come to Be?

    How Did the Cannery, One of the Sacramento Region’s Hottest Tech Innovation Hubs, Come to Be?

    Mark Friedman, President of Fulcrum has actively been delivering architecturally distinctive projects to the Sacramento region for the past two decades.  I had the chance to sit down with Mark recently to discuss one of his newest projects, The Cannery on Alhambra, which is a +/- 250,000 SF office/tech/R&D campus housed in an historic former…

  • ‘Wide Open Walls’ Boosts Sacramento Arts Economy, Brings Artists from around the World

    ‘Wide Open Walls’ Boosts Sacramento Arts Economy, Brings Artists from around the World

    This is a special guest post written by Patrick Harbison For decades, Sacramento has struggled to brand itself as more than just a “government town.” From taglines like Cow Town and Farm-to-Fork, slogans have come easy, but the question still begs to be answered: has the Capital Region really taken the time to invest in and leverage its…

  • Free Form Factory’s Water Sport Innovations in Greater Sacramento: A Discussion with CEO Jordan Darling

    Free Form Factory’s Water Sport Innovations in Greater Sacramento: A Discussion with CEO Jordan Darling

      Convincing you that California is the place to be wouldn’t be hard. However, convincing an established company to pick and move across the country to the greater Sacramento region might be a bit harder. However, if you ask Jordan Darling of Free Form Factory, he’d tell you that moving is a no-brainer. You see,…

  • The Only Prescription is More Cowbell

    The Only Prescription is More Cowbell

    “I’ve got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.” So said Christopher Walken during his infamous Saturday Night Live skit about Blue Oyster Cult. Will Farrell jumped in with his gyrating cowbell and the rest is comedic history. SNL isn’t the only one with a fever for cowbell –  the Greater Sacramento Economic…

  • The California Option

    The California Option

    California has the most innovative economy in the world, and boasts legendary tech giants such as Apple ($635 billion) and Google ($561 billion) that have consistently dominated the list of most valuable companies. Whether a company is a garageband startup, mid-level business, or massive enterprise, there is a home for it in California. The first…

  • America’s Fork-to-Farm Capitol

    America’s Fork-to-Farm Capitol

    “Sacramento is America’s Farm-to-Fork Capitol. We want to make Sacramento America’s Fork-to-Farm Capitol as well,” California Safe Soil CEO Dan Morash says.