Ready to shepherd your entrepreneurial venture to the land of plenty? This episode is a treasure trove of wisdom, distilled from over a thousand mentorship sessions with budding business leaders. Grab your notepad as I impart the top 10 commandments for entrepreneurial success, starting with the heavenly guidance of robust accounting systems, akin …

Embark on an inspiring journey with Ivo Tjan, the visionary CEO behind Commerce West Bank, as he recounts his ascent from an eager 18-year-old with banking dreams to founding his very own financial institution before his 28th birthday. Ivo's remarkable tale is a beacon for the entrepreneurial flame, illuminating how regional banks like his are cruc…

When life gave the Jimenez Family a surplus of goat milk, they didn't just make cheese—they crafted an ingenious business model that's as nourishing for the skin as it is for the soul. Tune in to hear CEO Michelle Jimenez and her daughters, Maddie and Abby, recount the transformation of their family ranch into a beacon of entrepreneurial spirit. Th…

Unlock the secrets to navigating the complexities of family-owned businesses and discover how to craft a successful exit strategy with the wisdom of Marty Kaufman, founder of Accent Computer Solutions. Marty's entrepreneurial spark ignited a legacy, transitioning from the constraints of General Dynamics to cultivating a thriving business intertwine…

When Gina Oliver and Richard Hutchinson decided to blend ancestral wisdom with modern technology, they conjured more than just crops—they sowed the seeds of change. In our heartwarming conversation, these pioneers share the story of 'From the Land,' a venture transforming the face of sustainable indoor farming with the heartbeat of community at its…

Embarking on a transformative journey with Dr. Guadalupe Buitron, we unravel the threads of social justice and business acumen that weave together the tapestry of Financially Capable LLC. As the progeny of Mexican immigrants, Lupe's narrative is one of tenacity and cultural pride, guiding her path from a bilingual mental therapist to a beacon of fi…

On this segment of "News Views & Clues ", Gene offers his opinions on the minimum wage hike for medical workers and the best companies in the Inland Empire as desiginated by the LA Times. Check it out . show Link; https;bit.ly/46ezOqb Support the Show.By Gene Valdez

Unlock the full potential of your business's real estate strategy with insight from Jeff Sceranka CEO of Enterprise Funding. He's the guide you need through the maze of the SBA 504 loan program, revealing how a modest 10% down payment and an appealing fixed interest rate can be part of your next commercial property venture. Jeff contrasts the SBA 5…

How often do we examine the role of mental health in our professional success? Join us for a riveting discourse featuring our guest, CPA, Steve Williams, as we shed light on this less-explored avenue. With insights from a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka, we delve into embracing realistic expectations without accepting mediocrity, and cultivating a sharp…

For episode 2, Gene's shares his views on current medical debt and credit reporting agencies and the disconnect on how the current state of economy from an economist's perspective is different from the average US adult . evaldez@theloandoctor.loans 909-2300024 access all shows: www.ceo2rainmkr.com https://ceotorainmaker.buzzsprout.com apple podcast…

Ever thought about implementing AI into your business and felt overwhelmed by the complexity of it all? Fret not, as our distinguished guest, tech expert Brian Kennedy, dispels the mystery surrounding AI and introduces us to the exciting potential of chat GPT. As the director of the entrepreneur ecosystem at Ampac Business Capital, Brian's insights…

Gene candidly reveals some items he believes small business owners should know about to develop a mutually beneficial commercial banking relationship. Most of items are not always discussed in detail by bankers and most business owners don't know what they mean. This include - Business checking accounts, earnings credit rates and account analysis..…

Gene introduces a new segment of his Podcast Show, called, "News, Views & Clues". These new segments will be funny, educational and relevant and will air once a month. This first episode centers on Gene's views toward Hollywood Celebrities and their desire to manage or create their own brands. Gene cites general business strategies that Celebrities…

Gene sits down with Karla Gonzalez, a government contracting expert and Assistant Director with the Small Business Development Center " ( SBDC"). The SBDC is a national program which is funded by various institutions, including the SBA. The SBDC provides a full spectrum of consulting services at no charge to its small business owner clients. The SB…

Gene sits down with Ryan Miller a public speaker, business performance coach and author. Ryan and his wife were survivors of the 2017 Las Vegas Mass shooting where 59 people were killed and over 500 were injured. This event caused him to question his views toward work and his business performance coaching. This introspection led to his theory of Ho…

For many owners, established or startup, their businesses are not doing as well as they like. Gene sat down with Mihai Patru to discuss tools and services that are available in California to help businesses get on the right track, stay on the right track and how to grow and expand their businesses effectively. Mihai is the Executive Director of Car…

Gene sits down with Professor Manfred Keil, who teaches economics at Claremont Mckenna College, Claremont , California. Dr. Keil's specialty is economic forecasting for the US, Southern California and the Inland Empire . During the show Dr. Keil covers a variety of topics including but not limited to the price of gasoline, the 2024 presidential rac…

Gene sits down with Bill Donohoo who is currently a business professor who teaches at California State Universitys at San Bernardino & Long Beach . Before that he was the co-owner of the Gipson Group where he grew the company from scratch to $80 Million a year in sales, Bill , who is 81 years old shares his thoughts with young entrepreneurs on how …

Gene sits down with Dale Sarver, formerly the CEO of his own company and currently a business advisor of SCORE, ( Servce Corp of Retired Executives). SCORE is a program provided by the SBA. Dale explains what SCORE can do for the current or prospective business owner. The beauty of the mentoring services is that all services are free! Dale also rev…

Gene sits down with Banker, Keith Cerwinski, Regional Vice President for American Business Bank , in Corona, CA. Keith offers his opinion on the difficulty of getting loans approved and also his thoughts about the future direction of interest rates, business, the federal reserve and the economy in general. This is a must hear episode for those inte…

Gene sits down with Verious Smith small business owner located in Corona, CA. Verious shared his background and his entrepreneurial journey which was very painful but through sheer will he became a success. Verious also shares some best practices he learned along the way. He currently owns two successful businesses: Philoveracity- web design, brand…

Gene provides stats on his very successful first year as a podcast host and shares his new format for 2023 starting in January 909-2300024 evaldez@theloandoctor.loans Support the Show.By Gene Valdez

Gene sits down with Abe Xiong , president of National Government Contractors Assocation Abe explains the process of how small business owners obtain contracts also shares his entrepreneurial journey. abe@govassociation.org 404-955-8080 Mixed & Edited by Next Day Podcast. Support the Show.By Gene Valdez

Gene sits down with Rebecca Diamond owner of Rebecca Diamond Voice Actor Rebecca has a unique business and and a non traditional business background (theater arts) proving that any type of background will work if you are providing a service businesses want and will pay for. Rebecca shares what a voice actor is , what she does for clients and also w…

Gene sits down with Patti Cotton, President of the Cotton Group , a company engaged in the area of leadership and organizational development. Patti is an expert in these two functional areas. During the show Patti shares her thoughts on how small business CEOs can reach the maximum potential of their businesses. Patti has an impressive list of form…

Gene sits down with Janet Dabek Steiner former CEO of Thoro Packaging, Inc. and currently a motivational key note speaker. Thoro packaging was formed by her father Macy Dabek in 1968 after he moved the family away from the cold winters of New Jersey to Anaheim, Ca. Thoro was engaged in the short run folding carton business. After graduating from hi…

Gene sits down with Wayne Slavitt, president of the Primemark Group. Wayne is an expert in the area of maximizing business value and exit planning . He earned his designation as a certified Exit Planning Advisor by the exit planning institute. In addition he is an extensive public speaker and author. He recently penned a new book called "Run It Lik…

In honor of National Hispanic Entrepreneur month , Gene shares his story as to how he made his dream of becoming a successful coach/consultant a reality . Genes parents Edward & Consuelo immigrated from Mexico to southern california in the late 20's and 30s. Gene's family was poor. Gene attributes his success to the grace of god, having a mentor, h…

Gene sits down with Angy Lopez, CEO of Angy's Angels Cleaning Service Angy's story is truly inspirational and motivational Angy was a divorced mother with four children who immigrated to the US in 2013 for a better life for her kids. At the time she spoke no english. She went to a community college to learn english and worked three jobs to support …

Gene sits down with Jonathan Palacios-Avila, co-founder & currently VP of Marketing and Research of Stratos Fuel Inc. Jonathan of Mexican heritage, founded the company 8 years ago along with his father John who provided guidance and initial capital . Jonathan was only 25 years old at the time. He started thinking about his business idea when he was…

Gene sits down with Javier Vazquez, CEO of highly successful Miguel's Mexican Restaurants which was formed by his Mother & Dad over 50 years ago . There are now 22 location, 21 quick serve and 1 sit down with locations in the Inland Empire & Orange County ( 4). Gene discussed with Javier a variety of topics including ; The benefits of working in a …

Gene sits down with Tony Reyes who is an expert in the 24 billion dollar thrift store industry and is now the CEO of the Thrift Store Consulting Group, a company that provides services to meet various social needs such as kids at risk and the homeless. Tony has 35 years experience in the industry Born in Pomona, Calif, as one of nine children , Ton…

Gene discusses general population numbers as provided by The US Census, (2019) and the breakdown of small businesses owned by women, all minorities and veterans. This information can be used by listeners to create better sales and marketing strategies and reveals a large disparity of representation by minorities. Also discussed are podcast listener…

Gene interprets a quote of Albert Einstein , " Logic Will Get You from Point A to B. Imagination Will Take You Everywhere " In order for a CEO to be super successful they must spend much of their time imagining what they want their businesses to become in the future. Another term is vision. While logic and processes are important to get the work ou…

Gene sits down with Shelly, CEO of Luminary leaders who started her own business five years ago after a distinguished 25 year banking career. Shelly shares her entrepreneurial journey and best practices which has resulted in a very successful business today. Shellly Harrison, CEO 909-519-3712 luminaryleaders@gmail.com link: https://ceotorainmaker.b…

With cyber attacks on the rise and losses mounting, Gene sits down with Chris Hodson a professional commercial insurance broker who gives a general overview of this subject matter and if this risk is insurable and what the cost might be. chris hodson 1949-287-5667 chodson@thebrokerageins.com Link: https://ceotorainmaker.buzzsprout.com Support the S…

One part of being a certified rainmaker is that you have to speak rainmaker language or lingo. Gene outlines twenty five key words and terms and also provides the definitions in the form of a test . Terms discussed included but were not limited to : barriers to entry; boot strapping ; business angels; licensing and vertical integration . This is a …

Gene sits down with Brad Trangsrud, Associate Director of the Alliant Group. The Alliant Group is a Houston based national tax consultancy firm with over 20 offices in the US. Brad is an expert in the Employee Retention Credit field. Brad has helped small & mid-size businesses claim more than $250MM in credits. Brad provides information on ERC, PPE…

Gene, quotes Thomas Edison who said " I have not failed I have just found 10,000 ways that do not work!' Gene interprets the quote that todays CEO will be bombarded with failure but the key is how will they respond to those experiences? gene@ceo2rainmkr.com 909-2300024 www.ceo2rainmker.com Link : https;//ceotorainmaker.buzzsprout .com Support the S…

Gene briefly discusses six internal ways you can grow " organically" or " from within . " 1) create a new product/services 2) add new features & benefits to existing product/services 3) sell to different target markets 4) create a more aggressive sales & marketing plan 5) make it easy for customers through technology to pay you 6) consider exportin…

Gene sits down with Dr. Mike Stull who heads up The Inland Empire Entrepreneuership Program at California State University - San Bernardino. Mike and his staff have created a new 50 hour educational program called The Catapault Business Network . The program targets CEOs who operate small businesses that want to grow . In addition to the "How To " …

Gene sits down with Ed Fixen a Certified Business Appraiser and Broker who is the CEO of Business Quest Brokers. Ed is an expert in the field of Business Valuation. He has sold and appraised over 200 businesses covering a variety of industries . Ed shares the three analytical ways a business can be valued and discusses various ways a business can g…

Gene sits down with Michael Ocasio, CEO of the Small Business Development Corporation of Orange County. SBDC-OC operates under the state's public municipal bank called " IBank" ( the California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank) The SBDC provide many business financing assistance programs including but not limited to financing or guarantee…

Gene introduces a new entree to his podcast menu. The name of these episodes is entitled "Brief Insights From The Rainmaker Coach". These episodes are very short , no greater than 4 minutes and the content covers a variety of business education topics. When you have your morning coffee think of them as your "Business Danish or Dougnut". The initial…

Gene sits down with negotiations expert Aaron Silva . Aaron is the founder and owner of Paladin-fs, LLC a firm that provides negotiation services for executives of large companies all over the US. Info covered includes; does every negotiation have a winner or loser? what is a haggle? How important is time ? when you should walk away from a negotiat…

Gene quotes wisdom from Sun Tzu a famous Chinese general and military strategist around 500BC. Using an analogy of being at war with being at "War" in business., Gene discusses the need of a battle plan . The Battle Plan in business is a " competitor analysis" which can be accomplished through the creation of a simple one page competitive grid. gen…

Gene sits down with young entrepreneur, Mike Cachat who stated his current company Jenson USA when he was 16 years old out of his garage with out a formal business education. Some twenty five years later the company is a leader in its industry. The company sells high end bicycles and parts mostly on line . Mike lists four reason for his success, 1.…

Gene sits down with Robert & Kay Lee Fukui who consult married couples to help them achieve better balance between work and home. The Fukui's reveal during the episode that setting boundaries and conducting weekly planning sessions are two of the key ways for couples to achieve that elusive balance. This is a must listen to episode. The Fukui's con…

Passion is a key ingredient in the Rainmaker CEO 's emotional tool box. In this episode Gene itemizes five reasons why, which includes but not is not limited to, the ability to learn, work hard, handle rejection and develop persistence and perseverance. http://. ceo2rainmkr.com Support the Show.By Gene Valdez

Gene sits down with Betsy Vavrin, CEO and 100% owner of SMC Marketing . Ms. Vavrin is a devoted advocate of women business owners and as such provides a multitude of services to this niche. Ms. Vavrin's clients are actually banking and financial services companies. She advises these intuitions on what programs they should create to help women busin…