This week on McKinney Momentum we feature Dana Riley and Jill Scigliano from the Samaritan Inn right here in McKinney. The Samaritan Inn was founded in 1984 as a 10-bed single men’s homeless shelter. Since then, it has grown to become one of th...

This week, our own Madison Clark Interviews Tom Currier, founder and CEO of Maverick Power. Tom has been the driving force behind the company's strategic growth and innovation since January 2020.In his role at Maverick Power, Tom leads ...

Blue screen of death? IT Issues all day? Grounded flights? What is going on??? Join us today as Rick Webster from Falkon, Josh Aaron from Aiden, and Stan Golubchik from ContraForce share a concise view of what happened acr...

This week, our own Madison Clark Interviews Shawn Pratt, McKinney ISD Superintendent, about his origins growing up in Collin County, serving MISD for over 30 years, and some stand-out moments he's experienced. We also talk about ways we can bet...

This week, our President Michael Kowski Interviewed Sheila Due, the president of the McKinney Education Foundation. Sheila masterfully unpacks how the MEF works, how many students they've helped, how it all started, and how the everyday McKinne...

Today’s episode is a fun one! Two companies who met through their connection to the Innovation Fund have partnered together, and Mike Wilkes sits down with the founders to chat all things sports tech, fan engagement, the World Cup 2026, and ...

We’ve had 2 major announcements recently with global tech platform Plug N Play, and today we pull back the curtain a bit to unpack a little more of how this works with connecting startups to corporate partners.This week on McKinney Mome...

Join MEDC marketing manager Luke Gajary today as he jumps out from behind the camera to interview startup founder Adam McAbee of StadiumDrop - an Innovation Fund portfolio company. Adam shares the story of how he and his wife started the compan...

Join Madison Clark in our MEDC studio today as she interviews our new president and CEO, Michael Kowski. Kowski brings extensive long-term city planning experience to MEDC, including urban development and design, land acquisition, ...

Join our own Mike Wilkes in our MEDC studio today as he interviews Jake Hamann and talk about his company, Autix, his entrepreneurship start, the vision for his company, rethinking how we price, sell,  and build cars, and of course, the im...

Today in the McKinney Momentum studio, we sit down with Lauren Smith and Kierstin Marchal from HUGS Cafe right here in McKinney. Lauren shares the story of HUGS, and the four main initiatives they are focused on - including some very unique inc...

Join our SVP Michael Talley in our MEDC studio today as he interviews Denny Darmo and talk about his company, Snipitz, his entrepreneurship start, the vision for his company, rethinking how we consume media, and of course, the impact of the Inn...

Join our SVP Michael Talley in our MEDC studio today as he interviews Ranjith Raghunath and talk about his company, CX Data Labs, tech background, customer data and privacy, and of course the impact of the Innovation Fund. Ranjith ...

Join our SVP Michael Talley, and project manager Mike Wilkes, in our MEDC studio today as they interview Greg Head and talk all things startup culture, VC funding, bootstrapping a company, and learning how to better foster the tech ecosystem as...

Today on McKinney Momentum, our Business Retention Expansion and Workforce Director Madison Clark interviews Rey Colon from Lyric Health, a local tele-health company based here in McKinney. Rey shares his company journey, how he ended up in McK...

Today on McKinney Momentum, our Business Retention Expansion and Workforce Director Madison Clark interviews Kevin Shatley from the Dallas Regional Chamber. Kevin talks about the partnerships in the region, life science industries, and overall ...

This month on McKinney Momentum, we host Angie Woods in the studio from the MCDC. She shares about her involvement in serving and what being committed to a board has meant to her, as well as pulls back the curtain on some current MCDC projects ...

This week on McKinney Momentum, Luke Gajary and Caroline Causey from the MEDC host Lisa Hermes of the McKinney Chamber of Commerce as we discuss community involvement, leadership development, and economic development from the perspective of the...

Today on McKinney Momentum, Madison Clark sits down with the director of Visit McKinney to talk all things tourism, events, and the economic impact of the AT&T Byron Nelson. 

Entrepreneur Dru Riess joins Madison Clark this week to talk all things McKinney, and share about his new venture in McKinney called ILS Gummies. Audio: http://mckinneymomentum.comAbout Innovative Life SciencesILS G...

McKinney Mayor George Fuller joins us this week for a chat about the growth in McKinney, leadership challenges, and some upcoming projects.

Meet our president, Peter Tokar III! MEDC Marketing Manager Luke Gajary sits down with Peter to hear about his back story of economic development, what brought him to McKinney, and his vision for the economic growth of our city.