Mix, Connect & Scale: Acquisition Through Creativity
Tuesday, August 25, 2026, 6:00 PM PDT – 8:30 PM PDT
5505 Cancha de Golf ste. 209, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92091, USA
Hosted by Ren Flagg
About the event Parking: If the parking lot is full, please find street parking. We are the first building on the right as you turn on Cancha de Golf. Attention Founders — this one's for you. If you've ever felt stretched thin, expected to constantly innovate, engage, and inspire while navigating constant change, burnout, and high stakes, you need to be in this room. Mix, Connect & Scale: Acquisition Through Creativity is a Founder's Mixer and Interactive Fireside Chat bringing together entrepreneurs, executives, and culture-builders seeking actionable, real-world growth strategies. Grounded in neuroscience, organizational psychology, and proven facilitation, this session reveals how the triad of Pause, Purpose, and Play serves as the secret engine for agile teams aiming for a successful exit. By adopting this human-first operating system, leaders build deep trust and resilience, turning workplace culture into a high-energy environment where breakthrough innovation happens without the burnout. The evening opens with an hour of freestyle networking. Meet fellow leaders in your community, share your story, and build relationships that actually move the needle. Then we join together for a special interactive fireside chat designed around one question: how do you sustain the spark, prevent perfectionism, and leverage play to build hyper-innovative, acquisition-ready companies? Our featured guest is Vanya Boardman — leadership facilitator, founder of PlayInnové, and co- author of The Innovation Imperative: How Extraordinary Leaders Sustain the Spark. Come for the networking. Stay for the conversation. Leave with something you can actually use. Agenda: 6:00 PM — Networking Mixer (Hosted Wine Bar & Light Bites Provided) 7:00 PM — Fireside Chat with Vanya Boardman 7:30 PM — Interactive Segment & Open Q&A 7:45 PM — Networking Vanya’s approach isn’t theoretical. It’s grounded in more than 20 years of leading people, teams, and operations across industries. Along the way, she discovered that the biggest barriers to innovation are rarely a lack of ideas. They’re the human dynamics that determine whether people feel safe enough to speak up, curious enough to challenge assumptions, and connected enough to create something better together. Today, as co-founder of PlayInnové, Vanya combines research-backed practices, experiential learning, and creative play to build those deeply human capabilities. Through her Pause, Purpose, and Play framework, she shows that play isn’t separate from serious work. It’s a powerful pathway to psychological safety, connection, creativity, experimentation, and innovation. Purchase The Innovation Imperative: How Extraordinary Leaders Sustain the Spark 👉 https://a.co/d/0fyA8ppk Book experience hosted by Rose Bowlus Law, APC Rose Bowlus Law is a boutique firm serving startups, entrepreneurs, and growing companies across industries. The firm supports clients through key stages of growth, offering legal insight across corporate, securities, commodities, and financial services matters. CA Attorney Advertisement Rancho Santa Fe, CA About the event Parking: If the parking lot is full, please find street parking. We are the first building on the right as you turn on Cancha de Golf.