This Week in SD Tech: TuSimple aims to test self-driving trucks on public roads without human safety operator by EOY This week in mega funding: BioLinq - $100M for the smallest perfect glucose sensor, Cloudbeds - $150M with SoftBank How San Diego Gets Drinking Water From the Ocean San Diego's Qualcomm sidesteps supply chain woes to deliver earnings that beat projections...
Hi everyone - we're excited to bring you Sahil Lavingia, author of the upcoming book "The Minimalist Entrepreneur". His book comes out late October, so we'll be among the first to hear him speak! Here's what people are saying about his book: "Sahil knows not. He knows what not to do, what not to follow, how not to waste, and how not to get caught up in the hype. What's left is the yes - the stuff that really works, the things that actually matter. It's all in this book, and much of it only in th...
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Michelle Penczak is CEO of Squared Away , a full-service virtual executive assistant company that hires military spouses to help run operations for its clients. The team of more than 200 assistants gives companies, teams and venture capital firms their time back so they can focus on the things that matter most. Michelle grew up in eastern North Carolina, and left home for college then found work as a personal assistant in Washington, D.C....
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Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. The pandemic has completely changed the school system, making the transition from in-person to virtual learning difficult and opening new risks of cyber attacks towards young students. Companies like Linewize are focused on keeping students safe in a digital learning environment and content-filtering in the classroom or at district level. Ross Young , Senior Vice President at Linewize , shares his experience in the cybersecurity industry ...
This Week in SD Tech: San Diego scientists are working on a vaccine against all coronaviruses. Yes, all of them Shares in this Encinitas-based biotech jump 31 percent in first day of trading San Diego County to expand its renewable energy sources Flock Freight gets $215 million as it remakes truck shipping UCSD won $1M grant to fund accelerator for under represented entrepreneurs...
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Ever bought items that you never ended up using? Or do you have things you no longer need, but are still in good condition? Kimia Talebian , CEO and co-founder of Good Use , addresses this issue by connecting communities together through a social application platform to give and receive free stuff, and put it into good use. Kimia was born in Iran, and immigrated to Canada with her family when she was young. She studied finance during her ...
This Week in SD Tech: Local investors Section 32 and Qualcomm Ventures recently invested in Gretel AI and AmionX respectively Union Tribune releases list of 26 phenomenal women to know in San Diego, including many tech leaders SoftBank invests $400 million in activewear maker Vuori The Top Tech Awards recently honored many local technologists and leaders The largest public companies in San Diego saw major stock gains in the first half of 2021...
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. With the pandemic affecting in-person office hours and many employees transitioning to working remotely, companies are feeling overwhelmed with applications and infrastructure related to going digital. A recent Mimecast study shows there has been a 64% increase in cyberthreats in 2019 and 2020. Additionally, emails are a front door to a wide range of attacks, with many uneducated employees clickin...
This Week in SD Tech: San Diego To Develop Regional Cyber Innovation Center To Prevent Attacks The San Diego Crypto Ecosystem Professor Ardem Patapoutian wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine For subscribers: First COVID, now HIV. Moderna and San Diego researchers race to make a vaccine San Diego Foundation Awards $500,000 Grant to Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce...
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Kelly Twichel is CEO of Access Trax, a social impact startup focused on empowering people of all physical abilities to access outdoor terrain. Her product, the Access Trax, is a modular patented portable pathway system for those who use mobility devices to conveniently access recreation outdoors on demand. Kelly grew up in Santee and graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in biology. Originally pursuing to be a doctor, Ke...
This Week in SD Tech: San Diego maintains in the top 3 biotech cities in the country, with 1 in 30 jobs in the life sciences industry locally, new report by Biocom UCSD is making strides in building a battery with 10 times the energy density of current batteries Bayer buys out Vividion Therapeutics for $2B Magic Johnson joins forces with Qualcomm to bring smart city technology to inner cities to break the digital divide Results from a recent SD EDC business health survey shows companies are stru...
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Matt Essick is Chief Marketing Officer at Ensight, an insurance digital sales acceleration platform. The San Diego-based startup was created to help digitally transform insurance carriers and distributors to drive efficiency. Matt grew up in Marin County outside of San Francisco, and went to Boston College on the East Coast. After graduating and working for a startup back home, he moved to the United Kingdom and went to London Business Sc...
This Week in SD Tech: Cue and Tyra go public, Water batteries, Fortune 500 VC Fund and Super Computers
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Gwen Nero , director of corporate affiliates, business development, industry outreach and innovation at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography , is paving the way for bluetech incubation of talent and ideas in San Diego. She is part of the team that leads startBlue , the eight-month ocean-focused accelerator program that is offered in partnership by Scripps and Rady School of Management , at UC San Diego. Gwen completed a doct...
1. Bird bringing Ebikes back to SD ! With e-bikes and San Diego is the first test market One of the first cities to receive the bikes Great test market Solid weather Tourism Very little rain Transportation is not great Spread out into pockets like a quilt More than 1k scooters (feels low) To provide a green transportation option Specifically, they are partnershing with SDSU Obviously wear a helmet when riding in SD https://www.sandiego.gov/bicycling Along the bottom a link for shared scooter com...
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Jake Fields is CTO and co-founder of Platform Science , an Internet-of-Things (IoT) fleet management platform specializing in the transportation and logistics industry. The platform supports the driver experience with their modern telematics, applications and fleet management solutions. Jake has a long history of building companies in tech. Ever since high school, he had a passion for innovation and technology. His first job was in Lake T...
Asian Street Food Delivery Service Floods San Diego Wow Bao is rapidly expanding landing in San Diego Really cool concept that launched during the pandemic But you won't see them in person Mira Mesa BLVD Clairemont Mesa BLVD Imperial Avenue They’re operating out of Ghost Kitchens The company itself is not super new, founded in 2003 Operating at the airport Concessions stands Grocery lines They’re actually out of chicago Think ice cream in winter (not SD winter but you get the idea) This concept ...
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Ever since the pandemic hit, suicide rates have increased dramatically. Workplace stress and job strain is a leading cause of suicide for many people. In this week’s podcast, host Neal Bloom talks with Melani Gordon , program director at Techstars , and Jennifer Exum , president of JRE Career Consulting , on grappling with mental health issues and how to help the startup community through re...
Neal: Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Jonah Peake from Fresh Brewed Tech. Every Friday at 12:30pm Pacific on Clubhouse and now we record them for you to enjoy as well. I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder Jonah: And I’m Jonah Peake, serial tech operator and investor both, both of us big fans of growing the San Diego tech community. Let’s dive into our five stories of the week For week of Sep 3, 2021 Mainstay Medical, Biotech Firm Out ...
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Ever felt drained from long, tedious work meetings that waste time and energy? Turns out that this is a bigger problem than expected. In 2019, more than $399 billion was spent on “bad meetings,” emphasizing the severity of this issue. To combat this, Chuck Phillips , co-founder of MeetWell , created a low-lift solution that emphasizes healthy meeting practices, making sure organizers are accountable for their preparation for an efficient ...
Neal: Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Jonah Peake from Fresh Brewed Tech. Every Friday at 12:30pm Pacific on Clubhouse and now we record them for you to enjoy as well. I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder Jonah: And I’m Jonah Peake, serial tech operator and investor both, both of us big fans of growing the San Diego tech community. Let’s dive into our five stories of the week For week of Aug 27, 2021 Smartphones in the sky: Qualcom...
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Anita Habeich is Vice President of Marketing Programs at PEAR Sports , a leader in smart digital coach technology. The Solana Beach-based startup was founded on the concept of democratizing access to world class personal trainers. PEAR is currently pivoting to become a B2B that provides a software platform to help power other brands with smart digital coaching tools and content. Anita had a strong interest for sports and physical activiti...
Join in for the weekly tech news from San Diego with Neal Bloom and Jonah Peake of Fresh Brewed Tech. Join us on Clubhouse at 12:30pm PST weekly for the live feed
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Ted Stearns is the CEO of Meallogix , an e-commerce platform company that provides meal prep and restaurant delivery automation software for meal prep operators. Before starting Meallogix, Stearns was a casual customer of meal prep. His girlfriend at the time was a meal prep business owner, so he was accustomed to the backend operations of this industry. He was shocked to learn that there wasn’t digital software available for meal prep op...
Companion Medical is a diabetes medical device company that offers a smart insulin pen system to help patients take proper insulin doses at the right time. The company’s product, InPen, was the first to be FDA-approved, and revolutionized the medical device industry. In this week’s podcast, Neal is joined by Sean Saint , founder and CEO of Companion Medical, who shares his entrepreneurial journey. Tech Coast Angel investor Justin Jue also makes a special appearance as co-host, and talks about ho...
$20m for AI, Omniome Acquired, A quick lesson on Hydrogen fuel and some supplies to take to a BBQ. Join Neal Bloom and Jonah Peake of Fresh Brewed Tech for weekly hot tech news from where the tacos meets the tech
UC San Diego is an innovation powerhouse that has a significant influence over San Diego’s economic development. The campus boasts over 500 inventions per year, and is in the top five ranking universities in the nation for startups. To continue cultivating a strong innovation ecosystem, the university established a local chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Meet the UC San Diego team who helped create this chapter: Paul Roben and Al Pisano . Paul was a previous postdoc at UC San D...
Join Neal Bloom and Jonah Peake every Friday at 12:30pm PST on the Clubhouse app where they share the latest news in tech in San Diego. From big tech like Qualcomm to trends in talent development, Neal & Jonah bring in guests like local tech journalists to share what's the latest in San Diego.
Talena Handley is the Founder and CEO of Girlie Garage , an educational platform that aims to teach women about their vehicles so they feel empowered and confident on the road. Girlie Garage provides automotive consulting and online videos to help its customers solve car issues without being taken advantage of by shops. While growing up in Northern California, Talena was always tinkering with motorcycles, even getting her first one at the young age of four. Her grandfather used to refurbish Ford...
