Neal: Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. Every Friday at 12:30pm Pacific on Clubhouse and now we record them for you to enjoy as well. Find these episodes on Freshbrewedtech.com and favorite podcast player for Tacos and Tech Podcast I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder. Fred: I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of SD Founders substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal...
Aug 25, 2023•22 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Aadeel gives an overview of what PSYONIC is [02:34] Aadeel shares his background and how he got interested in building bionic limbs [03:17] How did Aadeel get started in bionic engineering [04:17] What’s the difference between prosthesis and bionic devices? [07:45] Aadeel talks about their product designs, the difference of the devices, and the barriers for patients [09:03] Aadeel shares the founding story of PSYONIC [10:44] What’s entrep...
Aug 18, 2023•35 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Davey gives an overview of his work at UC San Diego [02:23] How did Davey end up down the path toward infectious diseases? [03:23] Davey talks about the first time he heard about COVID-19 [06:02] How did Operation Warp Speed come together and when did Davey get involved? [07:21] Davey shares his observations on Model Medicines [11:25] Davey describes the technology Model Medicines focus on and how they apply it to many areas [13:10] Davey...
Aug 16, 2023•29 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Chrissy gives an overview of what Second Front Systems is [02:50] Chrrisy shares how she got into the tech world and how she started her career originally [03:02] Chrissy gives a background of what Second Front Systems is and its products [07:53] What was Chrissy’s role when she first started in Second Front Systems versus what she’s doing now? [09:32] Chrissy shares what she’s learned from her mentors and how they helped in her job [12:0...
Aug 10, 2023•30 min
Neal: Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. Every Friday at 12:30pm Pacific on Clubhouse and now we record them for you to enjoy as well. Find these episodes on Freshbrewedtech.com and favorite podcast player for Tacos and Tech Podcast I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder. Fred: I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of SD Founders substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal...
Jul 29, 2023•13 min
Neal: Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. Every Friday at 12:30pm Pacific on Clubhouse and now we record them for you to enjoy as well. Find these episodes on Freshbrewedtech.com and favorite podcast player for Tacos and Tech Podcast. I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder. Fred: I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of SD Founders substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journa...
Jul 24, 2023•15 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Jon gives an overview of what Vessel is [02:59] Jon shares how he started his first business [07:11] Jon recalls his first business, building an e-commerce site, and how it’s different from Vessel [12:54] Jon talks about the shift from having a bad cash flow business to having a successful one, how he applied the marketing techniques he learned to his website, and “growth hacking” What made Jon stay as an entrepreneur even after having tw...
Jul 24, 2023•45 min
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Jul 20, 2023•41 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Victoria gives an overview of what thoughtbot is [02:20] How did Victoria end up in the tech industry? [02:58] Victoria talks about her work experience in the federal area [03:54] Is there a lot of development agency work in the government or do they do a lot in-house? [04:40] Victoria shares the history of thoughtbot and how it started [05:47] Victoria talks about their platform guide and expanding more into their site reliability engine...
Jul 11, 2023•23 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Hilliard gives an overview of what Cox Mobile is [02:31] Hilliard shares his background and how he got into tech [03:56] Hilliard talks about what it’s like to launch a new product [05:49] Hilliard shares what it’s like testing their new product in different markets [07:05] Hilliard talks about his involvement in customer development, and what blueprint sessions are like [08:40] What are some of the new use cases Hilliard has seen months ...
Jun 27, 2023•18 min
Neal: Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. Every Friday at 12:30pm Pacific on Clubhouse and now we record them for you to enjoy as well. Find these episodes on Freshbrewedtech.com and favorite podcast player for Tacos and Tech Podcast. I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder. Fred: I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of SD Founders substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journa...
Jun 23, 2023•17 min
Neal: Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. Every Friday at 12:30pm Pacific on Clubhouse and now we record them for you to enjoy as well. Find these episodes on Freshbrewedtech.com and favorite podcast player for Tacos and Tech Podcast. I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder. Today, we also have special guest Mike Freeman of The San Diego Union-Tribune joining us! Fred: I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author ...
Jun 20, 2023•29 min
Neal: Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. Every Friday at 12:30pm Pacific on Clubhouse and now we record them for you to enjoy as well. Find these episodes on Freshbrewedtech.com and favorite podcast player for Tacos and Tech Podcast I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder. Fred: I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of SD Founders substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal...
Jun 09, 2023•12 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Masha gives an overview of what Nullspace is [02:38] Masha shares her background and how she ended up in the industry [04:09] What are some of the different kinds of products and companies Masha has worked on in the past? [06:33] Masha talks about how she jumped from engineering to marketing to company founder [09:07] Masha shares how she got connected with IERUS Technologies [11:05] Masha explains what a simulation company is and what th...
Jun 09, 2023•29 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Zach gives an overview of what Yembo is [02:32] How did Zach get into the tech world? [05:04] Zach talks about his previous job at Qualcomm [07:51] Zach shares how he got started in the startup scene [09:20] How did the startup community help Zach in starting a business [11:57] Zach gives a background on how Yembo started and how he ended up from working on signal bars to moving industry AI [13:15] Zach shares how long it took to start Ye...
Jun 05, 2023•36 min
Neal: Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. Every Friday at 12:30pm Pacific on Clubhouse and now we record them for you to enjoy as well. Find these episodes on Freshbrewedtech.com and favorite podcast player for Tacos and Tech Podcast I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder. Fred: I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of SD Founders substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal...
Jun 04, 2023•18 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Kevin gives an overview of what Tech San Diego is [02:26] Kevin shares the typical companies they engage with [04:03] Kevin shares his journey of understanding the talent needs for Tech San Diego, the talent portfolio they have, and their university talent initiative [05:55] Kevin talks about the issues recruiting local talent and what they’re doing about it [08:59] How does Tech San Diego help in transitioning university talent to the pr...
May 23, 2023•24 min
Neal: Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. Every Friday at 12:30pm Pacific on Clubhouse and now we record them for you to enjoy as well. Find these episodes on Freshbrewedtech.com and favorite podcast player for Tacos and Tech Podcast. I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder. Fred: I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of SD Founders substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journa...
May 22, 2023•21 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Suman gives an overview of what Personal.ai is [02:45] How did Suman get into the tech industry? [03:25] Suman talks about why he decided to continue his education in the U.S. and how it helped him in building a company [04:41] Suman shares the original concept for Aira versus what changed and what it is today [07:34] Suman shares the technical and business aspect of building Personal.ai [10:33] What are some things that Suman learned fro...
May 19, 2023•32 min
Neal: Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. Every Friday at 12:30pm Pacific on Clubhouse and now we record them for you to enjoy as well. Find these episodes on Freshbrewedtech.com and favorite podcast player for Tacos and Tech Podcast I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder. Fred: I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of SD Founders substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal...
May 15, 2023•13 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Valerie gives an overview of what San Diego NFT Friends is [02:35] Valerie talks about Red Rug Edutainment and what they do [03:05] How did Valerie get into the tech industry? [04:00] In what ways did winning an NFT from Gary Vaynerchuk help Valerie? [06:04] Valerie talks about when why she started doing her meetups [07:11] Valerie shares the background of the people that go to her meetups, and their engagement in the community [10:33] Di...
May 09, 2023•28 min
Neal: Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. Every Friday at 12:30pm Pacific on Clubhouse and now we record them for you to enjoy as well. Find these episodes on Freshbrewedtech.com and favorite podcast player for Tacos and Tech Podcast I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder. Fred: I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of SD Founders substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal...
May 08, 2023•26 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. John shares his focus within the Hospitality Network and Blueprint RF at Cox [02:29] How did John get into the tech industry? [03:38] John talks about converting buildings to ethernet in terms of age and why they differ [07:12] John shares how much more load there is on both the consumer and backend side of the systems and how it affects the infrastructures [09:13] How do new customer demands today affect the load on the system? [10:59] J...
Apr 27, 2023•31 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Eric gives an overview of what Haiku is [02:29] How did Eric end up in the cybersecurity and tech industry? [04:26] Eric talks about his working experience in Sentek [08:13] Eric shares how he got started with Haiku, including building his team [10:24] What were some of the things Eric learned from building a past company to know the right customers for Haiku? [14:45] Eric talks about the accessibility of getting a job and alternative car...
Apr 21, 2023•34 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Nelli gives an overview of what Tablecloth is [02:34] How did Nelli get started in the industry? [03:27] Kelly shares his background and how he got started in the industry [05:02] Nelli talks about the history of tech for capital markets and what’s changed [07:14] Nelli explains what impact investing and ESG means and how they differ [09:38] Kelly talks about the use of BI tools and how they integrate them with their business [11:27] Nell...
Apr 12, 2023•33 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Dan Engel gives an overview of what Santa Barbara Venture Partners is [02:50] Dan Engel talks about his background and what the tech community was like in Santa Barbara [05:19] What’s the tech and investment education like in Santa Barbara? [07:46] When did the tech community come up on Dan Hedden’s radar? What made him want to become part of it? [08:33] What made Dan Engel decide to become a full-time investor? [10:17] What attracted Dan...
Mar 29, 2023•31 min
3/21/23: SD Companies Making Acquisitions Trust & Will Aptera MaxLinear ResMed ClickUp Cloudbeds - whistle Future stories SVB Fabric8 Labs JMI new fund 11 of $2.4B Latest FBT newsletter...
Mar 22, 2023•30 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Jill gives an overview of what Audacity Health is [02:33] How did Jill end up in the branding and marketing space? [03:52] Jill talks about the advantage of having a PhD and marketing skill sets [05:46] Jill shares the benefits of having a background in both science and marketing in her line of work [08:41] Jill talks about the history of Audacity Health and how it changed over time [09:39] What are the storytelling and communicating tool...
Mar 20, 2023•22 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Lucien gives an overview of what Charbon Plus is [02:06] Lucien talks about his background and growing up around entrepreneurs [03:31] How did Lucien end up in the US? [05:49] Lucien shares his student life and getting involved in the startup community [07:19] Why did Lucien decide to create a skincare brand? [08:34] Lucien shares how he started his business, including finding the right formula for their product and selling it online [09:...
Mar 14, 2023•24 min
Listen on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Jenna shares where her background and where she was originally from [02:49] Jenna talks about her work experience in DocuSign [05:34] At what point did the idea for Uqora start to come through for Jenna? [06:50] Jenna explains why once you get UTI you’re more likely to get another one, especially in women [09:17] How many tests did Jenna and her team take on their medicine before landing something that looked like a product? [11:04] How d...
Mar 09, 2023•46 min
