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**Tacos and Tech Podcast**

The Tacos and Tech Podcast highlights the builders of companies, technologies, ecosystems with a local flair for our lifestyle as well.

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Latest Episodes:

Welcome to San Diego Tech Ecosystem July 2023 & This Week in SD Tech News Jul 20, 2023

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Join us as participants intro themselves and ask where they need help from the community.

Join our bi-weekly newsletter for the latest news at https://freshbrewedtech.com/

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Victoria Guido of thoughtbot: Helping Businesses Every Step of the Way Jul 11, 2023

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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 engineering space [07:08]
Victoria shares some use cases, particularly in the need for tech in businesses [08:32]
Victoria shares what other industries she has spent some time in since working at thoughtbot [09:14]
What’s it like for Victoria to work and collaborate with a team remotely? [10:34]
Victoria talks about the San Diego scene and the meetup community [12:36]
Where does Victoria see communities going especially in a way that thoughtbot is looking at engaging developer communities? [15:28]
Victoria shares her favorite taco spot, City Tacos [18:04]

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LinkedIn | Twitter

thoughtbot

Website | LinkedIn

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Infrastructure and Connectivity Tech with Hilliard Sumner of Cox Mobile Jun 27, 2023

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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 after launching Cox Mobile [09:50]
How did launching Cox Mobile help in terms of building a better portfolio and competing with other companies in the space [10:43]
Where does Hilliard see Cox Mobile headed in the next two years? [12:37]
Hilliard shares the customer reception to Cox Mobile and the opportunities he sees from them [14:21]
Hilliard shares his favorite taco spots, Aquí Me Quedo and bartaco [15:46]

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Cox Mobile

Website | LinkedIn

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This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

San Diego Tech News Weekly – June 23rd, 2023 Jun 23, 2023

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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 for two years. I covered the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A.

6/23/23:

Beam global - acquisition
Kate Therapeutics - raises $51m, comes out of stealth
Funding environment update

Events:

AIxBioxSD June event debrief
Evonexus Demo Day June 26
SD Tech Hub Job Fair w/ SD Workforce Development & SD Supplier Diversity June 27
SDx Hackathon - July 15-16

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San Diego Tech News Weekly – June 16th, 2023 Jun 20, 2023

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6/16/23:

CEO change at Illumina
Ex-Qualcomm leaders pick their SPAC candidate
Stadium in Midway - Billionaire Stan Kroenke joins development effort

Events:

Connect Summer Social Debrief
Evonexus Demo Day - June 26
SDxAI Hackathon - July 15-16

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

San Diego Tech News Weekly – June 9th, 2023 Jun 09, 2023

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I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder.

6/09/23:

Mosaic Series C raise
Debut Bio Series B raise

Events:

Startup San Diego AI post-event debrief
Connect Summer Social - June 13
Evonexus Demo Day - June 26

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Masha Petrova of Nullspace: Delivering Advanced Engineering Software Jun 09, 2023

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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 they do [12:24]
Masha talks about the status of IERUS Technologies when she got hired as its CEO, and shares a tip when looking for a job [13:29]
What’s the current status of Nullspace today in terms of commercializing the technology? [15:41]
Masha shares the current state of the market in the industry and the technologies they work on [16:48]
What can the community do to help Nullspace get to where it’s headed in the next one to three years? [21:05]
What does Masha do during her free time? [23:08]
Masha talks about the non-profit, Orange County chapter of Engineers Without Borders [23:32]
Masha shares her favorite taco spot, El Torito [25:18]

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Nullspace

Website | LinkedIn

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This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

Zach Rattner of Yembo: Helping Home Service Companies Use AI Jun 05, 2023

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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 Yembo and the challenges they faced along the way [16:48]
Zach talks about some of the real values of the Yembo AI, getting clients, and getting feedback from customers [19:54]
Zach shares the story behind the giant screen from their trade shows [25:16]
Where is Yembo today? [27:41]
Zach talks about the current product usage of Yembo [28:43]
Zach shares the evolution of tools for AI he’s been seeing today [31:16]
Zach shares his favorite taco spot, Stars & Stripes [33:16]

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Yembo

Website | LinkedIn

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This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

San Diego Tech News Weekly – June 2, 2023 Jun 04, 2023

Show notes

I’m Neal Bloom, entrepreneur, investor, and community builder.

6/02/23:

Measurabl - $93m raise
The TJ Tech Boom
George Hotz’s Tiny Corp $5.1M
Pureboost raises $2.8M

Events:

1st Mondays - 250 tickets as of Thursday
Founders Hike - June 7
Summer Social by Connect - June 17th
EvoNexus Demo Day - June 30th

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Read deep dives into startups in San Diego on SD Founders Substack

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

Kevin Carroll of Tech San Diego: Supporting the San Diego Tech Community May 23, 2023

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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 private sector? [11:49]
What are the things Tech San Diego is currently focusing on? [13:34]
Where does Kevin see Tech San Diego a year from now? [15:47]
Kevin explains why they’re more focused on talents fit for technical jobs [17:08]
Kevin shares how they make transitioning university talent to the private sector easier [18:42]
How can a company looking for talent or students looking for jobs connect with Tech San Diego? [20:06]
Kevin shares his favorite taco spot, a taco place in Escondido [20:55]

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Tech San Diego

Website | LinkedIn

Check out our Tacos and Tech Tacos Database to learn where our local SD entrepreneurs and leaders satisfy their taco crave!

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

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