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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:

Jill Collins of Audacity Health: Providing Digital Solutions With the Human Element Mar 20, 2023

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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 tools and approaches today that Jill recommends? [11:53]
Jill shares how they work with companies in dealing with anti-vaxxers and other misconceptions in science [14:54]
Jill talks about their work setup during the pandemic and how the virtual working environment helped in talent recruitment [16:38]
At what stage do companies usually reach out for help from Audacity Health? [17:53]
Jill shares her favorite taco spots, Taco Surf and The Fish Shop [20:36]

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Audacity Health

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Lucien Eloundou of Charbon Plus: Bridging Skincare Race Gap Mar 14, 2023

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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 [09:56]
Lucien talks about their skin care product and what they do [12:02]
Lucien shares the communities and people that have helped him in launching his business [13:33]
Lucien recalls what it was like to win a pitching competition, go nationals and represent San Diego [15:59]
What is the current state of Charbon Plus? [17:33]
Lucien talks about his future plans and goals for Charbon Plus [19:31]
Lucien shares his favorite taco spot, Don Roman [20:58]

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Charbon Plus

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Jenna Ryan of Uqora: Keeping Your Urinary Tract in Check Mar 09, 2023

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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 did Jenna get started in getting educated to come up with a marketable product? [12:58]
Jenna shares the founding story of Uqora [14:44]
Jenna talks about Uqora’s official launch and how winning a pitch contest helped them in revenue [17:10]
Jenna shares how they got started in developing and rolling out their second product [22:31]
Jenna talks about Uqora’s team, and why community building is important [25:06]
How did COVID contribute to Uqora’s growth curve, and how did they deal with their customers during this time? [27:56]
Jenna shares how they deal with the manufacturing and supply aspects of the business during the pandemic [32:11]
When did selling Uqora come to Jenna’s mind? [33:19]
Jenna shares what the transition was like for her before and after Uqora’s acquisition [37:51]
What does Uqora’s team look like today? [41:49]
Jenna shares her favorite taco spot, Carnitas' Snack Shack [43:08]

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Uqora

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David Rose of SuperSight: The Future of AR Feb 28, 2023

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David gives an overview of what SuperSight is [02:06]
David shares his background and IoT has iterated over time [04:11]
David talks about the direct relevance of consumers wanting to understand their data [06:03]
What is calm computing? [07:00]
David talks about technology-embedded services and why some companies haven’t offered them yet [08:40]
David shares the advantages of having the AR tools we have today for companies [09:46]
How do you bring more people into the AR or metaverse environment? [12:02]
David explains what Google navigation AR experience is [13:51]
Where is David guiding and advising people to focus on when it comes to investing for their own company [17:53]
David shares how AR is going to play a part in travel interactions and why he’s excited about companies focusing on how to specialize in critiquing a product. [19:28]
What are digital twins and their special features? [21:47]
Where is the conversation of the human aspect of the AR meta piece right now? [24:26]
David shares the kind of people he enjoys working with and why [28:34]
David shares his favorite taco spot, Boloco [29:48]

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SuperSight

Website

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Paige Finn Doherty of Behind Genius Ventures: Bringing People Together Through Investments Feb 22, 2023

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Paige gives an overview of what Behind Genius Ventures is [03:08]
Paige talks about what her life was like at SDSU, and how she figured out what she really wants to do career-wise [05:08]
Paige shares her work experience and the things she learned, getting rejected by firms, and dealing with the pandemic [07:13]
When did Paige actually write your first check as an investor? [10:47]
How did Paige get started with her own investment firm? What was it like raising money for a venture fund? [13:26]
Paige talks about the posts she wrote to help people who are going down a similar path as she is, including an FAQ doc and an essential guide to cold outreach [16:53]
Paige shares what it was like to write a book and self-publishing it [18:50]
Paige talks about growing up with an artist mom and a mechanical engineer dad, how she likes to blend engineering and art, and how she applies that in her work today [21:59]
Paige talks about her love for investing and growing BGV [26:25]
Paige shares her favorite taco spot, Oscars [27:04]

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Behind Genius Ventures

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San Diego Tech News Weekly – February 17, 2023 Feb 19, 2023

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Andrew Vassiliadis of San Diego Loyal SC: A Soccer Team That’s for the Culture Feb 16, 2023

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Andrew gives an overview of what San Diego Loyal SC is [02:56]
Andrew shares his background and how his professional career started [03:43]
Andrew chronicles the timeline of putting together the San Diego Loyal team [09:17]
Andrew talks about what it was like to launch the San Diego Loyal team during the pandemic, and what he has learned during the process [11:10]
Andrew talks about the great four pillars, and how having a structure helped in forming a community in San Diego [13:28]
What has it been like for USL since last season? [16:00]
Andrew explains what the 1886 initiative is about [17:36]
Andrew shares what he’s excited about for USL and San Diego Loyal, and why we need to refrain from using the term “minor league” [19:29]
How big is the soccer community in San Diego? [22:06]
Andrew talks about the soccer community across the border and how they bring the communities together [24:15]
How does Andrew look at the big picture when it comes to building and helping USL grow? [26:47]
How does tech play a part in the soccer industry? [28:26]
Andrew shares his favorite taco spot, Ortiz's Taco Shop [32:51]

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San Diego Loyal SC

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Kymberlee Weil of Storytelling School: Changing People’s Lives One Story at a Time Feb 07, 2023

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Kymberlee gives an overview of what she does as a speaking strategist [03:00]
How did Kymberlee get started in public speaking? [03:35]
Kymberlee shares how TED talks have changed people’s lives [09:54]
Kymberlee talks about the tech company she started [11:52]
Kymberlee shares how storytelling can help in making connections and building trust [15:44]
How did Kymberlee master being a good coach? [19:39]
What do coaching and Kymberlee’s day-to-day look like? [22:02]
Kymberlee shares what she’s currently working on and her future plans [24:04]
Kymberlee talks about one of her mantras and her annual live event [27:04]
Kymberlee shares her favorite taco spot, Teddy's By the Sea [29:04]

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Storytelling School

Website | LinkedIn

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Dominic Holt of Harpoon: Deploying Software the Easier Way Jan 31, 2023

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Dominic gives an overview of what harpoon is [02:26]
How did Dominic get started in software engineering? [03:55]
Dominic shares advice for people, particularly those in the software industry, who want to start a business today [09:34]
How and when did Dominic realize that he can make his business idea a reality [12:45]
When did Dominic start testing his idea? What were his first trials like? [14:47]
Dominic talks about finding the right people or businesses to market your product, and who harpoon is solving problems for [16:54]
Did Dominic get outside funding or is harpoon self-funded? [20:50]
Dominic talks about their product, its function, features they're planning to add, and more [22:20]
Where does Dominic see harpoon in a year? [24:48]
Dominic shares his favorite taco spots, Tacos El Gordo and Oscars Mexican Seafood [27:53]

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harpoon

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Andrea Giralt of Vessel: Improving Health and Wellness With Accurate Data Jan 26, 2023

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Andrea gives an overview of what Vessel is [02:21]
Andrea shares her background and how she ended up in the industry [02:59]
What was it like for Andrea to move from Spain to San Diego? [06:37]
Andrea talks about the convergence of different technologies and its relation to what Vessel does [09:54]
Andrea shares her thoughts on the long-term change that people are doing based on consistent data, and Vessel’s role in this [14:40]
How does Vessel collect data into the app? [18:20]
Andrea shares Vessel’s future plans and where they’re headed [20:17]
Andrea talks about the manufacturing side of the business and where it’s going [23:29]
Andrea shares her favorite taco spot, Blue Water Seafood Market & Grill [24:34]

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Vessel

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