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Developing Accessible and Cost-Effective Immuno-Oncology Solutions With Gregory Frost of EXUMA Biotechnology Jan 17, 2023

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Greg gives an overview of what EXUMA Biotechnology is [02:16]
How did Greg get into the biotech industry? [04:26]
How did Greg end up in San Diego? [05:18]
Greg shares what the biotech community in San Diego was like before [06:29]
Greg talks about recycling nature and where that mentality of his comes from [08:16]
Greg talks about his first company, Halozyme and working on making recombinant enzymes [09:18]
When did Greg realize he wants to do another company? How did he get started? [11:17]
Greg talks about CAR-T and where EXUMA is headed [16:50]
What’s the current state of the FDA for a company like EXUMA? [23:20]
Greg shares what people should be looking for from the community and what he’s excited about [24:36]
Greg shares his favorite taco spots, Roberto’s Taco and Baja [27:59]

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Fresh Brewed Tech Live: August 30th Marketing Night Jan 10, 2023

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Fresh Brewed Tech Live: September 27th Dev & Data Night Jan 10, 2023

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Providing Fresh and Quality Seafood Sustainably With Lauran Madden of BlueNalu Jan 10, 2023

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Lauran gives an overview of what BlueNalu is [02:31]
How did Lauran get started in the cell-based protein field? [03:22]
Lauran shares why she moved to San Diego [05:18]
Lauran talks about the industry, what has changed since she joined BlueNalu, and what they’re doing with the technology [08:08]
Lauran shares what their process is like, including a scale-up procedure [09:33]
Lauren talks about the importance of product quality and product safety in their business [10:53]
What does the future development look like for BlueNalu? Where are they currently and what are their future plans? [12:17]
Lauran shares the possible hurdles they might encounter, including vulnerable supply chain and global warming [13:34]
Lauran talks about where she spends the majority of her time as CTO, including developing technology and helping their marketing and PR teams [15:57]
Lauran shares the type of companies she connects with as the CTO and what they usually talk about [17:29]
Lauran shares her favorite taco spots, Senor Taco and Puesto [19:06]

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Quality Service for Irrigation Management With A.J. van de Ven of Calsense Jan 05, 2023

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A.J. gives an overview of what Calsense is [02:42]
A.J. shares his background, where he came from originally, and how he got into Calsense [04:11]
A.J. talks about how technology has advanced since he started working, and how it helped Calsense in protecting water [11:08]
Have cities been able to change up landscaping to change up their water needs today? [15:25]
With the hybrid aspect of work changing corporate campuses, A.J. shares his observations in terms of landscape as well as the mentality around where people work and play [19:34]
What’s Calsense’s work model and experience like since the pandemic happened? [21:26]
A.J. shares the things that he makes sure he’s paying attention to as Calsense’s CEO [23:42]
Does A.J. think there’s a clean tech or agtech density of companies in San Diego? [28:13]
A.J. shares his favorite taco spots, Fidel's Little Mexico and Aga Su Taco [30:19]

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Owning and Controlling Your Data With Madison Majeed and Haydar Majeed of Privatyze Dec 22, 2022

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Madison gives an overview of what Privatyze is [02:38]
Haydar shares his background and how he got into the tech industry [03:50]
Madison shares her entrepreneurial background and how she got started [04:39]
Haydar shares how got hired to work for the U.S. military [05:25]
How did Madison and Haydar decide on the company they were going to co-found together and what was it like? [06:48]
Haydar shares the changes they’ve seen when it comes to technology and their business from when they started to today [08:51]
Madison talks about her connection to Launch Factory and how she got to know them [11:44]
Haydar talks about Privatyze being a customer-focused startup, their mission, and how customer feedback helped them plan strategically over the next few years [13:24]
Madison shares where the Privatyze platform is today[15:36]
Haydar talks about Web3 and its functions and what they're currently creating to address today's needs in data ownership [16:44]
Where is Privatyzed headed a year from now? [19:19]
Haydar shares what excites him about cybersecurity [20:10]
Madison talks about NFT in terms of its technical aspects to community and permissions and where that breakthrough is going to come through with Privatyze [24:16]
Madison and Haydar’s favorite taco spot, Serrano's Street Tacos [26:22]

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Connecting People With Quality Services and Technology With Tony Krueck of Cox Communications Dec 06, 2022

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Tony gives an overview of what Cox Communications is [02:28]
How did Tony end up in the telecom industry? [03:15]
Tony shares what made him want to get into engineering [06:16]
Tony shares whether he knew it was going to be a long-term communication strategy for him when he was working on satellites while he was in the military [08:02]
Tony talks about the early days of Cox Mobile and how telecom decides when it comes to infrastructure investment [12:30]
When did Cox realize they should be looking at things from a product perspective? [16:39]
Tony shares the internal development that turned into Cox Mobile and what had to go into it from a product development standpoint [19:35]
What was it like for Tony’s team to reenter Cox into the mobile space product development-wise? How did they turn that into a consumer product? [21:20]
Tony talks about the Cox Mobile launch and its timeframe now [25:48]
Tony shares what’s happening behind the scenes now that they’re in launch mode, and where they’re iterating product and the development team right now [28:53]
Tony’s favorite burrito and taco spots, Fajitas and Watersound Beach Club [30:43]

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Innovative and Meaningful Medicines With Sanjay Shukla of aTyr Pharma Nov 29, 2022

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Sanjay gives an overview of what aTyr is [02:44]
How did Sanjay end up in the pharma and biotech industry? [04:11]
What brought Sanjay to San Diego? [06:26]
Sanjay talks about what aTry is currently working on right now, including trials [08:02]
Sanjay shares the technologies that have changed over the years and why they couldn’t have been done 20-plus years ago [10:16]
Sanjay talks about running a biotech company today, if you should also run it like a software tech company, and whether it’s unique in San Diego [13:54]
Sanjay talks about the flip side of data, including building good cloud trial classes with data in mind [16:52]
Sanjay shares the difference between running a public versus private company, and the importance of being honest with patients instead of overselling things [19:44]
Sanjay shares his favorite taco spot, El Viejon [24:16]

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Revolutionizing the Way People Experience Cancer Treatment With Kate Dilligan of Cooler Heads Nov 22, 2022

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Kate gives an overview of what Cooler Heads Care is [02:44]
Kate shares her background and the story that led her to build a company [03:40]
What brought Kate to San Diego? What was it like for her to be diagnosed in 2016? [05:48]
At what point did Kate realize there needs to be some changes in terms of getting cancer treatments? [09:16]
Kate talks about what it was like during the early stages of Cooler Heads and the power of networking [13:34]
Kate shares how attending programs and doing pitches has helped her in building a successful business [15:53]
Kate shares how Cooler Heads and their product iterated from then to now based on what they’re going to market with [17:45]
Kate talks about the things she’s learning from the patients [22:44]
Where is Cooler Heads headed and what is the bigger ecosystem that they’re building out? [23:56]
Kate shares some of Cooler Heads’ milestones [25:17]
Kate speaks about the advantage of running a business in San Diego and being surrounded by companies that matter or is making a change [26:48]
Kate shares her favorite taco spot, Benny's Tacos [27:43]

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Clean Energy Drink For That Instant Boost With Sean Ross of Pureboost Nov 16, 2022

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Anthony gives an overview of what Pureboost is [02:46]
How did Anthony get into the space of building products? [04:34]
What pushed Sean to start a business and how did he and his partners come up with Pureboost? [07:03]
Anthony talks about how important it has been for him and his career to be surrounded by other entrepreneurs [11:16]
Anthony shares the pros of having partners in different networking groups [15:28]
Anthony talks about how the crowdfunding for their brand is doing [17:55]
Anthony shares where they will allocate the funds they’re raising for pureboost [18:56]
What does Pureboost’s workspace look like in terms of bringing the team together? [20:51]
Sean speaks about the ecosystem for wellness in the CPG industry in San Diego [22:09]
Sean shares his favorite taco spot, Filiberto's Mexican Food [24:33]

Resources:

wefunder.com/pureboost

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Pureboost

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