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Fresh Brewed Tech Live: April 30th Marketing Night Sep 16, 2022

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Following the success with our very first Marketing Night, we recently held our second in-person Marketing Night event on August 30th, featuring impressive panelists who shared helpful career wisdom. Check out more details from our blog post here!

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Helping Black Communities Through Tech and Connections With Elizabeth Cotton-Harps of Black Tech Link Sep 13, 2022

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Elizabeth gives an overview of what Black Tech Link is [02:25]
How did Elizabeth get into the tech industry? [04:38]
Elizabeth shares what it was like working at the California Science Center [08:43]
How did Elizabeth start her own organization? [11:57]
Elizabeth shares what she learned from joining blacks in techs and working with other people [15:30]
Elizabeth talks about what she's been doing during the pandemic, including hosting events [18:30]
How can people support Black Tech Link? [24:38]
Elizabeth shares why she thinks there needs to be more support in building more programs [26:17]
Elizabeth shares her favorite taco spot, El Serrano’s [31:27]

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Black Tech Link

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The Right Pricing For Your Customers with Marcos Rivera of Pricing/IO Sep 06, 2022

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Marcos gives an overview of what Pricing I/O is [02:41]
When did Marcos move to San Diego? [03:33]
How did Marcos end up in the tech and pricing industry? [05:16]
Marcos talks about a campaign they did to collect data from companies Marcos shares the observation and trends he noticed from companies [06:36]
[07:49]
When did Marcos know he wanted to start a consultancy? [09:52]
What was Marcos' entrepreneurial first step? [11:23]
Marcos shares why he decided to write a book and how long it took him to finish it [12:53]
Marcos shares what his book is all about and some key points from it [13:54]
How does Marcos look at stages regarding companies from a trajectory standpoint? [15:51]
Marcos shares what he tells people to do to their companies today pricing-wise based on the current trends and patterns he's seeing [17:56]
Marcos talks about the importance of communication and transparency around pricing [21:20]
Marcos shares his favorite taco spot, Puesto [24:09]

Resources:

Book - Street Pricing by Marcos Rivera

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Pricing I/O

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Building the Finest Software Engineering Teams With Maritza Diaz of ITJuana Aug 30, 2022

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Maritza gives an overview of what ITJuana is [03:02]
Maritza talks about the earlier perception of Tijuana, and the successful experiment they did of hiring engineers in Tijuana. [04:31]
Maritza shares her objective in life and why ITJuana veer from traditional outsourcing [07:05]
Maritza talks about the transformation that happened to their company when the pandemic happened, and the tech talents from Latin America [09:57]
Maritza shares how ITJuana has been focusing and investing time and effort in talent development [11:52]
What does Maritza perceive as the local tech community now? [14:46]
Maritza shares the opportunities that have opened for talents in Tijuana and her goal of Tijuana becoming the "BioMed tech valley" of the world[16:31]
Maritza gives advice to people who are thinking about building a startup or investing in a company like ITJuana [18:00]
Maritza shares some tips and tricks she learned to grow her business [19:01]
Maritza talks about the manufacturing in Tijuana [21:43]
Maritza shares her favorite taco spots, Taco Nazo, Telefonica, and Valle de Guadalupe [24:18]

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ITJuana

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This Week in San Diego Tech News – August 19, 2022 Aug 24, 2022

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For August 19, 2022:

1. FBI Issues warning over cyber threats

2. Veriteque awarded Walmart open call deal

3. PSYONIC brings advanced bionics to SD

Check out our recent newsletter to be updated about upcoming events: Latest events calendar

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Helping Businesses Reach Their Full Potential With Marty Beard of alwaysAI & Steven Longley of Longley Capital Aug 23, 2022

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Marty gives an overview of Always AI [02:18]
How did Marty end up in the tech industry? [03:53]
Marty talks about what it was like working for Blackberry and being in the telecom space [05:38]
Marty shares how he turned his idea for alwaysAI into reality[06:43]
When did Steven and Marty meet? [07:39]
Steven talks about what Longley Capital does and what drew them to alwaysAI [09:52]
Marty shares the trends he's been observing and why San Diego is a great location for alwaysAI [12:12]
What are the feedbacks they have gotten from their users and community? [14:39]
Marty explains the earliest stage of a startup that comes into the free model and how they grow alongside [15:50]
Steven and Marty share some actual use cases they were surprised to see [16:52]
Marty and Steven share their favorite tacos spots, Las Olas and El Pescador [19:15]

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Always AI

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Longley Capital

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This Week in San Diego Tech News – July 29, 2022 Aug 22, 2022

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1. Apple expands SD footprint with new 67-acre campus in Rancho Bernardo

2. Brius Technologies wants to give you the perfect smile

3. Persephone Biosciences, startup focused on microbiome-based therapeutics lands $15M in seed funding

4. Nuvee and SDGE power Cajon Valley Schools buses and they power back at night

5. Cari Health is battling the opioid crisis through its wearable device

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Providing Safer Skies With Grant Jordan of Skysafe Aug 16, 2022

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Grant gives an overview of what SkySafe is [02:24]
How did Grant end up in the tech world and the defense route? [03:24]
Grant shares how he got into the drone space—from being in the military to building a company [05:30]
Grant talks about drones and how their use has evolved over the years [07:08]
Grant shares how large autonomous flying planes and UAVs or UAS fit into aviation and mobility in the long term [09:47]
How did Grant turn his business idea for SkySafe into reality? [13:04]
Grant shares how SkySafe is doing and where it’s going [16:10]
Grant talks about how they integrate their platform into their clients’ structure and security operations [21:18]
Can SkySafe track drones in places they shouldn't be worldwide? [22:44]
Grant talks about the future of drones and SkySafe’s long-term goals [25:06]
Grant shares what he thinks the ecosystem is like in terms of building tech in San Diego [26:39]
Grant shares his favorite taco spots, El Cuervo and Vallarta [27:29]

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SkySafe

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Eating Disorder Treatment Made More Accessible With Erin Parks of Equip Aug 09, 2022

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Erin gives an overview of what Equip is [02:34]
How did Erin end up in the telehealth tech space? [03:26]
Erin talks about eating disorders and shortage in eating disorders providers [09:21]
How did Erin and Kristina started their business and partnered with tech teams to build and scale it? [10:51]
Erin shares the trends and differences she has observed from seeing clients and patients in person versus remotely [13:22]
Erin shares why they decided to have a fully remote team even before pre-COVID [16:28]
Erin talks about how Equip is doing now and its long-term goals [18:00]
Erin shares her favorite taco spot, Las Olas [22:28]

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Equip

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Building Networks of Innovators to Solve National Security Problems With Jesse Gripe of NSIN Aug 02, 2022

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Jesse gives an overview of what NSIN is [02:49]
Jesse talks about his career path and how he got into national security and defense tech space [04:50]
Jesse shares what he’s learned from having a great military presence and its relationship with innovators in San Diego [09:57]
What does investment mean from the DoD perspective? [13:50]
Jesse shares NSIN’s founding story [15:34]
How can people with startup ideas or working on their startup ideas connect and work with NSIN? [19:24]
Jesse talks about DoD and the breadth of technology they’re looking for when it comes to business and partnerships [24:02]
Jesse shares the things he’s learning about innovation happening across the world and his region [27:13]
Jesse shares his favorite taco spot, Ponce's [31:40]

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NSIN - National Security Innovation Network

Website | LinkedIn

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