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• 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 talks about his current involvement such as preclinical testing and preparing for clinical trials [15:05]

• Davey explains why COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses will continue to be a threat, and why new treatments are necessary [16:43]

• Davey emphasizes the need for investing in the science and research to improve next-generation drugs [00:18:55]

• Davey shares how AI is changing the way drug development is being approached today [20:01]

• On the FDA's flexibility and alignment with Model Medicines' plans for testing and development [20:48]

• Davey talks about future plans for Model Medicines, his plans on launching a clinical trial for respiratory viruses, and basket trial [00:22:23]

• Davey shares his take on the technology communities and collaborative and problem-focused culture of San Diego [23:40]

• Davey shares his favorite taco spot on Washington Street, El Cuervo [00:27:05]

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• 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 [12:02]

• Chrissy talks about Second Front Systems’ technology and where it's affecting the world today [13:33]

• What’s DevSecOps? [15:34]

• Chrissy talks about their Game Warden platform and their next Game Warden product [16:44]

• How does a public benefit organization like Second Front Systems impact the community that they’re staying in? [18:48]

• Chrissy explains what a SkillBridge program is [19:53]

• Chrissy shares what it’s like being a fully remote company and how they utilize the virtual space platform, Gather.town [23:14]

• Chrissy shares her favorite taco spot, Velvet Taco [27:28]

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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.

7/28/23:

AI news:

• Tech companies adding in GPT - Travato, SOCi
• AIxBio event debrief with PersonalAI presentation

ECommerce:

• Sunday Golf
• Sendlane - E-commerce Commerce Roundtable Event in September 18
• Steerpoint Capital acquired Escondido Mall to make it an entrepreneur-friendly mall

CoWorking:

• VentureX CoWorking opened in Scripps Ranch
• Mission CoWorking opened in Mission Valley

Events:

• Welcome to SD Virtual event - August 1
• SD Founders Hike - August 2
• 1st Mondays - August 7 AI panel
• AgTech Gathering - August 17
• Top Tech SD - September 13
• Innovation Day - September 14
• Green.org San Diego Summit - September 16 - Use code Tacos25 for a discount
• Sendlane Commerce Roundtable - September 18
• San Diego Startup Week - Oct 23-27

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.

7/24/23:

• Q2 VC Funding Report 

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  DTx Pharma acquisition and impact for local community

   

Events:

• SDx Hackathon event review

   

• SD Founders Hike August 2

   

• 1st Mondays with Startup SD August 7

   

• AgTech Gathering August 17

   

• Connect Innovation Day Sept 14

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• 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 two successful companies already? [20:33]

• Jon talks about venture and bootstrapping and why he prefers the former [25:14]

• Jon shares his thoughts on going hardware versus software  [27:15]

• Jon talks about the founding story of Vessel [29:04]

• Jon shares how they decide what products or services to add for Vessel, and lessons he learned along the way [33:57]

• Jon talks about their recently launched 2.0, new tests, and Vessel Flex [36:11]

• What are Vessel’s future plans? [38:40]

• Jon shares his favorite taco spots, Barrio Star, Cocina De Barrio, El Agave, and King and Queen Cantina [40:45]

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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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• 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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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

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 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.

6/16/23:

• 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