Happy August. Time continues to warp. Meanwhile, companies have been busy meeting consumer demand or pivoting during the pandemic; keep it up! Data from Q2 of 2020 from Connect, CBRE, and Fresh Brewed Tech shows that fundraising was grooving on all cylinders with over $1 billion raised for San...

Have you missed BloomBites the last few weeks? We are playing around with our format, so please respond and let us know!   In the meantime, we’ve been busy bringing you the latest happenings and voices in our amazing tech ecosystem and beyond. This week, we feature one of my idols who...

As consumers continue to stock their pantries by browsing online during the ongoing pandemic, San Diego tech companies have been building the technology powering today’s digital grocery industry. This is enabling millions of people to live a little easier during Covid-19. At the enterprise level,...

The journey of an entrepreneur can be so wild, which is what we try to highlight on the Tacos & Tech Podcast . Speaking of entrepreneurship, on the heels of NASA/SpaceX’s manned launch to the Space Station, I gave a talk with Caitlin Wege and Tech Coast Angels on large scale liquid rocket...

Hey friends. I really appreciate the responses we’ve gotten for community resources since last week’s email. There are  a lot of ways to get your voice heard about the nation's ongoing pandemic, racial injustices, and inequality. There are organizations being started and technologies being...

This week marks two years since we launched this newsletter. Since the beginning, our goal has always been to provide a voice to San Diego’s tech ecosystem, including entrepreneurs and startups that have flown under the radar. We also shine a light on our region’s tech roots, as well as...

What a weekend - We saw cumulative violence against black Americans by law enforcement inspire important action and unity, and at the same time, we also experienced inspiration from sending two astronauts to space in a historic mission. While on opposite sides of the spectrum, hopefully these...

So today would have been the first day of San Diego Startup Week, so I am officially missing seeing you all, but have no fear, there are great plans for this fall coming together. Listen to this recent podcast for more background and info.  We’re also eagerly awaiting the announcement of this...

Hey friends, While it’s a couple days later, we can never say enough thanks to our mothers, especially during this pandemic, for looking out for us, including the ones on the front lines keeping so many safe. Thank you! Meanwhile, this week on the Tacos & Tech Podcast, Alexa-Rae Navarro...

Hey friends, while March felt like a year, April felt like a week. I hope you are all doing OK. I attempted to go for a run with a mask on this weekend and it did not work out well. I did join a pretty fun virtual beer festival this past weekend where 1,500 San Diegans were shipped 10 local beers...