By Andrea Siedsma Entrepreneur Matt Ehrlichman founded his first company, All Star Camps, as a freshman at Shorecrest High School in Seattle.  “In the first summer, it was a small multi-sports camp for my brother (who is 10 years younger than me). It went well and I expanded it quickly from...

By Andrea Siedsma Ok, so we could probably keep this Active.com mafia series going for much longer, but we won’t. Since the online race registration pioneer was sold to Vista Equity Partners and relocated to Dallas, Texas in 2013 for $1.05 billion, dozens of Active alumni chose to stay in San...

By Fred Grier Meet Shiv Shukla, a UC San Diego clinical researcher-turned-entrepreneur who aims to disrupt the chronic pain epidemic through his MedTech startup.  The start of his journey began at the grassroots level, working as a clinical researcher at the VA San Diego Healthcare System,...

By Andrea SiedsmaLog Out It’s no surprise that Active.com spawned dozens of entrepreneurs and companies, many of whom are still pushing the technology and innovation envelope. Many of these entrepreneurs have been a boon to the San Diego tech and startup ecosystem and beyond. Take, for...

By Fred Grier  Startup accelerators have become a prominent feature in the tech landscape in recent years, with more and more programs popping up every year. They play an important role in the startup ecosystem, fostering innovation and industry disruptors. San Diego offers a wide variety of...

By Andrea Siedsma San Diego was a hotbed of tech startup activity back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with many young entrepreneurs making a name for themselves and their companies while also surviving the infamous dot-com bubble.  One of those hot companies was Active Network, which...

By Andrea Siedsma Welcome to Home Brew, original content created by Fresh Brewed Tech that showcases the cool and creative spaces that San Diego's innovative companies call home. This is where the magic happens.  Newspapers have long had a great impact in recording the history of our...

By Andrea Siedsma Editor’s Note: In celebration of San Diego Beer Week, we are spotlighting one of the region’s many cool craft breweries, Wavelength Brewing in Vista, which is known as the center of “Hops Highway.”  This content was originally created by our team for the City of...

By Kyle Thomas Guest Writer So you're a kid in school and your teacher asks, "Who wants to build robots, fly drones and create self-driving cars?” Are you kidding…who could say no to that?! What these kids may not realize, however, is that after you build robots, assemble drones and...

By Andrea Siedsma Editor’s Note: This content was originally created by our team for Innovate78. During his senior year of college at  California Baptist University, San Diego native Mike Glanz had two jobs. On the weekends, he loaded and unloaded moving trucks with his college roommate...