By Sandy Athniel Year Founded: May 2016 Technology: SaaS for item rentals Players: Andrew Adrian, Alexander Weber, &  Karenina “Nika” Zaballa Headcount: Three full-time employees In early 2016, U.S. Marine veteran Andrew Adrian wanted to go kayaking. So, he searched the...

By Sandy Athniel Year Founded: 2016 Players: Jack Doheny & Jake Solomon Funds Raised: $200,000 and counting During his sophomore year as a mechanical engineering student at San Diego State University (SDSU), Jake Solomon was deep into his studies at the campus library, a place he...

By Sandy Athniel Year Founded: 2013 Technology: Internet marketing agency with plans to build proprietary technology that will help automate manual tasks Dynamic Duo: Gregg & Sam Anderson Headcount: 15 full-time employees In 2010, Gregg and Sam Anderson met for the first time at...

By Sandy Athniel Year Founded: 2017 Technology: Online service making it easy, fast and secure to set up your estate plan Players: Cody Barbo, Brian Lamb & Daniel Goldstein Headcount: 6 employees and 4 contractors, all internal at the company’s Downtown Works office in San...

By Sandy Athniel In early 2015, Luke Sophinos, a student at San Diego State University (SDSU) at the time, decided he wanted to help improve the education system. So, he set out to create a tablet device made solely for academic test-taking. He then evolved his idea to become what is known...

By Sandy Athniel It was Spring 2015 in Florence, Italy, and Teal Cooper was studying abroad when she received a call from her younger brother, Tristan, who was having a late-night study session at his university in Texas. He expressed his struggle to find coffee to keep him awake and that’s...

By Sandy Athniel It all started in 2013 when Braydon Moreno and Coby Kabili were students at San Diego State University, discovering the power of 3D printing. Kabili, an engineering student, needed something to aid in the completion of his senior engineering course developing a 3D-printed...