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...

By FBT Staff Enterprise Radio recently interviewed Fresh Brewed Tech Founder Neal Bloom about his efforts to foster an entrepreneur-focused community that helps entrepreneurs and companies grow and succeed in San Diego. During this engaging podcast, Bloom takes a deep dive into what it takes...

By Carter Crockett, Ph.D. Guest Writer Any entrepreneurial ecosystem requires a place for people to gather, share ideas, and physically engage with generous advisors and like-minded colleagues. As such, event spaces and co-working environments have an important role to play. San Diego is...

By Neal Bloom Q3 is in the books folks. Close out that Salesforce report and ship it. These past three months saw a good mix of fundings, acquisitions, new companies moving to town, and a new venture fund announcement. While the macro-tech headlines were focused on the effects of AB5 on W2 vs....

By Andrea Siedsma Today, online race registration is a routine part of life.  However, 20 years ago it was a true “blue ocean” strategy, said San Diego executive Tim Scott. “Technically, it wasn't difficult, but it made things wildly more convenient for millions of people,” he said....

By Andrea Siedsma Editor’s Note: This content was originally created by our team for the City of Vista.  In 2013, a chance meeting between Whit Rigali and Samuel Chereskin in a North County bar would forever change their career paths, one that would lead to them to running a pioneering...