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...

By Andrea Siedsma Editor’s note: This content was originally created by our team for Innovate78. In 2016, two entrepreneurs in the Netherlands - Maurits van de Ven and Tony Martens - came up with a solution to help address the world’s hunger problems via the production of the aquatic...

By Andrea Siedsma Kristin Carroll launched her 20-year-plus career in New York City first at a big ad agency and then at the Partnership for a Drug Free America, a non-profit that worked with ad agencies to create social impact marketing campaigns. For her, New York was incredibly vibrant and...

Editor's Note: This article was originally posted on the City of Carlsbad's Life in Action blog.  By Stella Zimmerman Guest Writer The economic impact of San Diego County’s sports and active lifestyle industry was valued at $6.3 billion in 2017. Carlsbad has long been considered a key...

Welcome to Brand Brew, original paid content created by Fresh Brewed Tech that showcases San Diego’s vibrant tech companies. By Emmet Pierce Guest Writer The Greendoor property technology platform simplifies the home-buying process by matching buyers with dwellings that require mortgage...

By Veronica Mitchell In 2007, Roslyn Rawlins was busy moving up in her healthcare management career and raising her family in San Diego when her 12-year-old daughter, Ryan, had her first tonic-clonic seizure. Rawlins was terrified. She knew this was going to turn their world upside down, and it...

By Carter Crockett, Ph.D. Guest Writer I am pleased to feature one of the first social enterprises in San Diego, GOODONYA, and its founder, Kris Buchanan. Buchanan was an elite athlete and member of the US Field Hockey team for more than a decade. Once she stopped exercising at extreme...

By Andrea Siedsma When San Diego-based online race registration sensation Active Network was sold in 2013 to Vista Equity Partners for $1.05 billion, many of the company’s local execs and employees chose to stay in San Diego instead of relocating to the new headquarters in Dallas. So, naturally,...

By Andrea Siedsma This article was originally posted as part of a startup spotlight on the Innovate78 blog. A few years ago, entrepreneur Michael Smallwood became frustrated with all the plastic cards in his physical wallet. “Cards get lost, they’re hard to manage, or you’re stuck with...

By Sandy Athniel & Fred Grier Year Founded: 2013 Players: Matt Ellis Headcount: About 60 team members Funds raised: $30 million In this first-ever collaboration between the AzTech and TritonTech series, we chatted with Measurabl founder & CEO Matt Ellis, an alumnus of both...