By Fred Grier Meet Darren Charrier, 22-year-old UC San Diego Triton, co-founder, and CEO of Voyager Space Technologies, which is building artificially intelligent software tools to expedite the design process of satellites by allowing engineers to create and collaborate in real time, all in one...

By Jill Felska It’s no secret that San Diego is home to some incredible companies, but how much do you really know about each of them?  Welcome to our new "Life At" column - brought to you by Fresh Brewed Tech and Want To Work There - where local employees give us a peek inside the businesses...

By Andrea Siedsma There’s no argument that MP3.com built a culture and model that would ultimately impact generations of music lovers. The pioneering company brought online music to the masses by gathering the largest collection of digital music and introducing it to millions of consumers. Led...

By Neal Bloom Over the last couple of years, we have seen a growth of tech companies opening satellite offices in San Diego, including Amazon and Walmart Labs. This brings more strong talent and expertise to the region. And we all know, once you come to San Diego, you don’t leave. San Diego...

By Andrea Siedsma Tom Walpole got swept into the MP3.com mania the first week of August 1999, just after the digital music pioneer’s highly successful IPO. The environment at MP3.com was electric and a huge infusion of cash had produced a hiring frenzy. Walpole joined MP3.com as a 23-year-old...

By Neal Bloom Going through an accelerator for mentorship and funding is an important piece of the startup ecosystem, including capital, exits, funding, and talent. We have recently seen the birth of a few new San Diego-based accelerators. And for definition's sake, we talk about...

By Sydney Schmall Sometimes you never know how the creation of your passion project can shape an entire industry, but that's just what happened with San Diego-based ecoATM. Founded in 2008, ecoATM is a great example of how merging big data and big biology can create a very powerful outcome....

By Andrea Siedsma One thing MP3.com was really good at was attracting top-tier talent from around the country and across different industries, from music/entertainment gurus in LA to tech players in Silicon Valley. One of them was Derrick Oien, who had deep roots in the entertainment industry...

Each year, San Diego Startup Week provides a hub for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and creatives to gather and discuss the future of the local startup scene. This year, panelists Andy White, Brant Cooper, Silvia Mah, Briana Weisinger, Autumn Moody, and Neal Bloom came together to discuss the...

By Andrea Siedsma, Fresh Brewed Tech contributing writer When Billy Idol first walked into MP3.com’s San Diego offices, his first words were, “Fuck the record labels!” It’s a day that MP3.com executive Greg Flores remembers well. “A lot of people were interested in what we were...