By Fred Grier
Meet Debbie Chen, an imaging data scientist-turned-entrepreneur who is developing a personalized hydration monitor for athletes to reach and maintain peak performance.
Through her thesis work, Chen spotted a unique opportunity to extend beyond academia and move closer to making...
By Carter Crockett, Ph.D.
Guest Writer
In any entrepreneurial ecosystem, local colleges and universities have an important role to play. On campus, these institutions provide pitch competitions to inspire future founders. They also offer a source of young talent and event space for the larger...
By Andrea Siedsma
In a 1999 Forbes article, young San Diego entrepreneur and athlete Mitch Thrower compared founding an Internet startup to competing in the Ironman. “First, you are swimming, surrounded by thousands of other dreamers elbowing to get funded. Then, on your bike, you pedal as...
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 Andrea Siedsma
As tech executive and entrepreneur Jon Belmonte recalls, back in the late 1990s, if you could move a real world community of like-minded people onto the web, you had yourself an internet company. And if you could get those people to execute transactions online, you might...
By Fred Grier
Meet Andy Kieatiwong, UC San Diego alumni and CEO of Additive Rocket Corporation (ARC), which plans to reinvent the modern-day rocket engine utilizing 3D metal printing. ARC aims to produce low-cost rocket engines, creating more accessible space exploration for both the public and...
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 Andrea Siedsma
Fresh Brewed Tech has teamed with the Direct Cannabis Network (DCN) to spotlight San Diego's growing cannabis industry. Through this series, we will explore local tech and science companies on the leading edge of cannabis, from software tools to manufacturing, digital...
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 Fred Grier
Imagine a virtual world where users can experiment, design, collaborate, and learn at the nanoscale. This virtual open access to science and technology would accelerate the scientific breakthroughs of the future.
Meet Steven McCloskey, a University of California San Diego...
