Tech Ecosystem
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It’s no surprise that Active.com spawned dozens of entrepreneurs and companies, many of whom are still pushing the...
Tech Ecosystem
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...
Tech Ecosystem
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...
Tech Ecosystem
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...
Tech Ecosystem
By Andrea Siedsma
When San Diego-based online race registration sensation Active Network was sold in 2013 to Vista Equity Partners for $1.05...
Tech Ecosystem
By Andrea Siedsma
As one of San Diego’s dot-com darlings, Active.com gained traction during the early days of the internet, and it was no small...
Tech Ecosystem
By Andrea Siedsma
In 2000, entrepreneur Chris Carver had just shut down the sports agency that he started out of college and was on his last $100,...
Tech Ecosystem
By Andrea Siedsma
In a 1999 Forbes article, young San Diego entrepreneur and athlete Mitch Thrower compared founding an Internet startup to...
Tech Ecosystem
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...
Tech Ecosystem
By Andrea Siedsma
Photos: Neal Bloom
Urchin Software, WebSideStory, MP3.com - these were some of the original godfathers of San Diego’s tech...
