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This Week in San Diego Tech News - October 6, 2024
My co-host of this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years and now he covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter.
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Before we dive in, we wanted to ask our listeners and SD Tech fans to help us grow the show, leave a review and share with one other person who should be more plugged in with the SD Tech Scene. Thank you for the support and for helping us build the San Diego Startup Community.
Howard Lindzon, General Partner of Social Leverage and Founder & CEO of Stocktwits, joins us to discuss the upcoming Stocktoberfest October 20-22 in Coronado, CA - a premier gathering of minds in money, investing, and technology.
In this episode, Howard shares his journey in investing, entrepreneurship, media, and the many funny lessons he’s learned along the way. He also provides a sneak peek into what attendees can expect at this year’s Stocktoberfest.
Join us in October and use the code “Howard30” for a special discount exclusive to local San Diegans.
I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years. I covered the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A.
Promote the show:
Before we dive in, we wanted to ask our listeners and SD Tech fans to help us grow the show, leave a review and share with one other person who should be more plugged in with the SD Tech Scene. Thank you for the support and for helping us build the San Diego Startup Community.
We are excited to have Cheryl Goodman on the latest episode of the Tacos and Tech podcast.
As a long time friend, we reminisce about all the ways we’ve collaborated in the tech community and Cheryl has been a tech leader going back to the MP3.com days through now as Vice Chair of Startup San Diego and CEO of FindGood.tech, which is an AI-forward, Go-to-Market consulting agency.
I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years. I covered the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A.
Promote the show:
Before we dive in, we wanted to ask our listeners and SD Tech fans to help us grow the show, leave a review and share with one other person who should be more plugged in with the SD Tech Scene. Thank you for the support and for helping us build the San Diego Startup Community.
Pree gives an overview of what Preemadonna is [02:20]
Pree talks about her background, where she grew up, and why she considers herself an accidental entrepreneur [03:05]
Pree shares her educational background, her passion for American Politics, and the similarities she found between politics and entrepreneurship [04:09]
Pree talks about what's it like to have worked in a startup as one of its first 10 employees [08:53]
What led Pree to launch a business and how her idea of nailbot started [09:38]
Pree talks about the steps she took to get ready and launch Preemadonna [11:47]
How did Pree build her own hardware, software, and community? [14:12]
Pree shares how she balanced finding people specific to her industry and how she applied her mentality when she was working in politics to her business [17:18]
Pree talks about how she ended up in San Diego [22:33]
Pree shares where nailbot is right now and her other projects [25:28]
Pree shares her favorite taco spots, City Tacos and Jorge's in Oceanside, and Buccaneer Cafe [26:52]
Andrew gives an overview of what OK Capsule is [02:17]
Andrew talks about his background and how he ended up in the health field [03:17]
Andrew shares what made him interested in medicine, and his educational background [04:15]
Andrew shares his thoughts on the accessibility of supplements today, and what inspired him to launch his business [06:39]
Andrew recalls his previous entrepreneurial ventures, including pitching to his patients, and what got him to enter the startup space [09:54]
Andrews shares his mistake of not building a revenue model, what he learned from that, and how it gave him pushed him to pursue his idea for OK Capsule [11:55]
Andrew shares the steps he did after deciding to push through with OK Capsule, including building a revenue model and raising money [14:55]
What was Andrew pitching when he first got his LOIs for his business? And how did it change and improve their business model? [17:04]
Andrew shares what he’s learned as they were starting their business such as knowing how to allocate things appropriately [20:23]
Andrew talks about where their company is at today and its future plans [22:40]
Andrew shares what made them consider going retail and come up with solution packs to turn customers into personalized customers [24:10]
Andrew talks about sustainability and what he learned being in the industry, and what they’re doing to lessen the waste problem [27:09]
Andrew talks about where the company is heading and where he would like to focus more in the future such as tech solutions [29:19]
Les gives an overview of what Raw Botanics is [02:11]
Les shares his background and what made them launch Raw Botanics [03:10]
Brendan shares his agency background, and how he and Les met [04:44]
Brendan and Les talk about being in the agency industry, and what they have observed and learned from their clients in the wellness industry [06:46]
Brendan shares the founding story of Raw Botanics, from figuring out when to launch their product in the market to finding doctors for their brand [10:56]
Brendan shares the long and painful process they had to go through in finding partners and sourcing out people [11:53]
Les talks about CBDs that target specific concerns, what their best-selling products are, and what makes their product better and different from the others [15:25]
Brendan talks more about CBN as a better sleep aid in terms of achieving deep sleep, and how it differs from melatonin [17:15]
Brendan talks about experimenting with their products and making sure that they work [20:12]
Les talks about the products they offer, the current state of their brand and where people can get their products [20:54]
Raw Botanics' competitors in San Diego, how their products and target market differ and what they've learned from these competitors [22:34]
Les and Brendan share their favorite taco spots, South Beach, Brigantine, and Las Olas [25:22]
Josh gives an overview of what Classy Live is [03:53]
Josh shares his background, how he ended up in San Diego, his journey toward non-profit and tech space, and how he and Chris met [04:50]
Chris shares his background in tech, including building businesses and being on the buyer side of tech [07:17]
Josh and Chris talk about how he and Chris came up with the idea for LENND early on, how it evolved, and some highlights on their journey [09:28]
Chris talks about how and what their company was doing pre-covid, how covid affected the events industry, what they learned from it and how they adapted [13:21]
Chris shares some of the challenges virtual events companies are facing as in-person events are starting to come back [17:52]
Josh talks about how the pandemic gave them an idea for LENND and a solution to help marketers and nonprofits, and why they decided to launch a new brand, Fondi [19:23]
Chris shares his perspective on how they came up with Fondi, including the name of the brand, and why they had to reject a $350K deal during COVID [21:09]
Chris talks about having a good network in the non-profit space and how it helped them to get customers for their brand, and how they partnered with other platforms [24:00]
Chris and Josh talk about the importance of listening and talking to your customers and how you can learn something from them [26:45]
Chris talks about their partnerships with other platforms [28:15]
Josh talks more about their partnership with Classy, and how their partnership evolved [31:22]
Josh shares some of the unique cases used in Classy Live, such as broadcasting from underwater [32:44]
Josh talks about how hybrid works in widening the audience and exposure to events, as well as the challenges in building communities around these events [33:47]
Chris shares the operational and logistical challenges involved in merging both virtual and in-person events [34:23]
Josh and Chris talk about working together and what non-profit organizations can learn from them [35:58]
Josh and Chris share their favorite taco spots, Tuetano Taqueria, Mitch's Seafood, and the taco stand at K58 in Baja [38:14]
I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years. I covered the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A.
Promote the show:
Before we dive in, we wanted to ask our listeners and SD Tech fans to help us grow the show, leave a review and share with one other person who should be more plugged in with the SD Tech Scene. Thank you for the support and for helping us build the San Diego Startup Community.
[02:20] Jayce gives an overview of what FarmRaise is
[03:28] Jayce talks about how she grew up on a farm, the grant they got from USDA and how it got her interested in the finance aspect of agribusiness
[06:18] Jayce shares how she met her co-founder in business school, and how their separate thesis helped them see a business opportunity to help farmers
[09:00] How did Jayce and her co-founder find funding for their business project and turn it into a profitable one?
[10:00] Jayce shares the things she learned from business school and how she applied them to her business, including the importance of running tests
[11:19] Jayce talks about what it was like to run the business during the pandemic, how the pandemic affected the farm community, and how they helped farmers through financial opportunities
[14:43] Jayce gives an update on how the business is doing now, how big their team is, and what their platform does to help farmers and future plans of FarmRaise
[16:32] Jayce talks about what made her move to San Diego
[18:40] Jayce shares her favorite taco spots, Oscars
[19:44] Jayce shares a job opening in their company and what they're looking for in their applicants
[02:10] Sashee gives an overview of what Tea Drops is
[02:35] Sashee shares her background and her entrepreneurship journey that lead to launching Tea Drops
[03:54] The things Sashee learned from her parents as she was growing up, including buying and selling homes, and how to run a store
[05:42] Sashee shares what she learned working at eBay and how it helped her on running her own business
[09:57] Sashee shares how she came up with Tea Drops and the process from ideating it to turning it into an actual business
[13:05] Sashee shares where she got her funding and help for her business, including using her own funds and entering pitch competitions
[16:46] Sashee shares some of her struggles in sharing her products in San Francisco versus when she moved to LA
[17:26] Sashee talks about Tea Drops and how the business is going since its launched and the pandemic affected Tea Drops positively in terms of sales
[20:36] What made Sashee move to San Diego, how Tea Drops work as a team, including having get-togethers and working remotely, and a job opening in their company
[24:34] Sashee shares her favorite taco spots, City Tacos
For March 4, 2022: 1. Local startup connects users with favorite athletes, sports personalities 2. Salk Professor Martyn Goulding wins Brain Prize - Salk Institute for Biological Studies 3. Beer battles: Stone Brewing’s trademark fight with Keystone finally heads to trial 4. SD County to divest of fossil fuels 5. General Atomics and Orion Space win contract for military weather satellites
The Power of Data and Building Better EV Infrastructures with Stable Auto
22 Feb 2022
00:31:09
Introducing Jamie [01:55]
What is Stable Auto? [02:14]
Jamie’s background how he got into tech [02:56]
Why Jamie got into electric vehicles [06:06]
The challenges of deploying EV chargers [08:30]
Jamie talks about the platform and machine learning [12:09]
How Jamie’s company managed during the pandemic and the data trends they saw [14:55]
The type of companies and businesses using Stable Auto’s data and product [17:38]
The role of EV charging [19:07]
Federal discussion of infrastructure bills and grant funding [20:55]
Data of charging at home versus charging everywhere else [23:52]
How accessible can EV charging be? [25:02]
Why did Jamie move to San Diego [25:58]
Jamie’s favorite taco spots, Oscars and Just Peachy [28:54]
I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years. I covered the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A.
Promote the show:
Before we dive in, we wanted to ask our listeners and SD Tech fans to help us grow the show, leave a review and share with one other person who should be more plugged in with the SD Tech Scene. Thank you for the support and for helping us build the San Diego Startup Community.
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Congrats to Fred on completing his MBA, starting a Masters in Real Estate and writing for the SDBJ again!