{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"upside","title":"CC037: Neal Bloom of Fresh Brewed Tech // uncovering the past and building the future of San Diego","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/95de5d79\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3365,"description":"Interview starts: 5:50\r\nDebrief starts: 47:39\r\n\r\nNeal Bloom is the founder of Fresh Brewed Tech and the host of the podcast, Tacos & Tech.\r\n\r\nFresh Brewed Tech is a media company dedicated to raising awareness of local tech ecosystems in local areas through storytelling. Having started as a way to connect tech-focused San Diegans, Fresh Brewed Tech is currently expanding and starting to aid other regions by creating local unified tech ecosystems. His podcast, Tacos & Tech, has the same goal as the Fresh Brewed Tech brand.\r\n\r\nNeal began his entrepreneurial work with Portfolium. He also currently serves that a chair for Startup San Diego.\r\n\r\nWe discuss:\r\n- Ad: Finding experienced employees for your new business with Integrity Power Search (4:25)\r\n- Neal's story: from aerospace engineering to HR technology and Portfolium (6:00)\r\n- Los Angeles vs. San Diego ecosystems, needs, and assets (10:42)\r\n- San Diego's aggregation of defense, telecom, cyber security, and biotech companies (14:48)\r\n- Fresh Brewed Tech synopsis, highlights, and changes since its beginnings (16:40)\r\n- San Diegans (22:03)\r\n- How Fresh Brewed Tech has become a full-time effort (22:20)\r\n- Storytelling as a way to strengthen and empower startup communities (24:01)\r\n- Fresh Brewed Tech's audience (29:27)\r\n- Learning to run a media company (30:50)\r\n- Startup San Diego. Finding funding, motivation, volunteers, and an executive director (33:35)\r\n\r\nLearn more about Fresh Brewed Tech: https://freshbrewedtech.com/\r\nSubscribe to Tacos & Tech: https://plinkhq.com/i/1374814595?to=page\r\nFollow Neal on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NealBloom\r\nFollow upside on Twitter: https://twitter.com/upsidefm\r\nAdvertise with an upside classified: https://upside.fm/classifieds\r\n--\r\n\r\nThis episode is sponsored by Integrity Power Search, the #1 full stack high growth startup recruiting firm between the coasts. They partner with venture capitalists, private equity groups and CEOs to build amazing teams for the world’s most...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qhlBwGFVyVQpTQUPz91SL_FZ9LxsieuifdWQEs8peZY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzkxLzE2MDU2MzQx/MjktYXJ0d29yay5q/cGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}