Tacos and Tech Podcast

Floyd Auten , COO and co-founder of TechNet Partners , joins Neal for an episode that digs deep into the literal and figurative foundations of tech. From punchdowns in high school to powering stadiums and data centers across the country, Floyd shares how his family legacy in electrical work turned into a career designing the infrastructure that keeps the digital world running. They talk about life...

Meet Jeff Fenster , a serial entrepreneur, problem solver, and relationship builder who’s scaled multiple businesses by identifying problems worth solving - and assembling the right team to tackle them. Inspired early on by A Shark Never Sleeps , Jeff set out to become a sports agent, only to pivot right after law school and dive into entrepreneurship. His first venture began with a bold move - ca...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . My co-hosts in this episode is Fred Grier , journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs,...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Join us for a roundtable with three longtime builders of San Diego’s startup scene: Jonah Peake of The Social Coyote and The Career Coyote Hussein Yahfoufi of Startup Beach Neal Bloom of Fresh Brewed Tech and Interlock Capital Designing Events That Actually Build Community In this episode, we dive into the elements that actuall...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . My co-hosts in this episode is Fred Grier , journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs,...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . My co-host in this episode is Fred Grier , journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, f...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. In Part Two of this roundtable discussion, we go deeper into why tech ecosystem builders Jonah Peake of The Social Coyote and The Career Coyote and Hussein Yahfoufi of Startup Beach , are building their platforms. We discuss their founder journeys, the problems they each saw worth solving, and how the local startup ecosystem lo...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. In this special roundtable episode, we dive into the power of in-person events in building and strengthening the San Diego startup ecosystem . I’m joined by two of my ecosystem-building besties: Jonah Peake of The Social Coyote and The Career Coyote and Hussein Yahfoufi of Startup Beach . Together, we discuss why community-driv...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. In this episode of the Tacos & Tech Podcast , Neal Bloom sits down with Scot Chisholm , the founder of Highland and co-founder of Classy , to discuss what it truly takes to scale leadership alongside a growing company. After leading Classy from a small startup to its acquisition by GoFundMe , Scot saw firsthand that scaling a c...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . My co-hosts in this episode is Fred Grier , journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter....

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . My co-host in this episode is guest host Jonah Peake , who previously co-hosted with me and runs The Social Coyote newsletter , promoting events in the San Diego tech ecosystem. Before...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . My co-host in this episode is guest host Jonah Peake , who previously co-hosted with me and runs The Social Coyote newsletter , promoting events in the San Diego tech ecosystem. Before...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Tacos and Tech Podcast – Episode with Alexandra Renee Poelstra of Startup Grind Carlsbad 🎙️ Guest: Alexandra Renee Poelstra, Chapter Director of Startup Grind Carlsbad 📅 Episode Date: January 13, 2025 📍 Event Mentioned: Startup Grind Carlsbad - SG Global Pitch Battle Carlsbad (Neal will be a pitch judge) 🔗 Links: • Alexandra...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News!  I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . My co-host in this episode is Fred Grier , journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs,...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . My co-host in this episode is Fred Grier , journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, f...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Busine...

It’s time for a refresh for Fresh Brewed Tech and the Tacos and Tech Podcast . We’re trying out Substack and I hope you enjoy it. I put out 1-2 podcast episodes per week so it’s time to share those more widely. Listen in to this week’s latest This Week in San Diego Tech News and reply with your feedback. What do you want us to cover? Show notes for this week’s episode: Listen & subscribe on Apple...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Busine...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Busine...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Busine...

Listen & subscribe on  Apple ,  Google ,  Spotify , and  other platforms. Welcome to the Tacos and Tech Podcast, where we interview innovative builders and leaders. This week I am excited to interview Ryan Kuder , Managing Director of Techstars San Diego Powered by San Diego State University. Ryan is a serial startup operator, ecosystem builder, and Techstars Accelerator leader. He was previously...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Busine...

Listen & subscribe on  Apple ,  Google ,  Spotify , and  other platforms. Welcome to the Tacos and Tech Podcast, where we interview innovative builders and leaders. On today's show we have Jodi Duva, Vice President of Cox Business, California and Chris Whelan, Director of Enterprise, Cox Business, San Diego. Cox Enterprises is a 126 year old fourth-generation family run company. It has been at the...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech. I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech , the Tacos and Tech Podcast , and Interlock Capital . I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Busine...

Listen & subscribe on Apple , Google , Spotify , and other platforms. Welcome to the Tacos and Tech Podcast, where we interview innovative builders and leaders.   This week I am THRILLED to bring back our one-on-one interview format with the Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) and Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Derrick Brent .  Derrick joined...