Into the Den

Kris Lichter grew up in Bird Rock. His dad had a small boat at a slip in Mission Bay, and on Saturdays he'd drag Kris down (sometimes willingly, sometimes not) while he tinkered. Kris would fish off the docks for halibut, or whatever he could catch. He...

James Zanewicz didn't plan on San Diego. He'd lived in Louisville, LA, New Orleans, DC, Illinois, and New Orleans again. He changed his phone number to a 504 area code. He was not leaving. Then his friends started blowing up a group chat with a job pos...

Alex Waters got connected in San Diego by getting sandwiches. Not metaphorically. He was volunteering at Startup Week when nobody could figure out who was going to feed the volunteers. He raised his hand. Walked down the street. Problem solved. That's ...

Ross Young built Clinically AI from his living room. Literally. When Jonah showed up to plan a bootstrappers event at Ross's house, it was also the office. This conversation starts there, and goes deep on what it actually takes to build something from ...