CC037: Neal Bloom of Fresh Brewed Tech // uncovering the past and building the future of San Diego

Interview starts: 5:50
Debrief starts: 47:39

Neal Bloom is the founder of Fresh Brewed Tech and the host of the podcast, Tacos & Tech.

Fresh 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.

Neal began his entrepreneurial work with Portfolium. He also currently serves that a chair for Startup San Diego.

We discuss:

• Ad: Finding experienced employees for your new business with Integrity Power Search (4:25)
• Neal's story: from aerospace engineering to HR technology and Portfolium (6:00)
• Los Angeles vs. San Diego ecosystems, needs, and assets (10:42)
• San Diego's aggregation of defense, telecom, cyber security, and biotech companies (14:48)
• Fresh Brewed Tech synopsis, highlights, and changes since its beginnings (16:40)
• San Diegans (22:03)
• How Fresh Brewed Tech has become a full-time effort (22:20)
• Storytelling as a way to strengthen and empower startup communities (24:01)
• Fresh Brewed Tech's audience (29:27)
• Learning to run a media company (30:50)
• Startup San Diego. Finding funding, motivation, volunteers, and an executive director (33:35)

Learn more about Fresh Brewed Tech: https://freshbrewedtech.com/
Subscribe to Tacos & Tech: https://plinkhq.com/i/1374814595?to=page
Follow Neal on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NealBloom
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