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Welcome to the Newsletter!

Welcome to the Newsletter!

I'm launching a newsletter about startups and venture capital. This newsletter is for CEOs, startup founders, venture capitalists, and people from all stripes in the tech industry.

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Sep 06, 2021

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Left to right: Chris Jennewein, Editor of Times of San Diego, Brittany Meiling reporter at The San Diego Union Tribune, Sarah De Crescenzo reporter at Xconomy, and Fred Grier, reporter at The San Diego Business Journal.

Big News

As of last week, I’m no longer a reporter at SDBJ — where I’ve covered IPO news, acquisitions and financing rounds and wrote about startups before they received unicorn (valued $1b+) status.

During my time as a tech journalist, I’ve written more than 500+ company profiles and have interviewed some of the brightest minds in the region — thank you to everyone who played a part in that milestone.

Big thanks to all of you for being my support system - meeting up, getting on calls, asking me to dig deeper, giving me constructive feedback, and introducing me to other amazing people. Thank you!


I strongly believe that San Diego needs an insider writing about startups and venture capital, without the paywalls of mainstream media outlets.

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An investor from Orange County suggested I start my own tech news site/podcast for tech executives in SoCal. They want access to broader startup news, but without paywall articles. @dotLA and others are working to solve this but there’s still a lot of untapped opportunity
7:22 PM ∙ Jun 23, 2021

This newsletter will allow me to continue supporting entrepreneurs, investors, and everyone in between.

What to Expect

You can think of it as a weekly newsletter that updates you on the most interesting people and businesses in San Diego.

Here is a list of topics you could expect me to cover:

  • San Diego's $4 Billion Clothing Brand: Vuori

  • San Diego's Most Active VC Firms

  • The San Diego Crypto Ecosystem

  • Why San Diego is the Next Hot Tech Hub

  • View full archive here

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