Fresh Brewed Tech, bringing cohesion and awareness to the San Diego tech ecosystem

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Neal Bloom is Founder of Fresh Brewed Tech, Chairman of Startup San Diego, and Managing Partner of Rising Tide Partners and joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Neal Bloom discuss the following:

1. You have quite the interesting backstory. Tell us how you first got started in the tech industry and what compelled you to find Fresh Brewed Tech? 
2. What is the mission of Fresh Brewed Tech and what content do you mainly share on the site? 
3. You work with various municipalities and cities. What do you do for them? 
4. As being one of San Diego 500 influential business leaders, do you feel the San Diego region is growing technology wise?
5. What are some of the cities you recommend in the California region aside from San Diego that you feel are growing and worth making a business investment or visiting? 
6. What three pieces of advice do you have for our listeners if they are just starting a business? 
7. Going back in time is there anything you would have done differently when you first started your career? 
8. What is next for Fresh Brewed Tech? How do you see the site evolving a year from now? 
9. You also interview a lot of interesting businesses on Tacos & Tech. Tell us about a unique entrepreneur you recently interviewed and why you felt they were interesting. 
10. If entrepreneurs want to work with you, where can they go for more information? 

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Neal Bloom is Founder, Fresh Brewed Tech; Chairman, Startup San Diego; and Managing Partner, Rising Tide Partners.

Through his grassroots effort in multiple organizations, Neal Bloom has helped build an entrepreneur-focused community that helps entrepreneurs and companies grow and succeed in San Diego. Bloom co-founded local nonprofit Startup San Diego and has helped grow San Diego Startup Week, which over the last seven years, has helped inspire thousands of local San Diegans in building confidence in taking the     leap to become an entrepreneur. He is an investor and serves as a mentor to countless young entrepreneurs and is actively engaged in growing and promoting San Diego’s thriving tech ecosystem. Bloom is dedicated to the success of the region and because of his tireless tech evangelism, some people have even given him the nickname, “Mr. San Diego.” 

Bloom also co-founded San Diego software company Portfolium (acquired in 2019) to help new college grads promote themselves; launched Hired.com to attract tech talent to the San Diego region; and also created a venture capital podcast (Tacos & Tech), and a newsletter and tech blog (Fresh Brewed Tech) to continue to bring venture capital and businesses to San Diego, elevating the community as a top 10 tech and startup hub.  From his success in helping to build the San Diego tech ecosystem, Bloom has also been helping other startup communities around the world adopt aspects of the ecosystem ‘playbook ‘- the elements of how to grow a startup community via capital, talent, mentorship, etc. Previously an aerospace engineer, Bloom helped launch over 80 astronauts during the Space Shuttle program.  

Website: https://freshbrewedtech.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/freshbrewedtech

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