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Teams Don’t Exist in Business
Larry Coval spent nearly four decades leading organizations at AT&T, Global Crossing, and Cox Business, and came out the other side convinced that mo…
2 hours ago
Food for the People
Neal nerds out on tacos with Mauricio Velázquez de León - Mexico City-born writer-turned-publisher, founder of Duo Press, and author of An Illustrate…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Signals Before Symptoms
Neal sits down with Adam Jacobs, President of Xzōm, a San Diego company developing a near-patient platform for isolating and analyzing exosomes from …
4 weeks ago
The Connective Tissue
Neal sits down with Eric Weiss, a fellow longtime builder in San Diego’s startup ecosystem. Eric is a self-described “parallel entrepreneur,” founder…
1 month ago
Beyond the Blueprint
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Neal sits down with Janine McMurdie, Chief Commercial Officer of Pictor, a proteomics platform company that expanded from New Zealand …
1 month, 1 week ago
Why Great Companies Go Bad
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Recorded live at the San Diego Angel Conference finale at SDSU, Eric Ries — author of The Lean Startup — sits down with product leader…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Diversification Is Overrated
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Neal sits down with Dr. Adam Link, founder of Fireweed Capital and a recovering engineer who spent a decade in tech — including six ye…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Inside the San Diego Angel Conference
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Recorded live at the San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC 8) finale at SDSU, where Neal - the SDAC Fund 8 manager - and 40+ investors spen…
2 months, 1 week ago
Greener Only Scales When It's Less Expensive
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Recorded at Natilus HQ in downtown San Diego, Neal sits down with Aleksey Matyushev, CEO and co-founder of Natilus, and Dr. Fabiano Pi…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Sleep Is the Last Unprotected Hour
Neal sits down with co-founders John Sjolund (CEO) and Jon Brilliant(CFO) of Luna Diabetes, two serial diabetes tech founders building what they call…
2 months, 3 weeks ago