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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…
16 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