Startup San Diego
JUNE 10, 2025
Last Friday’s StartupSD session was a goldmine of practical advice, thanks to Ryan Kuder dropping some serious knowledge about the funding world. This guy knows his stuff—he’s the former managing […] The post Last Fridays – All About Accelerators with Ryan Kuder – Recap, Photos, & Video appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Tech.Co
JULY 15, 2025
AI investments were responsible for a full 64% of all deal value going into US startups across the first half of the year, a new PitchBook report finds. It’s part of a huge 75.6% increase for the sector during that period, putting 2025 in line to be the second highest year ever for US startup deals. OpenAI’s recent $40 billion round certainly didn’t hurt.
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Berkonomics
AUGUST 7, 2025
Here is a phenomenon I discovered over time when dealing with many small start-ups in their early revenue period. A very predictable series of rotating crises seemed to befall almost every one of these young companies. These became so predictable that I could accurately label them as occurring about every $3 million in gross profit (or revenue for service companies).
StartUp Beat
JULY 23, 2025
Honor Pet, the company reimagining pet end-of-life care, today announces the opening of its Comfort Center in downtown Los Angeles. Located at 717 Mateo St, in the city’s vibrant Arts District, this 10,000-square-foot facility is the first of its kind in the United States, offering a serene, supportive environment where pet parents can say goodbye […] The post Honor Pet opens a Comfort Center to reshape pet farewells in Los Angeles appeared first on StartUp Beat.
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AllTopStartups
JULY 8, 2025
We are rapidly approaching the halfway point of the year, and in many industries, that is a good time to stop and assess. It is vital to ask not only… The post Has the Year of 2025 Been a Good One for Concrete Contractors So Far? appeared first on AllTopStartups.
TechEmpower
MARCH 17, 2025
As the Director for Open Source Solutions at TechEmpower, I am excited to share the latest results from our Framework Benchmark suite. This round marks significant improvements overall, as our sponsor Microsoft has generously provided new hardware that is making jaw-dropping performance improvements. New Hardware and Upgrades Our new setup includes updated servers and network hardware: ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Plus servers Intel Xeon Gold 6330 CPU @ 2.00GHz (56 cores) 64GB of memory Mellanox Technol
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Startup San Diego
JULY 11, 2025
Over 100+ builders came together for a 16 hour hackathon to solve industry challenges, connect with the San Diego-Baja developer community, and use some of our technical partners’ latest tech. […] The post Hackfrontier: Borderless Builders – Recap, Photos, and Video appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Startup San Diego
JULY 31, 2025
Kick off your month with 1st Mondays: Summer Social & Startup Ecosystem Showcase Join us on Monday, August 4th, 2025, at Kiln Rancho Bernardo for an evening of learning, inspiration, […] The post 1st Mondays Guide @ Kiln appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Startup San Diego
JULY 7, 2025
Hackfrontier brings together the brightest developers, designers, and innovators from across Southern California for 16 hours of intensive collaboration and creation.
Startup San Diego
JULY 28, 2025
Neal Bloom, Managing Partner at Rising Tide Partners and serial founder, recently shared invaluable insights on co-founder matchmaking during Startup San Diego’s Last Fridays Co-Working Day and Lunch & Learn […] The post Co-Founder Matching & Building a Team: Key Insights from Neal Bloom’s Lunch & Learn appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Startup San Diego
JULY 29, 2025
We’re excited to announce that 14 exhibitors are locked in for the upcoming 1st Mondays – Summer Social & Startup Ecosystem Showcase happening August 4th at Kiln Rancho Bernardo! This […] The post 14 Exhibitors Joining us for 1st Mondays – Summer Social & Startup Ecosystem Showcase appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Berkonomics
JUNE 19, 2025
There is more money lost in businesses today from inefficient processes than any other single area. Yet this is not a place where most managers feel comfortable deconstructing and rebuilding. Somewhere out there is a consultant or future employee (or even suggestions from present employees) that will provide the roadmap toward making your processes run more smoothly, more quickly and more inexpensively.
Startup San Diego
JULY 8, 2025
With 1st Mondays – Summer Social and Startup Ecosystem Showcase at Kiln just four weeks, we’re excited to announce the first round of lightning talks that will be showcasing and […] The post Featured Startup Ecosystem Resources for 1st Mondays in August! appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Startup San Diego
JUNE 6, 2025
We’re excited to announce the featured panelists who will be joining us for the FirstWave Innovator Workshop: Alternative Financing Solutions for Founders, presented by C3bank happening Wednesday June 25th! Learn […] The post Announcing Panelists for the FirstWave Innovator Workshop: Alternative Financing Solutions for Founders appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Berkonomics
JULY 31, 2025
This week, we continue our series on marketing and positioning. There can be nothing more important in your business planning that selecting the proper pricing niche, making your story clear using that niche, and the defending your position against the competition. So, here comes the lesson and your challenge. The five major niches There are five major classes or niches a company should examine and make its own in calculating positioning in the marketplace.
Berkonomics
JULY 24, 2025
Here’s a phrase I created in the early 1980’s to describe what I clearly saw as the last chance to make high margins on the sale of computer hardware to businesses. In the day of the mainframe and then the minicomputer, margins for manufacturers exceeded 35% and dealers were granted a 35% margin as well. Even with the usual discount of 10%, the margins on hardware were high, especially when applied to prices that exceeded $30,000 per sale.
Startup San Diego
JUNE 24, 2025
Now there’s an easier way to stay connected, informed, and involved in San Diego’s growing startup ecosystem. The Startup San Diego Membership Portal is your personalized hub to access exclusive […] The post We’re Excited to Announce the New Startup San Diego Membership Portal! appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Berkonomics
JULY 10, 2025
And doing both well usually wins the day. This is one of those arguable insights, where both sides win. Dell is a great example of emphasis upon fast, creating a customized computer in 48 hours or less, bringing in assemblies and components just-in-time to make the assembly line. However, if Dell quality were poor and returns high, the company surely would not have survived on speed of response alone.
Startup San Diego
JULY 17, 2025
It’s official, all five locations for five days of San Diego Startup Week 2025 are locked in! Join us across San Diego – Baja from October 6-10, 2025, for a […] The post All 5 Locations Across San Diego – Baja Confirmed for San Diego Startup Week 2025 appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Berkonomics
JULY 3, 2025
Every business has bottlenecks At many board meetings, I can be counted upon to ask , “Where’s the bottleneck this month?” Senior management is usually prepared with an answer, and a good discussion of resource availability and application follows. Sometimes, the bottleneck is not so visible to the CEO. In those instances, I follow with: “Do you notice people waiting at your door, telling you that they were waiting for your response or decision, even if you were unaware of this?
Berkonomics
JUNE 12, 2025
How much risk you and your company are willing and able to tolerate over time? Most people believe that early stage companies should take risks aggressively because there is less to lose and much more to gain with each risky bet or decision. Common thinking goes on to address large, public corporations by expressing that the relative tolerance to risk is decreased, in favor of protecting the brand or financial health of the enterprise.
Startup San Diego
JULY 23, 2025
The latest Startup San Diego Tech Report Livestream dropped two game-changing announcements that could innovate how local entrepreneurs fund and staff their ventures. Cheryl Goodman, Vice Chair of Startup San […] The post SSD Tech Report Recap Episode 6 – Tech Happenings, Funding & Shifts in Workforce appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Berkonomics
JANUARY 2, 2025
How do you manage a great business, as opposed to being a survivor? Well, here are the four areas you should focus upon every day. Now, some of us remember things better when given a catchy phrase or rhyme. So, heres one to help you with squeezing the most out of your own available resources. In this new reality in our business world, there is certainly little room for mistakes and no room for bloat within our companies.
Startup San Diego
AUGUST 7, 2025
Over 250+ community members joined us for our special edition, 1st Mondays – Summer Social and Startup Ecosystem Showcase at Kiln Rancho Bernardo! This was one of our biggest venues […] The post 1st Mondays August 2025 – Recap, Photos and Video appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Berkonomics
JUNE 26, 2025
Ever think about growing your business with the plan to sell it someday, cashing in on your hard-earned work over the years? Or if you’re an employee with stock options, are you aware of the increases in value you can make with your efforts? Then again, you may be an architect or doctor or other professional managing your business, knowing that the end game value of your client or patient list is small and not easily transferred to any buyer without attrition.
Startup San Diego
JULY 17, 2025
Join us for our 1st Mondays Summer Social and Startup Ecosystem Showcase at Kiln Rancho Bernardo on Monday, August 4th! During this event, local accelerators and incubators, investors, university, college […] The post StartupSD 1st Mondays Summer Social & SD Startup Ecosystem Showcase appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Berkonomics
MARCH 20, 2025
Money in the bank is like oil in the car. Certainly, you have many ways you are pulled every day, both tactical and strategic. But when money is the issue, your time, energy and focus are drained from other important areas of your life or business. Running out of money is not always synonymous with going broke. Many great businesses in their growth periods find themselves stretched for cash.
Berkonomics
JULY 17, 2025
Why buy IT? Why buy MINE? Why buy NOW? What a powerful set of three questions. These are so succinct, so well defined, so precise that everyone in sales and everyone involved in marketing must be able to answer these three questions without pause, and convincingly. Turning these into statements instead of questions provides a framework for the sales presentation from the highest levels of collateral materials and marketing support, to the salesperson on the front line.
Berkonomics
MARCH 6, 2025
A punch in the gut Small companies most often scrape by with borrowed or invested funds, doing everything possible to grow and prosper with limited resources. So, it is like a punch in the gut when an employee makes a claim against the company for a perceived or actual violation of a law or regulation. Or when a former employee strikes out with a suit claiming discrimination for one of a thousand causes.
Startup San Diego
MAY 1, 2025
We had an incredible time at our Last Fridays Co-Working Day and Lunch & Learn at Downtown Works Mission Valley. Marketing expert Kendra Pennington, who has been helping businesses find […] The post Last Fridays Lunch & Learn – Recap, Video, and Photos – April 2025 appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Startup San Diego
APRIL 9, 2025
April marks Earth Month and also the start of our quarterly 1st Mondays – Networking and Expert Panel events. For this 1st Mondays we focused on all things cleantech and […] The post April 2025 1st Mondays – Recap, Video, and Photos appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Startup San Diego
APRIL 3, 2025
1st Mondays is a quarterly event that brings over 250+ startup community members together for a night of networking, connections, community building, and innovation. Were excited to introduce seven San […] The post Meet the Exhibitors for the Upcoming 1st Mondays – April 2025 appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Startup San Diego
MARCH 19, 2025
Were excited to announce the featured speakers and panelists joining us for the upcoming 1st Mondays – Networking and Expert Panel presented by San Diego Community Power, happening April 7th […] The post Announcing the 1st Mondays Featured Panelists & Speakers April 2025 appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Startup San Diego
FEBRUARY 22, 2025
On February 19th, 2025 our developer and startup community came together for the first edition of the FirstWave Innovator HackNight, presented by Neo4j. This event welcomed over 250+ attendees at […] The post StartupSD FirstWave Innovator HackNight presented by Neo4j Recap appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Startup San Diego
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Congratulations to the five groundbreaking startups selected to take center stage at the Hack Your Heart Out – FirstWave Innovator HackNight presented by Neo4j happening February 19th from 3:30 PM […] The post Five Selected Startups to Participate in FirstWave Innovator HackNight appeared first on Startup San Diego.
Startup San Diego
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
In the first LinkedIn Tech Report show of 2025, Startup San Diego’s Vice Chair Cheryl Goodman, along with technology co-chair Ping Wang and Neo4j’s Developer Advocate Jason Koo, announced exciting […] The post Startup San Diego Tech Report Episode 5 – FirstWave Innovator HackNight & Startup Ecosystem Calendar 2025 appeared first on Startup San Diego.
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