Supporting Startup Communities: Some Reflections on ‘Brant’s Rant’

I’ve had the pleasure of being part of San Diego’s entrepreneurial tech community since the ‘70s when, armed with my fresh Harvard doctorate, I joined a little company called Linkabit (the practice run for Qualcomm). I quickly learned what a start-up company was from San Diego’s finest entrepreneur, Irwin Jacobs. Since entrepreneurship is infectious, like … Continue reading “Supporting Startup Communities: Some Reflections on ‘Brant’s Rant’”

Working Our Way Out of San Diego’s Capital Formation Drought

As Xconomy has reported on many occasions, hometown venture capital firms have been receding from the startup scene in San Diego. This new reality might not seem apparent because the broader economic downturn has slowed activity across the board, and because some venture capital continues to flow into San Diego’s life sciences and technology companies … Continue reading “Working Our Way Out of San Diego’s Capital Formation Drought”