The Rise and Sprawl of San Diego’s Tech Hotspots
The Rise and Sprawl of San Diego's Tech HotspotsPockets of technology and design business activity dot San Diego’s cities and neighborhoods from Oceanside to Tijuana. The people concerned with growing...
View Article‘Is Innovation Homogeny?’
‘Is Innovation Homogeny?’Very often, Adriana Herrera is the only woman in the room, or among a small number of women in the room, when she attends meetings or training to grow her business, an...
View ArticleThree Possible Reasons for Gender Imbalance in the Sciences
Three Possible Reasons for Gender Imbalance in the SciencesRecently, the San Diego Center for Ethics in Science and Technology hosted a panel covering the topic of women in science. This panel was...
View ArticleSan Diego Cities Struggle to Keep Up with Peers and Ideas
San Diego Cities Struggle to Keep Up with Peers and IdeasAround the country, there has been a dawn of “civic hackers” who want to apply technological and modern approaches to municipal life. What they...
View ArticleThe ‘Three-Legged Stool’ Needed for SD’s Biotech Cluster
The 'Three-Legged Stool' Needed for SD's Biotech ClusterEarly in Voice of San Diego’s innovation quest, reporter Kelly Bennett highlighted a 2011 quote from Marney Cox, chief economist for the San...
View ArticleHow S.D. Schools Prep Students for Innovation Economy
How S.D. Schools Prep Students for Innovation EconomyRecently, Voice of San Diego held an event about “innovation economy.” VOSD reporter Kelly Bennett moderated an excellent panel that highlighted the...
View ArticleTensions Flare in the Push for More ‘D’ in R&D
Tensions Flare in the Push for More ‘D’ in R&DAfter a lifetime of research, the traditional yields of academia aren’t as lustrous as they once were for Geert Schmid-Schönbein, a UC San Diego...
View ArticleHow Innovation Works (and Doesn’t) in SD
How Innovation Works (and Doesn’t) in SDFor the last couple of months we’ve been exploring together some challenges facing San Diego’s innovators and the sectors they’re trying to grow here in our...
View ArticleHow San Diego’s ‘Blue Economy’ Can Be a Catalyst for the Region
How San Diego’s 'Blue Economy' Can Be a Catalyst for the RegionThe San Diego region is no stranger to innovation. With our growing bio-tech, high-tech and defense sectors, along with our port, airport...
View ArticleHealthCare.gov Contractor’s Other Client: The City of San Diego
HealthCare.gov Contractor's Other Client: The City of San DiegoThis week started with a sales pitch from President Barack Obama. HealthCare.gov, the place where millions of Americans are supposed to...
View ArticleWhy IT Is the Biggest Issue in the Race for Mayor
Why IT Is the Biggest Issue in the Race for MayorWhen Scott Lewis solicited questions for the upcoming Voice of San Diego mayoral debate, I suggested that he ask the candidates to explain the...
View ArticleHow SD Tech Entrepreneurs Plan to Pay It Forward
How SD Tech Entrepreneurs Plan to Pay It ForwardSan Diego’s tech startup community is having some growing pains. Namely, once companies reach a certain point, they often leave town because of a lack of...
View ArticleCould We Have Cured Cancer by Now?
Could We Have Cured Cancer by Now?Earlier this month, scientific heavyweights came together for the first of a year-long series of talks designed to engage the general public in a conversation about...
View ArticleKeeping Big Brother Out of San Diego
Keeping Big Brother Out of San DiegoAs the mayoral election approaches, San Diego’s two candidates are eager to articulate for voters their vision for the city’s future. They’ve offered blueprints for...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the San Diego Tech Scene
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the San Diego Tech SceneDoes San Diego have a tech startup community? Do local businesses use any new products actually built in San Diego, by San Diego developers?...
View ArticleLocal Startups Could Use Some Local Kickstarting
Local Startups Could Use Some Local KickstartingDoes anybody really believe in San Diego technology? How many successful mobile platforms or apps were made in San Diego? Where there any? The fact that...
View ArticleSan Diego Startups Need Their Kumbaya Moment
San Diego Startups Need Their Kumbaya Moment Many have tried to give voice to San Diego’s startup community. There’s Eric Otterson, who cofounded StartupSanDiego.co to serve as an advocate and...
View ArticleMajor Parking-Meter Overhaul Botched by ‘Personnel Matter’
Major Parking-Meter Overhaul Botched by 'Personnel Matter'San Diego city leaders recently halted a contract to replace all the city’s parking meters with new, solar-powered versions that accept credit...
View ArticleWhat Tech Startups Are Doing to Survive in San Diego
What Tech Startups Are Doing to Survive in San DiegoPlenty of successful companies exist in San Diego. But when you examine the methods each one used to get to where they are, something clear stands...
View ArticleWhy My Daughter Has a New Zeal for Math (and Why That’s Good for SD Startups)
Why My Daughter Has a New Zeal for Math (and Why That's Good for SD Startups)The most amazing thing happened last week. An 11-year-old girl tagged along to what she thought would be a boring tech...
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