EdTech startup CourseKey host #TakeoverTuesday
It’s a digital world, and we’re all just living in it. Our friends at local tech startup CourseKey recognized this sooner than most, and capitalized on a huge opportunity to digitize manual processes in the classroom. Remember when you were in elementary school and spent way too much time taking...
Continue ReadingLyft provides free rides during Womens History Month
In case you haven’t heard, March is Women’s History Month. To celebrate the contributions of women throughout history and within our San Diego community, Lyft is providing free rides up to $10 during Women’s History Month to inspirational locations (museums, women-owned and -empowered businesses, and more). Riders in San...
Continue ReadingGlobal consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton hosts #TakeoverTuesday
People. Purpose. Passion. These are the values that drive Booz Allen Hamilton – a global consulting firm that solves management and technology problems through a combination of consulting, analytics, digital solutions, engineering, and cyber expertise. With offices and 24,000 employees around the world, Booz Allen’s sunny San Diego location has...
Continue ReadingSD-based biotech company CureMetrix gets FDA approval to sell mammogram-screening software.
This week, SD-based biotech company CureMetrix announced that it received FDA clearance to sell its software that screens mammograms 40 percent faster than traditional methods. This could have a huge impact on clinical efficiency. Learn more by reading The San Diego Union Tribune article below: La Jolla’s CureMetrix said...
Continue ReadingMeet Watson Yim, co-founder of successful tech startup Aira
Recently touted at the SXSW conference, local tech startup Aira is changing the game for visually impaired communities around the world. Through its unique technology and network of trained agents, Aira is helping people with blindness or low vision enhance everyday tasks – like ordering a ride to the airport...
Continue ReadingDrone tech company Planck Aerosystems hosts #TakeoverTuesday
Meet Planck Aerosystems, drone tech company that’s enabling drones to launch and land on moving vehicles – both on land and at sea. With the largest concentration of military assets in the world (fun fact!), San Diego was the perfect place to start this company. COO Dave Twining says,...
Continue ReadingRead about San Diego's changing tech scene and how to keep the momentum going | Photo by Michelle Guerrero/SDUT
We’ve talked a lot about San Diego’s burgeoning tech scene. But here’s a little-known secret about San Diego: We’re not a one-trick town. We’ve got surf and science, breweries and biotech. And whether we’re racking in record research dollars, raising VC, or making waves, our rapidly-growing club of San Diego...
Continue ReadingTech company Tealium host #TakeoverTuesday
Headquartered in the beautiful Torrey Pines neighborhood of San Diego, Tealium is one company where nothing ever gets stale. Its mission is to help other companies seamlessly integrate siloed apps and data in real time, so that they can better understand their customers and build more relevant customer responses. Besides...
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