Inside the San Diego Angel Conference

Tacos and Tech Podcast by Neal Bloom

Jun 24, 202689:47Technology

Episode Summary Recorded live at the San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC 8) finale at SDSU, where Neal - the SDAC Fund 8 manager - and 40+ investors spent months turning 135 applications into six finalists, then handed out...

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