Ranked #1
The Battle Behind a Family's Secret Sauce
The Battle Behind a Family's Secret Sauce
I had no choice but to try Bitchin' Sauce. It was years ago, and Ryan Smith was at the farmer's market in Hillcrest. He ... Read more
11 Oct 2017
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43mins
Ranked #2
Pioneering the New Frontier of Legal Pot
Pioneering the New Frontier of Legal Pot
James Slatic is a marijuana business pioneer. One of his past business ventures set the standard for packaging medical m... Read more
26 Jul 2017
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50mins
Ranked #3
The Man Who Helped Sell San Diego on Fish Tacos
The Man Who Helped Sell San Diego on Fish Tacos
It's hard to imagine, I know, but there was a time when San Diego wasn't so sure about fish tacos. When Ralph Rubio open... Read more
4 Oct 2017
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32mins
Ranked #4
The Fitness Franchise That Started it All
The Fitness Franchise That Started it All
I take three separate fitness classes a week to supplement my running workouts, including one at Barry's Bootcamp in Hil... Read more
30 Aug 2017
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47mins
Ranked #5
A Grueling Game of Farmers Market Musical Chairs
A Grueling Game of Farmers Market Musical Chairs
Brian Beevers is the man behind the farmers markets in Clairemont, Serra Mesa and at Horton Plaza. He's also got a farme... Read more
10 Jan 2018
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13mins
Ranked #6
Moving Doesn't Have to Be Terrible
Moving Doesn't Have to Be Terrible
Moving sucks. Mike Glanz went all in on that basic premise and ended up running an online moving business in Oceanside t... Read more
17 Jan 2018
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39mins
Ranked #7
Chasing the Lucha Libre Dream
Chasing the Lucha Libre Dream
When Josue "Josh" Anival Salcido entered his first professional wrestling ring in 2009, it was as a last-minute fill-in ... Read more
13 Dec 2017
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40mins
Ranked #8
The Theater Company That Went From a Chicken Coop to Center Stage in Carlsbad
The Theater Company That Went From a Chicken Coop to Center Stage in Carlsbad
New Village Arts started as an idea Kristianne Kurner had for a theater company back in the late 1990s. At the time, Kur... Read more
27 Sep 2017
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45mins
Ranked #9
An Architect's Big Break, and the Struggle to Live Up to it
An Architect's Big Break, and the Struggle to Live Up to it
Jennifer Luce has made a name as an architect who takes an artful approach to designing buildings. Her firm, Luce et Stu... Read more
15 Nov 2017
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41mins
Ranked #10
After Battling for Her Life, She Built a Successful Battling Business
After Battling for Her Life, She Built a Successful Battling Business
Diana Ocampo is a fighter. In a new episode of I Made it in San Diego, Voice of San Diego’s podcast about the stories b... Read more
1 Nov 2017
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26mins