https://mickhammock.com/blog/Conservation. Capital.https://mickhammock.com/2025/12/23/my-2025-year-in-books/https://mickhammock.com/2025/12/23/my-2025-year-in-books/Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:21:53 +0000I read a handful of books this year, primarily on my Kindle (my current preferred medium since I can read it at night in bed with all the lights off and won’t wake any sleeping tod...https://mickhammock.com/2025/05/12/balloons-that-cool-the-earth-resilience-and-moonshots-with-andrew-song-of-make-sunsets/https://mickhammock.com/2025/05/12/balloons-that-cool-the-earth-resilience-and-moonshots-with-andrew-song-of-make-sunsets/Mon, 12 May 2025 15:22:41 +0000I’ve always been interested in those taking the bold step – people with big ideas who are trying to solve big problems. And there’s nobody bolder than Andrew Song, co-founder of Ma...https://mickhammock.com/2025/04/25/what-a-rush/https://mickhammock.com/2025/04/25/what-a-rush/Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:09:52 +0000I recently came across the Black Flag accelerator put on by Harpoon, and I honestly can’t stop thinking about the companies on there.https://mickhammock.com/2025/04/07/lighting-the-way-resilience-infrastructure-and-smarter-streetlights-with-ari-isaak/https://mickhammock.com/2025/04/07/lighting-the-way-resilience-infrastructure-and-smarter-streetlights-with-ari-isaak/Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:46:19 +0000The discussion focuses on human-centric city infrastructure, particularly street lighting. Ari Isaak emphasizes optimizing urban lighting through GIS and AI for efficiency and community safety. He advhttps://mickhammock.com/2024/06/20/resilience-in-the-final-frontier-space-entrepreneurs-and-humanitys-future-with-alexandra-vidyuk/https://mickhammock.com/2024/06/20/resilience-in-the-final-frontier-space-entrepreneurs-and-humanitys-future-with-alexandra-vidyuk/Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:30:07 +0000I recently sat down with Alexandra Vidyuk, a venture capitalist, venture builder, and blogger passionate about a topic that has fascinated me since childhood - space!https://mickhammock.com/2024/04/29/navigating-disruption-finding-resilience-through-work-life-balance-with-bill-simon/https://mickhammock.com/2024/04/29/navigating-disruption-finding-resilience-through-work-life-balance-with-bill-simon/Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:42:04 +0000Bill Simon, former managing partner of San Diego Law Firm and current Founder of Sollertis, emphasizes the importance of resilience and dealing with disruption. His approach involves anticipating and https://mickhammock.com/2024/03/26/finding-civility-community-resilience-with-sam-dettmann/https://mickhammock.com/2024/03/26/finding-civility-community-resilience-with-sam-dettmann/Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:19:43 +0000I had the pleasure of sitting down with Sam Dettmann, a friend of mine since college. Sam is currently running for a Village Trustee position in his town of Whitefish Bay, Wisconsi...https://mickhammock.com/2024/03/21/knowledge-reason-and-what-it-means-to-be-human-revolutionizing-ai-and-life-science-with-khai-pham-of-thinkingnode-life/https://mickhammock.com/2024/03/21/knowledge-reason-and-what-it-means-to-be-human-revolutionizing-ai-and-life-science-with-khai-pham-of-thinkingnode-life/Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:31:43 +0000I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Khai Minh Pham, a visionary at the intersection of life science and artificial intelligence. While AI has only recently entered...https://mickhammock.com/2024/02/09/the-social-coyote-getting-out-of-your-den-and-finding-your-pack-with-jonah-peake/https://mickhammock.com/2024/02/09/the-social-coyote-getting-out-of-your-den-and-finding-your-pack-with-jonah-peake/Fri, 09 Feb 2024 09:39:40 +0000Jonah Peake, creator of The Social Coyote, aims to unite San Diego's tech and entrepreneurship community through his curated event newsletter. Through resilient personal experiences, he found a new pehttps://mickhammock.com/2024/01/10/a-21st-century-solution-to-a-20th-century-problem-talking-bioplastics-and-early-stage-startups-with-ravi-chawla/https://mickhammock.com/2024/01/10/a-21st-century-solution-to-a-20th-century-problem-talking-bioplastics-and-early-stage-startups-with-ravi-chawla/Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:45:15 +0000Ravi Chawla, a postdoctoral fellow at Scripps Research, is forming ChakraTech to produce bioplastics from greenhouse gases, addressing plastic pollution. His resilience, forged through overcoming limihttps://mickhammock.com/2023/12/06/resilience-on-the-road-an-interview-with-patrick-firlik-of-well-traveled/https://mickhammock.com/2023/12/06/resilience-on-the-road-an-interview-with-patrick-firlik-of-well-traveled/Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:14:56 +0000Patrick Firlik, the founder of Well Traveled, discusses his journey from being a management consultant to creating a healthier alternative to immunity booster supplements. Centering on the concept of https://mickhammock.com/2023/11/30/building-the-culture-lessons-on-business-and-family-with-steve-hammock/https://mickhammock.com/2023/11/30/building-the-culture-lessons-on-business-and-family-with-steve-hammock/Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:23:02 +0000This latest interview is a special one with a special guest - my father, Steve Hammock!https://mickhammock.com/2023/11/13/san-diegos-space-for-innovation-how-aquillius-is-building-a-resilient-startup-ecosystem/https://mickhammock.com/2023/11/13/san-diegos-space-for-innovation-how-aquillius-is-building-a-resilient-startup-ecosystem/Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:38:15 +0000Consistently ranked as one of the top biotech cities in the United States, San Diego is home to giants like Illumina, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Genentech, Bristol Meyers Squibb, an...https://mickhammock.com/2023/11/06/innovative-ocean-intelligence-a-dive-into-seatrecs-sustainable-technology-with-yi-chao/https://mickhammock.com/2023/11/06/innovative-ocean-intelligence-a-dive-into-seatrecs-sustainable-technology-with-yi-chao/Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:35:27 +0000Seatrec, a startup led by Dr. Yi Chao, has streamlined a technology that creates electricity from ocean temperature changes. They have used this tech to power research equipment like undersea robots thttps://mickhammock.com/2023/10/23/planting-an-urban-forest-an-interview-with-tree-san-diego/https://mickhammock.com/2023/10/23/planting-an-urban-forest-an-interview-with-tree-san-diego/Mon, 23 Oct 2023 12:11:43 +0000When you think of city management and design, do trees come to mind?https://mickhammock.com/2023/10/23/brewing-a-better-future-how-pure-project-is-redefining-craft-beer-with-sustainability/https://mickhammock.com/2023/10/23/brewing-a-better-future-how-pure-project-is-redefining-craft-beer-with-sustainability/Mon, 23 Oct 2023 12:10:38 +0000San Diego is renowned for our flourishing craft brewing scene. With well over 150 craft and microbreweries in the city, it’s become difficult to for breweries to stand out and diff...https://mickhammock.com/2023/10/23/refilling-resilience-an-interview-with-lowell-jooste-of-lj-crafted-wines/https://mickhammock.com/2023/10/23/refilling-resilience-an-interview-with-lowell-jooste-of-lj-crafted-wines/Mon, 23 Oct 2023 12:07:09 +0000How can you get rid of a glass wine bottle? Lowell Jooste has the answer.https://mickhammock.com/2023/10/23/harvesting-resilience-in-san-diego-county-an-interview-with-the-san-diego-county-farm-bureau/https://mickhammock.com/2023/10/23/harvesting-resilience-in-san-diego-county-an-interview-with-the-san-diego-county-farm-bureau/Mon, 23 Oct 2023 12:04:14 +0000Recently, I got the opportunity to speak with the San Diego County Farm Bureau - a non-profit organization tasked with fostering San Diego…https://mickhammock.com/2023/10/23/building-a-sustainable-blue-economy-resilience-insights-from-the-port-of-san-diego/https://mickhammock.com/2023/10/23/building-a-sustainable-blue-economy-resilience-insights-from-the-port-of-san-diego/Mon, 23 Oct 2023 11:59:51 +0000Learn about the Port of San Diego's Blue Economy startup incubator and their work to create resilience in the iconic San Diego Bay.https://mickhammock.com/2023/10/20/patience-in-chaos-an-interview-with-usa-fencer-james-kaull/https://mickhammock.com/2023/10/20/patience-in-chaos-an-interview-with-usa-fencer-james-kaull/Fri, 20 Oct 2023 14:08:29 +0000Learn about competition and resilient mindsets from James Kaull, a world-caliber fencer making a push for the 2024 Olympic games.