SAN DIEGO STANDOUTS SERIES Gregory Shepard, The Startup Architect A San Diego Weekly Standouts feature recognizing a builder, researcher and entrepreneur whose work is giving founders a new way to understand failure, sequence decisions and build companies with greater clarity. SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Gregory Shepard’s work begins with an idea that is both unsettling and reassuring: startup failure may be far more predictable than most founders have been taught to believe. After founding 13 companies since 1994, selling 12 of them, reaching more than 125,000 founders worldwide and appearing on more than 100 stages including TEDx, the United Nations,…
Author: Jonny Gutierrez
Jonny Gutierrez
Born and raised in San Diego. I’m a conscious real estate entrepreneur focused on creating wealth, freedom, and impact through alignment, relationships, and purpose-driven business. I believe real estate is more than transactions. It’s a vehicle for transformation, community, and creating opportunities that positively affect people’s lives. My path combines entrepreneurship, personal growth, spirituality, and real estate investing, with experience in being a realtor, acquisitions, wholesaling, and identifying value-add opportunities. I’m passionate about building a life rooted in discipline, abundance, authenticity, and meaningful connections while continuing to grow into development, investing, and long-term wealth creation. Outside of business, I value self-development, mindfulness, music, travel, wellness, hiking, sports, and surrounding myself with high-vibrational people and experiences that inspire growth and creativity.
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SAN DIEGO STANDOUTS SERIES A San Diego Weekly Standouts feature recognizing individuals whose leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, and service are helping shape San Diego, California, the Cali-Baja region, and communities connected to the region around the world. SAN DIEGO, Calif. — There is a particular kind of confidence that comes from no longer waiting for someone else to decide when your time has arrived. For FINA DE FAB, that confidence was forged through experience, shaped by Detroit and transformed into a creative philosophy built around ownership. A Detroit-born independent hip hop artist, performer and entrepreneur, FINA DE FAB has built her…
SAN DIEGO STANDOUTS SERIES San Diego Weekly Standouts A San Diego Weekly Standouts feature recognizing individuals whose leadership is shaping San Diego, California, the Cali-Baja region, and communities connected to the region around the world. SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Some businesses are created because a market opportunity is obvious. Others are created because someone looks around a neighborhood and realizes something important is missing. For Timothy and Dalila Parker, building Chula Vista Brewery was never simply about making beer. It was about creating the gathering place they believed their community was missing, challenging assumptions about who craft beer was for,…
SAN DIEGO STANDOUTS SERIES A San Diego Weekly Standouts Feature A San Diego Weekly Standouts feature recognizing individuals whose leadership, service and entrepreneurship are helping shape San Diego, California, the Cali-Baja region and communities connected to the region around the world SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Some careers are built one project at a time. Others are built around a larger question: what can be left behind that is stronger, more capable, and better positioned for the future? For John Atherton, that question has shaped more than 27 years in construction, public works, education, organizational leadership, and community service. As the…
SAN DIEGO STANDOUTS SERIES A San Diego Weekly Standouts Feature A San Diego Weekly Standouts feature recognizing individuals whose leadership, service and entrepreneurship are helping shape San Diego, California, the Cali-Baja region and communities connected to the region around the world SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A Navy chef. A serial entrepreneur. A business coach. A government contracting educator. A media personality. For Geoff Cole, these are not separate chapters of a career. They are connected experiences that shaped a larger mission: helping people turn knowledge, opportunity, and discipline into businesses capable of changing their financial futures. Today, Cole is using…
SAN DIEGO STANDOUTS SERIES San Diego Weekly Standouts A San Diego Weekly Standouts feature recognizing individuals whose leadership, service and entrepreneurship are helping shape San Diego, California, the Cali-Baja region and communities connected to the region around the world. SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Sometimes the clearest vision for a better future comes from having lived through the absence of one. For Bridgette Mixon, the meaning of a safe home is not theoretical. Her own family experienced homelessness, giving her an intimate understanding of the uncertainty, isolation and fear that can accompany not knowing where you will land next. Rather than…
A San Diego Weekly Standouts feature recognizing individuals whose leadership, service, and community impact are helping shape San Diego, California, the Cali-Baja region, and communities connected to the region around the world. A First Trip Into Mexico’s Boxing Scene On May 30, 2026, I had the opportunity to experience my first live boxing event in Tijuana, Mexico, attending Mayhem Boxing at Arena Tecate. Along with a group of about ten friends, we crossed the border to support one of our favorite San Diego fighters, standout female boxer Carime Arriaga. While we made the trip to cheer on a familiar face,…
A San Diego Weekly Standouts feature recognizing individuals whose leadership, service, and community impact are helping shape San Diego, California, the Cali-Baja region, and communities connected to the region around the world. SAN DIEGO, Calif. – “History often feels distant until you hear it from someone who lived through it.” Remembering One of History’s Darkest Chapters That was the experience for those who attended the Holocaust Survivor event at the La Jolla Library, where community members gathered to honor the lives of Holocaust survivors and remember one of the darkest chapters in human history. Through historical exhibits, books, magazines, photographs,…
A San Diego Weekly Standouts feature recognizing individuals whose leadership, service, and community impact are helping shape San Diego, California, the Cali-Baja region, and communities connected to the region around the world. SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Every four years, the world comes together for one of the greatest sporting events on the planet, the FIFA World Cup. It is a tournament where the best players, the strongest national teams, and millions of passionate fans unite for one common purpose. For one incredible month, the world seems to pause as countries compete for the most prestigious trophy in soccer. Names like…
Some leaders build organizations. Others build movements. For Tanner Steven Courtney, the journey toward founding Ready & Forward began not in a boardroom or business incubator, but during one of the most challenging periods of his life. SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A Navy and Marine Corps veteran whose service included working alongside Marine Corps infantry and scout sniper elements, Courtney’s life was dramatically altered by severe medical complications, multiple surgeries, extended rehabilitation, and a period in which he became semi-paralyzed from the waist down. What followed was not simply a recovery story. It became a lesson in resilience, faith, service,…