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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Green Tech: It's a Wrap! (photos)

Green Tech was a big hit with presentations from both local companies as well as Gringgo (2 “g”s for “go green”) from Indonesia, Microsoft from Redmond, and more

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

10 Santa Cruz Startups to Watch in 2020

There are more than 20 tech startups that have made significant progress over the past 6 months. Heading into 2020, the ten (10) that we are most enthusiastic about are Ambient Photonics, Sellhound, Cruz Foam, Prometheus Fuels, 2NDNATURE, Santa Cruz Local, and #NotMe.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Design Thinking: It's a Wrap!

What a night! Thank you to all our speakers, guest and sponsors who came out to Design Thinking, our first event at Kuumbwa Jazz Center.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Parallel Flight is looking for a "hardcore Mechanical Engineer"

Joshua Resnick, CEO of Parallel Flight Technologies is looking for "a hardcore Mechanical Engineer who wants to suffer in a startup with us”. If interested send us (info@SantaCruzWorks.org) your contact info and resume and we will send it to the correct channels. Or reach out to Parallel Flight Technologies directly at parallel.aero.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

$1.3 Million 2020 Drako GTE - Jay Leno’s Garage

If you have been following Santa Cruz Works for the last few months you know we are huge Drako Motors fans, including fans of the co fonder Shiv Sikand. So, you can understand our excitement when the Drako GTE was just featured on Jay Leno’s Garage.

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