Santa Cruz apparel founder Megan Thorn grew her company from a garage operation into an $8 million business, but disconnected inventory and sales data made fast decisions difficult. By bringing Shopify, wholesale, warehouse and margin information into one daily briefing, Cardyn helped her identify risks earlier, avoid costly stockouts and plan production with greater confidence.

Tech Trek, powered by the California chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), empowers girls through a STEM-oriented summer camp.

No Isolation invented their AV1 robot to help children attend school and mitigate “chronic absenteeism.”

Pirta is among eleven startups chosen to advance their paint cooling technology with the Amazon Sustainability Accelerator program.

2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Digital NEST, an organization that aims to empower Latine youth entering into the digital economy.

New rankings from the Wall Street Journal and the Burning Glass Institute place UC Santa Cruz as the number 12 school for high-paying tech salaries.

Local historian Gregg Herken describes “Project Pluto”, a development program for a nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered ramjet missile at the Livermore lab in the late-1950s. What could possibly go wrong…

Spring is here! We have a fresh crop of companies presenting to you. Hayley Mears with MBEP will kick off our event to let job seekers know about the opportunities now available.

CodeStringer CEO Michael Manzo gives us some must learn lessons for every business. Sometimes it is better to listen learn and take action than to let hubris lead.

Over the next three weeks, Santa Cruz Works will look at Santa Cruz’s “unique” housing crisis. Is tech to blame? We’ll be holding data up right up next to local culture and politics to see if they overlap.

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