On October 11th, Day of the Girl, Girls Who Code will organize the first-ever global digital march, inviting girls around the world to stand up for what matters to them.

Thank you to everyone who came out to The Santa Cruz Works New Tech event this week - The Impossible…Possible featuring Marc Randolph, Mayor Martine Watkins, Shiv Sikand, David Silverglate, Kyle Doerksen and more. We are looking forward to sharing the videos of the event produced by Owl Eye Media but until then here are some pictures from the night.

The Institute for Innovation and Economic Development at Cal State Monterey Bay has just received an $850,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

Do you remember Bump? It was a great iOS and Android app that allowed users to "bump" their smart phones together to exchange their digital business card. Why carry business cards around if your smartphone can do it for you? Why did Google acquire Bump, and shut it down? Is there an alternative? Tell us why, and one person will win a FREE pass to Startup Grind Global Conference.

UCSC Girls in Engineering announced their 2020 program. 7th- and 8th-grade girls, primarily from low-income families in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, are invited to attend a full week of hands-on workshops at Baskin Engineering...for free. In these workshops, the girls create their very own robots, imagine themselves as computer scientists and engineers, and explore the careers and educational opportunities available to them in STEM fields. There are 25 students per weeklong cohort. And this is where they could use support.

Startup Sandbox today announced that six members have successfully transitioned from the bioscience incubator to commercial operations as strong, viable startup companies.

When Looker’s customers have a problem, they don’t contact customer support – they contact the Department of Customer Love. And what they get is an experience that lives up to the department’s name.

Downtown Forward, a community movement that advocates for initiatives and projects that will make life in Downtown Santa Cruz better for residents, workers and visitors; is proud to present a new series of videos promoting a vision from the perspective of local business. For their second video they have Stacey Nagel, Senior Global Workplace Manager for Looker….

Santa Cruz Entrepreneur's Re-invented Automobile at SC Works New Tech on Oct 2

Economically disadvantaged students are less likely than others to finish college, even when controlling for other characteristics. But some colleges are more successful than others at advancing social mobility by enrolling and graduating large proportions of disadvantaged students awarded with Pell Grants. UCSC ranked #2 in the nation. Details at: Top Performer

Many of you know of Toby Corey, former President of Tesla SolarCity, and board member of Santa Cruz Works. Toby is also a lecturer at Stanford and UCSC on Zentrepreneurship. With the help of his very talented song writer singer daughter Jordan Corey, and UCSC student/ SC Works volunteer Aaron Huang, they produced the heartwarming (not global warming) video about Zentrepreneur Life. And look at what one person from Iowa had to say.

What do you need to build a business from dream to reality? Grit? Timing? Talent? Cosmic vibes? All of the above? Hear how an impossible dream became possible from true innovators. Get your tickets before it is too late! Get Me A Ticket!

Amazon Santa Cruz teams continue to make key contributions in Alexa and Mobile technologies. The local Alexa for Everyone team recently worked with the local Santa Cruz Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired to make the new Show and Tell Alexa capability that recognizes objects for vision-impaired customers.

There’s a scene early in Marc Randolph’s new book, That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea, that takes place at Lulu Carpenters at the top of Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz. Randolph has been pitching his future partner, Reed Hastings, on a slew of business ideas. This has been happening for months while the two men commute over Highway 17

A new Tech for Social Good program at UC Santa Cruz, launched by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute and cosponsored by the Institute for Social Transformation, will fund student research projects and events, encouraging students across all campus divisions to participate and form cross-disciplinary teams.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Sept. 18, 2019 -- Santa Cruz County Bank (OTC Pink: SCZC) and Lighthouse Bank (OTC Pink: LGHT) jointly announced that the shareholders of both companies have approved the agreement and plan of reorganization and merger (the "Agreement") announced on May 28, 2019, whereby Lighthouse Bank will merge with and into Santa Cruz County Bank. 

Cindi Busenhart of Merge4, a Santa Cruz-based sock company that is pushing the envelope in the apparel industry in at least two ways, refers to her team of collaborators—which includes rock stars, legendary skateboarders and other bona-fide action sports heroes—as a “family.” While that is common in business circles, in this case it is truer: Busenhart has known many of these folks for decades.

UCSC IEEE and Santa Cruz Works are proud to announce the 4th annual Technology of Today and Tomorrow (TTT) Conference on October 12, 2019. The TTT Student Conference is UCSC's only student run, student focused engineering conference.

Remarkable research happening on the central coast to fight crime. A lab at UC Santa Cruz is able to get DNA from root-less hair, and the technology has already been used to crack a major case.

Side effects include pure joy moments, getting places super fast and a feeling of one-ness with the universe. Always wear protection. Paid actor reenacts actual real-life true events.