Another Santa Cruz Works New Tech event is in the books. Did you miss it? If so, don’t worry, we have you covered. Here are a few photos and videos from the night.

Socrates Rosenfeld, CEO of Jane Technologies, joined Cheddar to discuss the business and his journey from U.S. Army Commander to cannabis CEO.

The podcast will be a one hour conversation each week with remarkable People including Jane Goodall, Steve Wozniak, Margaret Atwood, Philip Zimbardo, Martha Stewart to name a few (ok, more than a few).

How Santa Cruz helped her start her company, and how SCW is helping her grow it. Anna Lee-Poli of Owl Eye Media, a full-service production company based in Santa Cruz, says one of her most rewarding projects almost didn’t happen. She and her team were filming at the Dream Inn…

Santa Cruz Entrepreneur, Shiv Sikand re-invents the automobile with Drako Motors and discusses it at the Santa Cruz Works New Tech Event back on Oct 2, 2019.

Well the reviews are in. Santa Cruz local, Craig Vachon (Founder of Chowdahead Growth Fund) has a hit on his hands with his new book - The Knucklehead of Silicon Valley.

For locals, and perhaps outsiders, it seems like common knowledge: people want to live in Santa Cruz over Silicon Valley because it’s an objectively wonderful place. Beach, redwoods, limited fog, cheap parking garages.

Blume Distillation, a Watsonville based company creating revolutionary biofuels will join November 6th’s Demystified with their plant-powered Ford Focus. Blume is setting a new standard for renewable alcohol-based fuels.

UCSC Slug Tank 2019 drew over 10 contestant teams. The winner of the Creative award was P.E.T.E.R.: a turtle robot that eats plastics and poops good stuff.

Scotts Valley-based Carnot Compression has created an industry-disrupting compressor. Developing new technologies and proprietary processes, Carnot will demystify how they built the most innovative and sustainable compressor on the market at SCW’s Nov. 6th event.

On October 22, 2019, the City Council of the City of Santa Cruz approved a mixed-use development at 190 West Cliff Drive, along with a $500k donation to assist with affordable housing efforts.

David Apgar, with vast experience helping startups and early-stage tech firms grow, is leading Santa Cruz County Bank’s new venture banking division.

Last month, Governor Gavin Newsom signed California AB 5 into law. Ironically, it may hurt AB 5 advocates Uber and Lyft drivers, as well as people of low income who supplement their income with “gig” services.

Congratulations to Frank Bien and Lloyd Tabb, from Looker on being awarded the Men of the Year at the 2019 Santa Cruz County Chamber Awards.

Congratulation to Stephen Blum on being awarded the Community Impact Award at the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership’s 5th Annual State of the Region event on Oct 25th, 2019.

Drew Meyer is almost certainly the only Amazon executive who got his start in tech after being laid low by an illness in the Amazon Rainforest. Here he tells that story, and a better one about the role the seminal Unix company Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) played in bringing him to town.

To view Men of the Year, go to: Men of the Year (sorry for the redirect!)

Over the next 6 weeks, we will produce a series of articles comparing the cost of starting and growing a business in Santa Cruz versus the Silicon Valley, or San Francisco. 

UCSC’s Student Creativity and Entrepreneurial Empowerment aka SCEE was awarded a 5 digit grant from the Board of Opportunity Fund to expand its programs. SCEE was founded by a diverse group of students who are passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship. Their mission is to bring more students into the world of entrepreneurship.

Nina Simon, the long-time Executive Director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has been awarded the world renowned Ashoka Fellows Social Innovators Award. This prestigious award goes to a select few social entrepreneurs for their innovative ideas that transform society.

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