Janice Drescher of Intentional Leaders offers retreats to generate powerful insights for healthy work relationships, collaboration and creative problem-solving. And horses can teach us so much.

We are in crisis. The realities in San Francisco and Silicon Valley set a very bleak stage. Where do you call Home?

This $10,000 Matching Gift Challenge was announced at Digital NEST's 5th Birthday Party on November 10, 2019 by founding Board members Rose Filicetti and Michele Bassi.  

In this live radio interview with Jamileh Cannon and Tim Gordin from Workbench we discuss what their motivation was to get into the world of design and construction, why more housing is happening in Santa Cruz County, how we can all support the community to keep on developing more housing and what motivates Workbench to do what they do.

Cloud is perhaps the most ambiguous term in technology today. Cloud refers to a wide range of internet technology and use cases, yet the term is thrown around as if everyone should understand the context in which it was used in a given moment. It reminds me of the Finnish comedian Ismo and his take on American’s ambiguous use of some words.

Nicole Beck, founder and CEO of 2NDNATURE, is working to decrease water pollution and transform the rain that falls on our cities back into a valuable resource.

Scott’s Valley-based Parallel Flight Technologies is building industry-changing unmanned systems to save lives, property, and the environment.

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Santa Cruz Works Company Spotlight Breakfast at Almost Human Media. To learn more about one of our newest partners check out their website: Almost Human Media.

The University of California, Santa Cruz, has joined the Association of American Universities, an achievement that underscores the impact and quality of the campus’s research and graduate and undergraduate education.

This week, backed by an amazing amount of in-depth research and impeccably reported by Leonardo Castañeda, The Mercury News dropped the truth bomb that just 10 entities own about 11% of all the taxable property in Silicon Valley—that’s $59.2 billion of property

Congratulations to the companies that were selected for Santa Cruz Works’ subsidized internships. The winning businesses were selected on the basis of their focus on tech innovation, the ability to scale their business, and their entrepreneurial spirit.

Looker’s annual three-day conference for data professionals, the company announced Looker 7, its next-generation, enterprise-grade data platform.

Business isn’t just a man’s world anymore. Today, when we’re talking about entrepreneurship, career coaches, and success, we’re talking about people – not pronouns.

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.