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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Neal Saiki's new Venture...

Neal Saiki, the founder of Zero Electric Motorcycles, has just revealed that after 3 intense years of R&D he has developed a revolutionary electric bicycle motor that is half the weight and twice the efficiency.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Google-Looker Deal May Not Close This Year

When Google announced its acquisition of Looker in June, it said it expected to close the transaction by year-end. But that may not happen, given this week’s development.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Ventana Surfboards featured in Latest Shopify Masters Podcast

In this episode of Shopify Masters, you’ll hear how David Dennis balances his career at Microsoft while running Ventana Surfboards, the key components of running an impactful sustainable business, and how Instagram drives most of their sales. 

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Guest User Guest User

Part 5: Why Santa Cruz? Where Do We Go from Here

In this the 5th article of our 6 part series about Santa Cruz's unique work & life style benefits, author Julia Sinn interviews community leaders who are focused on foundation: unifying skills from K12 thru upper education, venture capital, affordable homes and office space.

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Adrian Dolatschko Adrian Dolatschko

Titans of Tech Finalists: Know Your Titans

Santa Cruz Work’s 4th Titans of Tech event is just around the corner on January 8th in 2020. Learn more about the Titans as we celebrated people who have lifted us with their challenges, their successes, their character, and contributions to our community. Marc Randolph, Nina Simon, David Haussler, and more.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Xnor.ai is on the Edge AI

Company Xnor.ai has announced a small energy efficient chip using state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms.

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Adrian Dolatschko Adrian Dolatschko

Drako GTE Gracing the Cover of Automobile Magazine

The Drako GTE supercar needs no introduction. 1200HP, algorithmic torque vectoring, the future is here at a price of $1.25 million. Automobile Magazine’s January 2020 Cover is adorned with Shiv Sikand’s vision and vehicle. Learn more with our exclusive content on the GTE.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

NEST FLIGHT 2019 in Video

NEST Flight was born out of our team's desire to bring together a diverse community of young talent with leading, inclusive minded professionals to uncover our collective hidden potential when we tackle inequality together. The second NEST Flight was held on October 12, 2019.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

How to Break into the Tech Industry

When I first decided to transition from the action sports industry to tech, I was told I would need to learn how to golf. Times have certainly changed! In this recent Crunchbase article, author Mike Marg of InterviewX describes his journey from real estate into tech beginning in 2011.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

The Santa Cruz Tech Exchange is open for business!

The Santa Cruz Tech Exchange is Santa Cruz’s #1 resource for all things tech! They buy, sell, trade, service and repair Apple & PC laptop computers, desktop computers, pro audio, home audio / visual, dj gear & more!

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Almost Human Media Exclusive Interview

This week we had the opportunity to sit down and have an interview with Ethan Summers, Anne-Marie Napoli and Alex Lamb from Almost Human Media.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Nobel Prize-winning Economist Esther Duflo

Imagine our surprise to learn that smaller classes and even text books are not the remedy for better education. This is what Esther Duflo Nobel Prize-winning Economist has learned in her research.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Making Gasoline Out of Thin Air

New Santa Cruz company Prometheus Fuels has a unique product for creating gasoline out of thin air. This could be the stop-gap solution we so desperately need.

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