One of our team members, Emma McLaren, attended the Startup Grind conference. Here is her op ed on the conference.

20 years ago, startups like Netflix had to move to the Silicon Valley to attract investment. In this decade, the tables have turned.

Consider the definition of the word “balance”: to be equal or correct in proportions which allows someone or something to remain upright and steady. Is it realistic to think a person can apply equal proportions of work, relationships, and self? 

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Santa Cruz Works Company Spotlight Breakfast at Poly with guest speaker, UCSC Chancellor, Cynthia Larive. We love our Santa Cruz tech community!

Christina Koch wrapped up a 328-day extended mission on her first spaceflight, having spent more time in space on a single mission than any other woman.

He is the co-founder of Apple, prankster, iconoclast, concert producer, Dancing with the Stars contestant, and college graduate.

Joe Burton, Poly's president and CEO, has stepped down. Robert Hagerty, chairman of Poly's board of directors and former CEO of Polycom, is serving as Poly's leader while the company searches for its permanent replacement.

Santa Cruz is a vibrant community with a strong appreciation of our environment. We are a little-big town of innovators. We are a community where the favorite pastimes are surfing and mountain biking. In classic Santa Cruz style, once a problem and industry are defined, a community is set into motion. These are some of the companies and organizations leading the charge to fight global warming:

An international team including researchers at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute has completed the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes to date, significantly improving our fundamental understanding of cancer and suggesting new directions for its diagnosis and treatment.

Paystand, the fastest growing blockchain-enabled commercial payments platform, today announced it has secured $20 million in Series B funding.

There are more than 20 tech startups that have made significant progress over the past 6 months. Heading into 2020, the ten (10) that we are most enthusiastic about are Ambient Photonics, Sellhound, Cruz Foam, Prometheus Fuels, 2NDNATURE, Santa Cruz Local, and #NotMe.

As recently as 2016 few people had heard of Andrew Yang. He had achieved success as a tech entrepreneur, but he wasn’t in the billionaire club like Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates. Though his aspirations are just as large.

A new initiative from billionaire Melinda Gates wants to increase the number of women in Chicago tech. And her investment firm is spending $50 million to kickstart the women-in-tech initiative in the Windy City and two other markets.

How do you follow up on Iron Man? The answer for Amazon’s second annual re:MARS conference is to bring the godfather of Baby Yoda to the Vegas stage.

Skyrora’s rocket engines are novel not only in their use of 3D printing, but also because the fuel that powers them is developed from plastic waste

The investment arm of Abdul Latif Jameel, a Saudi Arabian family-owned conglomerate, invested in Joby Aviation's $590 million Series C funding round. Joby is an emerging company in Santa Cruz that aims to shuttle passengers in electric air taxis above congested city streets.

During my 14 years running a professional services company in Santa Cruz, finding talent here was never “easy”. In 2008 we had little choice but to curate talent, mentoring potential employees through internships and more recently structured tech apprenticeships.

What a night! Thank you to all our speakers, guest and sponsors who came out to Design Thinking, our first event at Kuumbwa Jazz Center.

Workplace harassment is a huge problem in the Bay Area. And by some estimates, as many as 75% of all incidents never get reported. But a tech company has an easy solution and all you need is a smartphone app. The #NotMe app is a new way to report any kind of harassment anonymously on your phone.

Joshua Resnick, CEO of Parallel Flight Technologies is looking for "a hardcore Mechanical Engineer who wants to suffer in a startup with us”. If interested send us (info@SantaCruzWorks.org) your contact info and resume and we will send it to the correct channels. Or reach out to Parallel Flight Technologies directly at parallel.aero.