Author Valerie Moselle helps us understand the power of breath.

An historic moment for Santa Cruz County: Jacob Martinez / Founder and Executive Director of Digital NEST has been chosen as one of five recipients of this year’s The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award.

Jeff Bezos has pledged more money to to fight climate change than any person ever has. The question is, where will it go?

John Dicconson, CEO of TCN moved to the Monterey Bay Area from San Francisco in the year 2000 to join a language services company, immerse in the local business ecosystem and enjoy a healthier work-life balance.

We recently learned that Melanie Perkins - the founder & CEO of Canva - is a kitesurfer. Melanie is now one of the highest-valued, woman-led unicorn companies in the world.

Scotts Valley company WeatherFlow announces TEMPEST: an artificial intelligence-powered weather system for at-home use this spring.

Craig Vachonin In this interview discusses the the last twelve plus years of Santa Cruz Tech and his prediction for what he see to come out of Santa Cruz tech in the next five years.

For its first event of the year, the Santa Cruz Hardware Group has organized a tour at Camp Six Labs, a Santa Cruz-based startup developing a breakthrough approach to cargo pickup and delivery leveraging autonomous cargo drones, which allows them to do it in an almost absolutely silent way.

Today, Google Cloud announced the completion of its acquisition of Looker -- a historic day that begins an exciting journey for Looker, our employees, customers and partners.

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.