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PredPol: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Facial recognition can lead to racial discrimination. How does PredPol’s predictive policing work.
New Santa Cruz Startup: PitchHub
Santa Cruz startup PitchHub reveals the perfect teleprompter for all of your online webinars and streaming events.
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Online
Join us for a 2-Session Business Plan Bootcamp! This online course is for entrepreneurs seeking an accelerated program to create their business plan.
Santa Cruz Startup Pinpoint 30-Second C19 Test
Santa Cruz biotech company Pinpoint has a breakthrough 30-second COVID 19 test. And this is just the beginning of this fast-paced startup.
Recording: Nir Eyal's Indistractable
We are living through a crisis of distraction. Plans get sidetracked, friends are ignored, work never seems to get done. Why does it feel like we're distracting our lives away? In Indistractable, behavioral designer Nir Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving you to distraction.
The Iconic 1929 Majestic Recreated with Help from a Zero Motorcycle FXS
An electric powertrain was a natural fit, and Fuller has pillaged the drivetrain from a Zero FXS. The length of the Zero matches the dimensions of the original Majestic, but the motor sits too low and the batteries too high in the stock chassis.
Advancing Drone Technology for People and the Planet
Island Conservation is releasing a request for proposals for a heavy-lift drone with advanced capabilities to improve technology and methodology for the removal of invasive rats from the Ulong Island group in Palau’s Rock Island Southern Lagoon.
Regeneración : Climate of Hope
Join us August 5 for Climate of Hope: a seminar about solving the challenges of rising global temperatures, and impact to local agriculture.
The New Santa Cruz Bicycles 5010 | Get Creative With Your Surroundings
We just had to share this fun video by Santa Cruz Bicycles. The Santa Cruz 5010 is the bike that makes any trail feel as familiar as the back of your hand.
What Can Looker Do For Your Business?
Looker is a Data Platform that makes it easy for everyone to find, explore and understand the data that drives your business.
Clinic: Startup Equity Crowdfunding
This recorded online clinic explored the challenges and rewards of startup equity crowdfunding. Topics: 1) are you fundable, 2) what are the new funding opportunities, and 3) what strategies should you deploy.
A Clinic of Your Choice
Have you ever wanted to ask an economist your top questions about the economy, investing, or conscious capitalism? Here is your opportunity to impact an entire Santa Cruz Works clinic about the economic topic of your choice.
5 Ways to Distraction-Train Your Mind
This article “5 Ways to Distraction-Proof Your Mind” by Nir Eyal is a taste of what you will learn in our upcoming webinar on July 1: Indistractable
Santa Cruz is the First City to Ban Predictive Policing
California’s Santa Cruz has become the first U.S. city to ban predictive policing, which digital rights experts said could spark similar moves across the country.
Using Sprints in a Nonprofit: Interview with Eric Ressler from Cosmic
This was a great conversation with Cosmic's Founder, Eric Ressler about how Cosmic are rapidly spreading Agile approaches to their nonprofit clients. Eric explains how and why they use Sprints and the huge impact and faster approaches this brought to the nonprofits.
Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders
Google for Startups Accelerator for Women Founders is a three-month digital accelerator program for Seed to Series A technology startups based in the U.S. and Canada.
Design Software Unicorn Canva Hits $6 Billion Valuation
Its design software business booming in a work-from-home pandemic environment, Canva has raised new funding that values the startup at $6 billion.
Looking to Hire a Content Marketer/Creator? We Got Your Guy!
This is what happens when you quarantine an unemployed content marketer/creator with all of his studio gear that is looking for a job.
The Future of Education Recordings
The Future of Education webinar on June 17, 2020 was a great success. We learned from educational thought leaders such as tech giants Microsoft and Google their plans for uplifting our schools.
The Billionaire Founder of Netflix is Giving $120 Million to Black Colleges
Netflix founder Reed Hastings is making the single biggest donation, by a couple or an individual, to racial justice in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, putting $120 million into America’s historically black colleges and universities

