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How Do You Become a Unicorn? 🦄

Melanie came up with the idea for Canva when she was studying at the University of Western Australia. She was tutoring other students on how to use design programs and realized they were far too complex and expensive.

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Monterey Bay Internships Employer Toolkit

The goal of the Employer Toolkit is to give employers in the Monterey Bay area the tools and guidance they need to provide a fulfilling internship opportunity for students.

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Blue Check Sign Program Launches

The County of Santa Cruz is pleased to announce the launch of a new program designed to protect the health and safety of the community by providing a public health endorsement to businesses following safer health and safety practices.

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Local Ed-tech Launches Equity Crowdfunding Campaign

At Santa Cruz New Tech’s Cruz Cares back in 2016, Mitch Slater took the stage for the first time to present his proof-of-concept curriculum product, Levered Learning. Just four years later, Levered is serving 6,000 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders.

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Community Building Brigade Style

On Thursday July 30th, Amazon Web Services announced a new developer community, AWS Community Builders Program. For months, Chris Miller, founder & CEO of Cloud Brigade, has had to keep this exciting news a secret.

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The Crisis that Won't Go Away: Climate

Join us on August 5 to learn from thought leaders about worsening climate impacts, and economic devastation along with many other threats associated with low-earning, seasonal work.

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Joby Aviation Adds More Financial Thrust

Japan's Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. has invested in U.S. startup Joby Aviation, which is developing electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft, better known as flying cars.

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James O'Connor Helps Entrepreneurs Validate Their Big Idea

James has been a builder of software his entire adult life. With seed funding from Steve Blank, he cofounded Innovation Within to realize his vision of helping entrepreneurs validate their big idea by getting out of the building and talking to customers.

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