Santa Cruz Works and Monterey Bay Economic Partnership are taking nominations for the 2020 Hometown Hero Awards. Let us know who deserves the spotlight.

When Alex first started his company 18 months, he did not make a penny for 8 months. Fast-forward, Pacific BPA just won the Nintex 2020 Innovation Award

Smith & Vandiver Corporation has a special run of hand cleanser and is donating 100% of the sales of this limited edition to Jacob’s Heart.

Santa Cruz Works is happy to announce Oakland Black Business Fund (“OBBF”) has joined Z Hacks 2020. Z Hacks participants can create projects which support OBBF’s funding drive.

Vanly has implemented a Wildfires Support Program to connect evacuees with a safe, comfortable place to park.

Ian McHenry talks about the benefits of using In Stock and why starting in Santa Cruz was a good idea.

Tom Wollenberger of Aeroasis talks about their pivot to include risk mitigation tools and why they are doing it in Santa Cruz.

New Way Homes Launches a Crowdfunding Investment Campaign

Joby Aviation, Zero Motorcycles, In Stock, Everlog: Tech companies addressing transportation, fire, community business support and more.

“The key is embracing managing on the edge of chaos,” Hastings says. “That’s the message of the book.”

A epic adventure takes you 3,100-miles along America's Backbone, the Continental Divide, "from Canada to Mexico."

Buoyant Ventures makes their first investment in Raptor Maps. Learn why, and how to connect your startup with Amy.

This week we had the chance to interview Scot Herbst at the Herbst Produkt Santa Cruz office.

On Monday, Seedstages Inc. launched the Seedstages mobile app, a future-forward job search platform connecting students and startups.

Inc. magazine today revealed that CodeStringers is No. 3,700 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.

In yet another remarkable podcast, Guy Kawasaki brings on his “most outspoken” guest to date: Scott Galloway, professor of marketing at NYU Stern and founder of section4.

Santa Cruz entrepreneur Emma McLaren shares a sister story about COVID 19, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and why we should heed the advice of these wise sisters.

Learn how to fireproof your home. EverLog will present at the October 7 Santa Cruz Works New Tech webinar. Tickets available soon.

A new startup from Brazil has made Santa Cruz their home town. Their passion for environment and tech built a simulation of sea level rise in Santa Cruz.

Credited for saving dozens of homes, here is the story of several families who wisely held their ground against the CZU Lightning Complex fires.