News Highlights
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Local Pajama Girl Reveals Star Goddesses
They sparkle. They shine. They are supernova women of astronomical proportions. Santa Cruz Pajama Girl Productions is going where few women have tread before.
Hometown Heroes Nominees: Rex Harris, Drew Meyer
Nominees for Hometown Heroes 2020 sparked Ride Out the Wave to support local businesses during Shelter-in-Place.
Update on the SNAP Ring with Justis Earl
What has local tech entrepreneur Justis Earl been up to? What is going on with his company Hansnap? Well, it seems like a lot.
Meet the Gazelle Ultimate Family of Electric Bikes
We here at Santa Cruz Works are always stoked to see promo videos featuring Santa Cruz. That is why we had to share this video from Gazelle North America
Canix Eases Regulatory Bookkeeping for Cannabis Cultivators
Stacey Hronowski first conceived of Canix while customizing CRMs for cannabis companies in the SF Bay Area.
Californian Skydio Flying High into the Drone Market
Skydio, the Redwood City, CA startup, is flying high with the Skydio’s X2 drones along with an $100 million in Series C funding. Skydio will present on November 4 at the SCWorks New Tech.
Outschool, The Startup Disrupting K-12 Education and Inspiring
Educators on Outschool get to focus solely on what they do best: teaching classes on topics that they love.
Parallel Flight Technologies on the Weather Channel
Watch a feature story on Parallel Flight Technologies on The Weather Channel’s AMHQ Early show. Original air date October 26, 2020.
HR in Your Back Pocket
As the leader of a small organization you've got most things covered so you don't need full time HR help
Llado Joins Rope Partner as VP of Business Development
Lucas brings nearly two decades of international experience leading multidisciplinary teams in the wind industry.
An Intelligent, RADAR-based Light Switch
New startup Noir has developed an intelligent, RADAR-based light switch for businesses who want to reduce maintenance costs.
Cabrillo College Announces CIS Program
Cabrillo College Computer Information Systems (CIS) is very excited to be launching the IT Institute beginning January 2021.
Santa Cruz Works New Tech November 2020
Stellar line up for November 4 Santa Cruz Works New Tech: Palo Alto Software LivePlan, Skydio, Outschool, RoboticsCats, Canix, Noir
MediaStorm Creates Cinematic Narratives: Santa Cruz Works Clinic
Watch MediaStorm founder Brian Storm for a presentation about packaging video and interactive experiences online.
Zero Motorcycles Being Compared to Tesla On Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous and Brian Sozzi discuss the future of the electric motorcycle industry with Zero Motorcycles CEO, Sam Paschel.
Holger Schmidt & Team Has Designed COVID Detection on a Chip
UCSC Holger Schmidt has design a lab-on-a-chip to quickly and accurately detect COVID-19.
Introducing CAAAS: Clean Air as a Service
We all know what SAAS is. But now there is a new service in town: CAAAS. Clean Air As A Service.
ReportFires App Uses AI to Detect Wildfires
Worried about wildfires? We are too! This app uses AI to detect fires up to 1.4 miles away. Save you cat!
Startup Sandbox Full Feature Video
Learn about some of the amazing work that is coming out of Startup Sand Box and the local Biotech community.
Believe in Your Big Idea!
Big Ideas is the University of California’s leading early-stage social innovation competition.