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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Santa Cruz County Bank Reports Record Earnings

SC County Bank set new records for the Bank’s assets, gross loans (excluding PPP), deposits and quarterly net income. Record assets, gross loans, deposits — what is there not to love!

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Malina Long Malina Long

Roadz: Simplifying Commercial Fleet Data

Roadz is a group of fleet-tech veterans who have come from some of the industry’s largest corporations committed to helping fleets and solution providers achieve their goals, while promoting safety and sustainability.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Chorestop: a New Virtual Service for Every Chore

ChoreStop is a live streaming professional platform to help users for whatever they need combined with comparison shopping & much much more. Problem solving or planning has never been easier with one of our pros.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Add Health Today

Re-energize yourself, your team, your company with live stretch breaks from Add Health Today.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

DrivR: Sol and Jacob's New Startup

In this interview with DrivR co-founder Sol Lipman, we learn about a new Santa Cruz startup. Sol Lipman will present at the Santa Cruz Works New Tech on November 2, 2022. Get your tickets now!

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

A Battery Made of Seaweed

A battery made using seaweed still works after charging 1000 times. Harvesting seaweed could one day help replace lithium batteries, which rely on mining rare materials.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Joby Field Trip Soars

When Joby Aviation lifted the curtain at the facility tour in Marina on October 13, 2022, there were no doubts remaining of the commitment, the deliverables, and vision of the entire Joby team.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Part 2: The Promise of Hydrogen

In part 2 of the 3-part series on green hydrogen, we dive deeper into UCSC’s green hydrogen breakthrough: Learn why this is truly a breakthrough.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Santa Cruz Accelerates Member Purcell Q3 Update

Purcell will continue to manufacture units, pilot, and refine the design of the S1 Dispenser through the end of the year. In 2023, after piloting and refinement, Purcell will begin manufacturing to fill outstanding and new orders.

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Malina Long Malina Long

UCSC CIDER Pilot Training Program Applications Open

Applications for UCSC’s 2023 Cider Pilot Training program are open! Twenty students will be selected to participate in a two-quarter program to receive training on drone safety, hardware and sensors, mission planning, flight operation, data processing, remote sensing, FAA part 107 license training, and more.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Santa Cruz Works Awarded by CMTC

For the 3rd consecutive year, CMTC awarded Santa Cruz Works (“SCW”) with undisclosed funds to support manufacturers in the tri-county (Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito).

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