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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Doon Insights Auto | Mobility Workshop

Doon Insights held the Auto / Mobility Tech Workshop featuring 12 startups and panel discussions on battery tech, directions in aviation, mobility, navigation, hydrogen, and supply chains.

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Matthew Swinnerton Matthew Swinnerton

Cruz Foam Wins BIG $18M Series A

Investment will enable rapid scaling of commercialization as the company responds to the urgency of global market demand and converts to Benefit Corporation

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

DART Symposium 2022

This year’s theme, “Innovation Workforce: Ready to Fly,” focuses on the economic development opportunities and challenges of expanding DART-related innovation ecosystem on the Central Coast.

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Herbst Produkt: Where Coffee Lifts, and Books Drop

Scot Herbst is one of the most prolific designers in Santa Cruz. In his design studio - Herbst Produkt - we see creations ranging from home decor to autonomous underwater robots, there is no limit to his imagination and talent. We caught up with him in this interview to learn about his latest works, and a new book.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Break On Through with Brick House Media

Brick House Media offers a 3-day program for business owners and entrepreneurs to learn how to create their own video content including lighting, sound, backgrounds, messaging, and more.

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Doug Erickson Doug Erickson

Paystand Announces One Day Payments, No Fees

Paystand, the leader in blockchain-enabled B2B payments, today announced that businesses can have access to their revenue next business day, and at zero cost by using the Paystand Network and the DeFi Corporate Card.

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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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