News Highlights
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Titans of Tech 2022 Community Collaboration
For 2022, we asked Ted Holladay of Studio Holladay on the design, and Jordan Layman of Idea Fab Labs to create a memorable award. And they did!
GetVirtual Launches New Website
GetVirtual, the program connects college students with digital skill set to help local Santa Cruz businesses, has gotten a revamp.
2023 Ocean Pitch Challenge Announced
Got an ocean-related solution? Sign up for the Ocean Pitch Challenge.
Annieglass Donating 20% of Online Sales
Annieglass is donating 20% of their online sales to support the CFSCC Disaster Relief Fund.
Onewheel Chosen as the 2023 Micromobility Rider's Choice Award winner
Onewheel was recently chosen as the 2023 Micromobility Rider's Choice Award winner.
MERGE4 Donates Portion of Proceeds to Help Local Businesses Recover from Flood and Storm Damage
Santa Cruz-based sock company, MERGE4, is donating 50% of sales of their Santa Cruz surf spot socks to the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County’s disaster relief fund.
Reed Hastings Has Stepped Down As Netflix's Co-CEO To Be Its Executive Chairman
Netflix announced Thursday that its founder Reed Hastings is stepping down as co-CEO at the company and will serve as executive chairman.
CEO Works Luncheon and Workshop
Ty Hammond of One Mountain Leadership and LeBaron Meyers will lead an interactive session. Bring us your key challenges, share your best practices, enhance your leadership network.
Meaningful Data with Elucidate
In this interview, Nico Peruzzi, the co-founder of Elucidate, a quantitative product and marketing research company, shared his journey of how he ended up starting his own company.
Capitola City Council OK's Bikeshare Program
A regional bikeshare program that has been in the works for many years could soon roll through the streets of Capitola after clearing an important hurdle with city leaders.
Parallel Flight Prescribed Burn Flight Testing
What were most excited about is that our hybrid system allows for an overall mission that is twice as fast, and requires half of the ground crew, as would be needed with an all-electric aircraft.
CruzHacks 2023 is On!
Annual event rescheduled to February 3-5. Co-founder Mark Adams will speak at opening ceremonies. We interview Tony Ma / Co-President of Cruz Hacks 2023. He gives us a sneak preview of the upcoming largest hackathon on the central coast CruzHacks.
SCWorks New Tech: Birthing to Data
We are very excited to announce our second New Tech event of the year. We have a stellar line up of companies ranging from women’s health to new financial management apps and much more.
Surfer's Path Event Series To Donate to Storm and Flood Disaster Fund
Surfer's Path Event Series will be donating a portion of proceeds to the Storm and Flood Disaster Fund.
WeatherFlow-Tempest Launches Second StartEngine Campaign
WeatherFlow-Tempest is back on StartEngine and hopes to raise a second successful campaign.
MERGE4 Releases Collaboration with Skateboarding Legends
MERGE4 Releases Collaboration with Photographer, Grant Brittain and Founder of Santa Cruz Bicycles, Rob Roskopp.
Wonderfil Selected as 2023 Westly Prize Finalists
Santa Cruz Accelerates startup, Wonderfil, creator of a package-at-purchase platform for liquid and cream products, has been selected as a finalist for the Westly Prize.
January 2023 New Tech Videos
Did you miss our first New Tech event of the year? Check out the recordings here!
Santa Cruz County Office of Education to Seeking Judges for STEAM Expo
Santa Cruz County Office of Education is moving from a traditional science fair model to a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) EXPO in order to advance equitable access to inquiry-based learning.
Low-Interest Federal Disaster Loans to Assist Businesses with Storm Damage
Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to California businesses and residents as a result of President Biden’s major disaster declaration.