Among countless software tools that claim to make life easier for businesses, only few are both easy to use and deliver concrete results. Hubspot’s CRM, offered with a SCW Partnership at an unprecedented 90% discount, at $400 opposed to $4000, is true to its claims and enables you, a business owner to optimize your processes and grow your business.
Read MoreSANTA CRUZ, CA - October 17, 2019 - Today Santa Cruz Works announces a new board member: Tonée Picard. Picard is the EVP/Chief Development Officer at Bay Federal Credit Union. She has been involved in the Santa Cruz community for over 30-years, including a long stint in the technology industry. Picard has direct responsibility for the credit union’s strategic planning, information technology, marketing, human resources, and facilities business units.
Read MoreOn October 2, Marc Randolph (1st CEO of Netflix) came to our Santa Cruz Works New Tech: The Impossible Possible event to talk about his new book - That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea. This fireside chat was hosted by Drew Myer from Amazon.
Read MoreU.S. antitrust enforcers have started an in-depth review of Google’s $2.6 billion planned acquisition of a data analytics company, a further sign of greater scrutiny on big technology companies, according to people familiar with the situation.
Read MorePaystand, the fastest growing commercial payments platform, today announced it has appointed four globally recognized Fintech Pioneers from Fiserv, PayPal, and Visa to its Fintech Advisory Council. The new council comes on the heels of a record-breaking year for Paystand
Read MoreMusician’s BASS, the startup providing digital tools for musician's careers has gained more and more momentum. As funding pours in and the beta launch date approaches, founder Aliza Hava provides an update.
Read MoreIn 2014, TalentLMS conducted a gamification survey to examine how gamified elements change the state of training. In 2018, our gamification stats focused on productivity, motivation, and gamification for employee engagement. This year, the TalentLMS survey has covered both topics.
Read MoreLast week, we asked readers if they had knew the backstory on the tragic loss of Bump: a smartphone app that allowed iOS and Android users to exchange virtual business cards by simply bumping their phones together. And we offered a free pass to Startup Grind Global Conference 2020 to the person who had the answer. David Kim rose to the challenge...
Read MoreThere are some facts about Santa Cruz that many folks still find surprising: that the first words spoken from the moon were spoken into Plantronics’ Santa Cruz-built headset; that Felipe Kahn invented the cellphone camera here; that this is a capital of the digital biotech revolution. Read full details about the historic merger…
Read MoreUC Santa Cruz has received an anonymous gift of $8.5 million to support the Genomics Institute’s pioneering interdisciplinary research. The gift, which will be made in annual installments over the next ten years, establishes the Healthier World Fund for the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute.
Read MoreOn October 11th, Day of the Girl, Girls Who Code will organize the first-ever global digital march, inviting girls around the world to stand up for what matters to them.
Read MoreThank you to everyone who came out to The Santa Cruz Works New Tech event this week - The Impossible…Possible featuring Marc Randolph, Mayor Martine Watkins, Shiv Sikand, David Silverglate, Kyle Doerksen and more. We are looking forward to sharing the videos of the event produced by Owl Eye Media but until then here are some pictures from the night.
Read MoreThe Institute for Innovation and Economic Development at Cal State Monterey Bay has just received an $850,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
Read MoreDo you remember Bump? It was a great iOS and Android app that allowed users to "bump" their smart phones together to exchange their digital business card. Why carry business cards around if your smartphone can do it for you? Why did Google acquire Bump, and shut it down? Is there an alternative? Tell us why, and one person will win a FREE pass to Startup Grind Global Conference.
Read MoreUCSC Girls in Engineering announced their 2020 program. 7th- and 8th-grade girls, primarily from low-income families in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, are invited to attend a full week of hands-on workshops at Baskin Engineering...for free. In these workshops, the girls create their very own robots, imagine themselves as computer scientists and engineers, and explore the careers and educational opportunities available to them in STEM fields. There are 25 students per weeklong cohort. And this is where they could use support.
Read MoreStartup Sandbox today announced that six members have successfully transitioned from the bioscience incubator to commercial operations as strong, viable startup companies.
Read MoreWhen Looker’s customers have a problem, they don’t contact customer support – they contact the Department of Customer Love. And what they get is an experience that lives up to the department’s name.
Read MoreDowntown Forward, a community movement that advocates for initiatives and projects that will make life in Downtown Santa Cruz better for residents, workers and visitors; is proud to present a new series of videos promoting a vision from the perspective of local business. For their second video they have Stacey Nagel, Senior Global Workplace Manager for Looker….
Read MoreSanta Cruz Entrepreneur's Re-invented Automobile at SC Works New Tech on Oct 2
Read MoreEconomically disadvantaged students are less likely than others to finish college, even when controlling for other characteristics. But some colleges are more successful than others at advancing social mobility by enrolling and graduating large proportions of disadvantaged students awarded with Pell Grants. UCSC ranked #2 in the nation. Details at: Top Performer
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