Many of you know of Toby Corey, former President of Tesla SolarCity, and board member of Santa Cruz Works. Toby is also a lecturer at Stanford and UCSC on Zentrepreneurship. With the help of his very talented song writer singer daughter Jordan Corey, and UCSC student/ SC Works volunteer Aaron Huang, they produced the heartwarming (not global warming) video about Zentrepreneur Life. And look at what one person from Iowa had to say.
Read MoreWhat do you need to build a business from dream to reality? Grit? Timing? Talent? Cosmic vibes? All of the above? Hear how an impossible dream became possible from true innovators. Get your tickets before it is too late! Get Me A Ticket!
Read MoreAmazon Santa Cruz teams continue to make key contributions in Alexa and Mobile technologies. The local Alexa for Everyone team recently worked with the local Santa Cruz Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired to make the new Show and Tell Alexa capability that recognizes objects for vision-impaired customers.
Read MoreThere’s a scene early in Marc Randolph’s new book, That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea, that takes place at Lulu Carpenters at the top of Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz. Randolph has been pitching his future partner, Reed Hastings, on a slew of business ideas. This has been happening for months while the two men commute over Highway 17
Read MoreA new Tech for Social Good program at UC Santa Cruz, launched by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute and cosponsored by the Institute for Social Transformation, will fund student research projects and events, encouraging students across all campus divisions to participate and form cross-disciplinary teams.
Read MoreSANTA CRUZ, Calif., Sept. 18, 2019 -- Santa Cruz County Bank (OTC Pink: SCZC) and Lighthouse Bank (OTC Pink: LGHT) jointly announced that the shareholders of both companies have approved the agreement and plan of reorganization and merger (the "Agreement") announced on May 28, 2019, whereby Lighthouse Bank will merge with and into Santa Cruz County Bank.
Read MoreCindi Busenhart of Merge4, a Santa Cruz-based sock company that is pushing the envelope in the apparel industry in at least two ways, refers to her team of collaborators—which includes rock stars, legendary skateboarders and other bona-fide action sports heroes—as a “family.” While that is common in business circles, in this case it is truer: Busenhart has known many of these folks for decades.
Read MoreUCSC IEEE and Santa Cruz Works are proud to announce the 4th annual Technology of Today and Tomorrow (TTT) Conference on October 12, 2019. The TTT Student Conference is UCSC's only student run, student focused engineering conference.
Read MoreRemarkable research happening on the central coast to fight crime. A lab at UC Santa Cruz is able to get DNA from root-less hair, and the technology has already been used to crack a major case.
Read MoreSide effects include pure joy moments, getting places super fast and a feeling of one-ness with the universe. Always wear protection. Paid actor reenacts actual real-life true events.
Read MoreIn the tradition of Phil Knight's Shoe Dog comes the incredible untold story of how Netflix went from concept to company-all revealed by co-founder and first CEO Marc Randolph.
Read MoreSeeking funding for your hot new startup? Or are you an investor weighing the risk vs return on the many new tech startups entering the market? Toby Corey invites Santa Cruz Works Members to join him on September 27 at Startup Investment and Community Capital Expo. And he is offering you a sweet deal.
Read MoreCheck out our interview with Nina Hersher from the Digital Wellness Collective. We discuss why Digital Wellness is so important and what to expect in the workshop Digital Wellness Collective is putting on for Santa Cruz Works members, partners and sponsors.
Read MoreLink is a tool developed by Your Future Is Our Business (YFIOB), a Santa Cruz County non-profit that provides students with work based learning experiences and career exploration. YFIOB developed LINK to provide educators with access to a network of committed community members who are offering to help youth. To learn more about Your Future Is Our Business and the experiences we provide, please go to YFIOB.org.
Read MoreIn 2019, TalentLMS surveyed 450 employees to figure out how remote employees work and train best for their at-home roles. Take a look at some of their answers to figure out how you and your company can become more successful at offering and conducting remote work. Please refer to TalentLMS for additional information: TalentLMS
Read MoreOne of the fastest moving companies in the “no-code” app development space is Crowd Machine, a Santa Cruz Works Tier Partner. COO James Hanley talks about distributed computing and plate spinning; Content Manager Kimberley Whitfield talks about Santa Cruz’s exploding tech community; Application Engineer Rami Alrwais explains how the platform functions in the cloud; and Marketing Manager Sarah Pierce promises an interpretive dance. Rami, Sarah and Kimberly will demo their product Crowd Machine GO next Wednesday noon at an event they’re calling “Digital Evolution of the Enterprise. Click on in for details.
Read MoreThirty years ago, Cruzio Internet launched in Santa Cruz. The pioneering company, which is one of the largest independent internet service providers in California, has since helped countless businesses and people connect with others, both locally and globally. Recently, Cruzio made a significant investment in downtown Santa Cruz: an all-fiber gigabit network.
Read MoreOver 250 people filled every seat in the house for the first annual Get Biotech 2019. Keynote speaker David Deamer enthralled the audience with his journey which started with a Sunday drive, conceiving an idea, pulling over to the side of the road, sketching it out, and going on to become a cornerstone of the massive nanopore growth industry.
Read MoreModarri, a toy invented by Santa Cruz’s David Silverglade, combines two of the best toy ideas of all time—Hotwheels and Legos. Launched with a Kickstarter campaign in February of 2014, the toy has become a huge critical and financial success.
Read MoreAlmost 20 years after UC Santa Cruz researchers made history by assembling the first human genome sequence, the campus has formally established the UCSC Genomics Institute as an Organized Research Unit (ORU) providing support for interdisciplinary and collaborative research in genomics across multiple departments and divisions.
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