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How to Build a $4B Brand Through Authenticity with Vans Global Brand President Doug Palladini
How to Build a $4B Brand Through Authenticity with Vans Global Brand President Doug Palladini

Hear from the Global Brand President of the world’s most valuable action sports brand on the Our Future Podcast

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Do Public-safety apps might keep you informed?
Do Public-safety apps might keep you informed?

An interview with Andrew Frame - CEO of Citizen - about how their app keeps people safe and informed.

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Episode 7: The NFL and Sports after COVID-19
Episode 7: The NFL and Sports after COVID-19

In today’s episode, Michael Sikand talks with Josh Dzurlikowski, controller of the Buffalo Bills. Conversations cover the NFL during COVID-19, the Josh Allen draft pick, the infectious energy at a winning sports team, and advice to students who want to get into sports business.

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Episode 6: Opening Doors with Consulting
Episode 6: Opening Doors with Consulting

In today's episode, Michael Sikand chats with Chris Bierly, Partner and Director of the Restaurant, Music, and Education Practices at Bain & Company. We discuss Bierly's work with restaurant clients during coronavirus, his recruiting advice for the fall, and how he still manages to dominate in his fantasy football league. Chris earned his B.S. in commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Episode 5: Venture Capital & Data Privacy
Episode 5: Venture Capital & Data Privacy

In Episode 5 of Our Future: Looking Beyond with Michael Sikand, “Venture Capital & Data Privacy,” I talk business with G Craig Vachon, Founder at Chowdahead Growth Fund, Head of U.S. Operations at NextStage, and Author of Best-Selling Spy Thriller “The Knucklehead of Silicon Valley”.

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Episode 3: Hollywood in the 2020's
Episode 3: Hollywood in the 2020's

In Episode 3: Hollywood in the 2020s, I talk Movies & TV with Peter Jaysen, producer of American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story

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Episode 4: The Future of Retail & E-Commerce
Episode 4: The Future of Retail & E-Commerce

In Episode 4: The Future of Retail & E-Commerce , I bring on guest co-host Matt Kocsis to pick the brain of Ben Hassing, former SVP of Cross Border Trade at Walmart

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Episode 2: The Silicon Valley Supercar
Episode 2: The Silicon Valley Supercar

On today's episode I talk shop with Shiv Sikand, co-founder of Drako Motors, to discuss why he launched a supercar startup, the ludicrous specs of the 2020 Drako GTE,

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Remarkable People: Learn from the UCSC C19 Team
Remarkable People: Learn from the UCSC C19 Team

Learn from the UCSC Coronavirus team who are developing tests and vaccines. In the first week of May, UCSC release a C19 test with 24 hour turn around.

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Ep 1: The Future of I.D. with Susan Dworak
Ep 1: The Future of I.D. with Susan Dworak

Susan Dworak, Founder and CEO of Real Identities LLC, a disruptive Silicon Valley startup that uses technology to help businesses and government agencies verify identity.

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When Fiction Gets There First: Sentient and a Real AI Safety Chief Sound the Same Alarm
October 3, 2026
When Fiction Gets There First: Sentient and a Real AI Safety Chief Sound the Same Alarm
October 3, 2026

Tony J. Hughes imagined it. AI safety scientist Geoffrey Irving warns of it. Scott Galloway says Trump and Xi just missed a chance to address it. Fiction and forecast are converging.

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October 3, 2026
Court Throws Out Archer's Counterclaims Against Joby for Good
October 3, 2026
Court Throws Out Archer's Counterclaims Against Joby for Good
October 3, 2026

A federal judge has dismissed Archer Aviation's counterclaims against Santa Cruz-based Joby Aviation a second time, this time with no option to refile. Joby's core trade-secret case keeps moving.

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October 3, 2026
Could the Monterey Bay Region Support a Data Center?
October 3, 2026
Could the Monterey Bay Region Support a Data Center?
October 3, 2026

Data centers are becoming a midterm battleground. In the tri-county region, they're a political flytrap: the economics don't work, and our communities' collective will makes them a nonstarter from the start.

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October 3, 2026
Omni's Trevor Heath to CEOs: Bet Big on AI, But Don't Stop Hiring
October 3, 2026
Omni's Trevor Heath to CEOs: Bet Big on AI, But Don't Stop Hiring
October 3, 2026

Omni's Trevor Heath told CEO Works luncheon attendees how AI powered the ex-Looker startup's 10x scale-up, and why governance, semantic layers, and human judgment still matter.

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October 3, 2026
RoboticsCats' AURA Foresight Team Takes Third Place in $11M XPRIZE Wildfire Competition
October 1, 2026
RoboticsCats' AURA Foresight Team Takes Third Place in $11M XPRIZE Wildfire Competition
October 1, 2026

Santa Cruz Accelerates alum RoboticsCats and its international consortium, AURA Foresight, earned third place and $500,000 in XPRIZE Wildfire's Autonomous Wildfire Response track, capping a four-year journey from team formation to podium.

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October 1, 2026
Santa Cruz Is Hiring: Joby, Feanix, Paystand and More Have Open Roles
September 30, 2026
Santa Cruz Is Hiring: Joby, Feanix, Paystand and More Have Open Roles
September 30, 2026

Santa Cruz companies are hiring. Explore current openings at Joby Aviation, Feanix Bio, Paystand, Swellcycle, and other local employers across tech, manufacturing, sustainability, and more.

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September 30, 2026
Vote to Rename Titans of Tech!
September 30, 2026
Vote to Rename Titans of Tech!
September 30, 2026

Vote on your top three names for the rebranded Santa Cruz Works Titans event. Voting closes Sunday, with the new name announced Monday.

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September 30, 2026
Where the Mayoral Candidates Stand on the Joby Agreement
September 30, 2026
Where the Mayoral Candidates Stand on the Joby Agreement
September 30, 2026

Last week SC Works published an article about the Santa Cruz Mayor's race and the City's partnership with Joby Aviation. It generated interest but also some confusion.  One candidate expressed concern about how we characterized her stance. We apologize if there was confusion. To give residents a clear view of where the candidates agree and disagree, we asked them to respond to the same Yes or No questions. 

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September 30, 2026
Open Culture Science and the Case for Biology You Can Talk To
September 29, 2026
Open Culture Science and the Case for Biology You Can Talk To
September 29, 2026

At NeuMoS 2026 in Zurich, Santa Cruz's Open Culture Science soft-launched an AI-run lab platform that turns plain-language requests into living experiments, and made a serious case for leading a new field.

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September 29, 2026

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