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How Salinas went from salad bowl of the world to global agtech hub
By Andrew Myrick and Rachel Deloffre City of Salinas Economic Development January 9, 2018 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Salinas, California – known as the “salad bowl of the world” – is quickly transforming into […]
Code Naturally to open flagship location in downtown Santa Cruz
(Contributed) January 9, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Code Naturally students collaborate on a group project. Contributed.) Local education startup’s new dedicated location makes it easier for students to learn critical programming skills […]
State initiative funds UCSC childhood cancer research with $500K grant
By Alexis Morgan Genomics Institute, UC Santa Cruz January 9, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Ted Goldstein, David Haussler, and Olena Morozova, left to right, are involved in the California Kids Cancer Comparison, […]
Deliveroo Selects Looker to Drive Deeper Business Insights
(Contributed) January 9, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Looker helps leading restaurant delivery company scale data use to help accelerate growth Looker, the leading data platform company, today announced that Deliveroo – one of the […]
Supermassive black holes control star formation in large galaxies
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz January 4, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The power of a supermassive black hole is seen in this image of Centaurus A, one of the active galactic […]
Calling all AgTech Startups for THRIVE Accelerator (deadline Jan 12)
(Source: Thrive AgTech website) January 3, 2017 — Salinas, CA THRIVE Accelerator is a mentorship & investment program for startups with technologies focused in agtech and foodtech. The application period for our accelerator beginning this […]
Fuzz Stati0n Pivots
By David Moore Founder / CEO, Fuzz Stati0n Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 3, 2018 – Santa Cruz, CA “After launch there was very little traction. I had made the classic mistake of […]
Sleepless Media Celebrates 15 Years
By Jon Cattivera Founder & Creative Director, Sleepless Media Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 3, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Yes. 15 Years. That’s how long Sleepless Media has been up and running. […]
Satellite Deskworks Helps Power the Growing Shared Workspace Industry
By Cat Johnson Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 3, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA In 2010, Santa Cruz entrepreneur and business owner Barbara Sprenger created cloud-based software to manage Satellite Centers, her shared […]
Q&A: Heather Heads Out
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 2, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Works Executive Director, Heather Putnam, has announced that she is stepping down and moving on to […]