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UC launches the “I am a UC Entrepreneur” campaign
University of California Office of the President (UCOP) October 26, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA The University of California has just launched the “I am a UC Entrepreneur” campaign for alumni entrepreneurs, which will highlight […]
Six AgTech Co’s Selected to Compete for Up To $250K Equity Investment
(Contributed) October 25, 2017 — Salinas, CA [Editor’s note: While Western Growers is based in Irvine and S2G is based in Chicago, The Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology is based in Salinas. The […]
Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup “goes cosmic” for Nov 1 event
(Contributed) October 25, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA We are going cosmic for this event! Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup November 1, 2017, 6pm Cruzio, Santa Cruz RSVP Here’s the lineup: How We Got the […]
The Mathematical Genius of Auto-Tune
By Zachary Crockett Priceonomics.com October 24, 2017 — Scotts Valley, CA (Photo above: Andy Hildebrand, inventor of Auto-Tune, lives in Scotts Valley. Source: priceonomics.com) Hildebrand built the Auto-Tune program over the course of a few […]
County of SC weighs in: the fiber cut had nothing to do with the fire
By Jason Hoppin Communications Manager, County of Santa Cruz October 24, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Last week, Santa Cruz Tech Beat published Santa Cruz fights fire with fiber, 10/18/17. Here’s a response […]
Lloyd Tabb: 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Became CEO
By Yitzi Weiner Huffington Post Contributor October 24, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Lloyd Tabb is Founder, Chairman & CTO at Looker.) I had the pleasure of interviewing Lloyd Tabb, Founder and Chairman […]
The 5 Most Important Programming Languages You Need to Know Now
By Lisa Sullivan Armada Group October 24, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA With the number of available programming languages being so great, it can be hard to determine which ones to focus on as a […]
Pore Strength
By Peggy Townsend UC Santa Cruz October 24, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Left to right: Trevor Morin, chief scientific officer, biochemistry; William Dunbar, chief technology officer, nanopores and analytics; and Dan Heller, […]
Santa Cruz fights fire with fiber
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 18, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image credit: Jim Warner) Early Tuesday morning, October 17, 2017, as a wild fire burned in […]
Startups Entrepreneurship Academy at UCSC Seeks Mentors
By Nada Miljkovic Crown College Instructor at UCSC Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Photo above: Students present at SEA’s 2017 Summer Session. Credit: Jennifer Hamilton) Dear Business Entrepreneurs, Do you love helping young budding […]