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SCTECH 2017 offers hands-on STEM experience for students in grades 7-12
By Rose Garcia, SCTECH Sponsorship Lead, and Emily O’Neal, SCTECH Director Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 8, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: This is the team behind SCTECH. Front, left to […]
Application deadline for Startup Challenge Monterey Bay is March 13, 2017
(Source: The Startup Challenge Website) February 3, 2017 — Seaside, CA Startup Challenge Monterey Bay is a regional new business competition and acceleration program for entrepreneurs in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties. The […]
Q&A: Transform Company Culture by Transforming How Workers Approach Data
By Linda L. Briggs Upside February 2, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Frank Bien is Looker’s CEO.) Frank Bien is the CEO of BI and analytics company Looker and the coauthor (with Tomasz […]
Two Pore Guys Seek Assay For Platform
By Allison Proffitt Diagnostics World February 2, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA To start with, the technology Two Pore Guys is currently shopping uses only one pore. But the two-pore vision still drives the company, […]
Agtech part of Salinas’ economic future
By Amy Wu The Californian February 2, 2017 — Salinas, CA Agtech – the merging of agriculture and technology – remains at the forefront of the city of Salinas’ efforts to grow its economy. Over […]
Fast Co: A Skateboard Startup’s Radical Ambition: Disrupting Urban Transit
By Jody Berger Fast Company February 2, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz-based Inboard sees a future beyond rich skaters, where it’s the Tesla of rideables and skateboards solve the “last-mile problem.” Two types […]
Agriculture and Technology Leaders Gather in The Heart of Silicon Valley to Advance The Future Of Agriculture
(Contributed) February 1, 2017 — Menlo Park, CA SVG Partners host their THRIVE AgTech Innovation Forum to advance pioneering agtech innovations and forge new partnerships across technology and agriculture. The forum brings together entrepreneurs, technologists, […]
Crunching viability and validation at Startup Weekend Monterey Bay
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 30, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: After the formal pitch, presenters continued to sell their concepts and build their teams, and participants received […]
Fuzz Stati0n named Tech Trailblazer finalist
By Ashley Robello Fuzz Stati0n January 26, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA Fuzz Stati0n, a Santa Cruz based startup, has been announced as a finalist in the Firestarter Trailblazer (early stage startup) category in the […]
Humble Earth updates EvenTime mobile event app engine
by Tom Padula CTO, Humble Earth Productions, Inc. Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 26, 2017 — Ben Lomond, CA This app is for attendees at music festivals, business expositions, conventions, and more. Last […]