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Salinas Fosters AgTech Innovation
(Source: Western City) January 7, 2016 — Salinas, CA The Steinbeck Innovation Cluster is focused on the development of agtech businesses and products within the Salinas Valley. The Thrive Accelerator offers a highly selective mentorship […]
Film, panel to focus on tech industry’s diversity shortcomings
By Jennifer Pittman January 7, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA “CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap” looks at what society can gain from having more women and minorities code “CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap” (trailer) January […]
Toward Solving the Food/Water/Energy/Climate Conundrum
By Daniel Robin and James Hunt Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 30, 2015 — Salinas, CA Clean & Renewable Resource Investments in Agriculture Taking Off Impact Innovation & Investor Forums First of series: […]
HACK UCSC 2016 Brings Tech and Philanthropy Together Again
By Jonathan Partridge Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 29, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The room is abuzz at last year’s Hack UCSC 2015. Contributed.) $80K worth of prizes Participation in […]
Bringing Lessons Learned in Santa Cruz to Communities Across the Nation
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 29, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Map of Boston. The city is rolling out Boston Permits & Licenses (BLP) based on the […]
Startup Weekend Monterey — Inspire the Entrepreneur in You
(Contributed) December 29, 2015 — Seaside, CA It’s time to register for Startup Weekend Monterey! Startup Weekend, a program of Techstars Ventures, is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning […]
Local Company Makes Worldwide Impact on Food Security
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 29, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: Moscow State University, above, and Santa Cruz-based Monarch Media are collaborating on food security needs for the […]
UCSC Scores Renowned Game Developer to Run Program
By Ryan Masters Santa Cruz Sentinel December 29, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Renowned game designer and developer Erin Robinson Swink was recently tapped for the role of creative director at UCSC’s Center […]
Panel Primes Community for Hack UCSC 2016 on CTV
(Contributed) December 29, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Community Television of Santa Cruz County (CTV) recently invited Doug Erickson, Sue Carter, and Bonnie Lipscomb to participate in a panel discussion about Hack UCSC 2016 coming […]
SCTB Highlights of 2015
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 17, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Now that I’ve been publishing Santa Cruz Tech Beat (SCTB) for 2 1/2 years, my memories of “what-happened-when” […]