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MBEP Names Kate Roberts as New President
(Source: Monterey Bay Economic Partnership) (Photo: Kate Roberts, above, has been named new president of Monterey Bay Economic Partnership. Source: LinkedIn) September 11, 2015 — Monterey, CA The Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP) has named […]
Gift Funds New Chair for Physics of Information at UCSC
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz (Photo above: Federico and Elvia Faggin. Source: UCSC website) September 10, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Federico Faggin, physicist who developed the first microprocessor, establishes endowment to support an […]
GamesBeat 2015 Snares Graeme Devine as Speaker
By Dean Takashashi VentureBeat (Photo above: Graeme Devine will talk at GamesBeat 2015 at the Grand Hyatt Union Square on October 12 and 13 in San Francisco. Credit: Dean Takahashi) September 9, 2015 — San […]
Ten Things You Didn’t Know Were Invented in Santa Cruz
By Brad Kava Good Times September 9, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA 10 Santa Cruz inventions that spread all over—and even changed—the world When it comes to innovations that have changed the world, Santa Cruz […]
A New Model of Local Entrepreneurship
By Robert Singleton Civinomics September 9, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The skyline of Victoria from the harbor. Source: Civinomics website.) Reflections on The Chamber’s Community Leadership Visit in Victoria, B.C., Canada I […]
Foodworthy App Envisions New Future for Food Reviews
By Josh Bernfeld CEO, Foodworthy, Inc. Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 9, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA We are proud to announce the launch of Foodworthy, an image-based food rating app on iOS […]
Game Design Innovator Jane McGonigal to Visit Bookshop Santa Cruz
By Julia Sinn Bookshop Santa Cruz Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 9, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Can gaming make a better world? What if we could harness the best qualities and strategies […]
Pagoda: Quietly Saving and Securing Businesses
By Kaya Lindsay Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 9, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Proactive, Predictable, Process. Those three words sum up the business model of local flat rate IT services company, Pagoda […]
Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup Abuzz
By Jondi Gumz Santa Cruz Sentinel (Photo above: Microsoft Vice President Dan’l Lewin, center, speaks with John ‘Bud’ Colligan, right, and Sara Isenberg at the Del Mar Theatre in Santa Cruz on Wednesday before presenting […]
Chris Risley Joins Bastille as CEO, Opening Santa Cruz Office
Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Photo above: Chris Risley, Entrepreneur, VC, Angel Investor, is one of three managing partners at Seabright Companies, headquartered in Santa Cruz. Risley has been hired as […]