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Taking Ag-Tech to the Fields
By Dennis Taylor The Salinas Californian September 3, 2015 — Salinas, CA An upstart, home-grown ag-tech company has its product out working farmland in the Salinas Valley with plans to broaden its product line in […]
Can Great Game Design be Taught?
By Johnny Cullen Kotaku.com (Photo above: UC Santa Cruz game design program head Brenda Romero along with husband and fellow head of the program John Romero. Source: Kotaku.com) [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat’s previously […]
Social Accelerator Launches 3-month Pilot for Startups
By Janneke Lang The Inspiring Enterprise September 3, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA “Our goal is to launch two innovative startups, build a robust network of mentors, professionals, and consultants, and prove our concept. Once […]
Learn How to Grow Your Etsy Business at Sept 9 Meetup
(Contributed) September 2, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Etsy Meetup hosts Graham Ashcraft, Etsy Creative Entrepreneurship Program Manager, on September 9. Santa Cruz County entrepreneurs are invited to attend the second Etsy small business meetup, […]
Eaze Surfs into Santa Cruz!
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 1, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Medical marijuana delivered to your door San Francisco-based Eaze expanded its technology to Santa Cruz today, allowing patients […]
Facebook Donation Doubles Digital NEST Computer Capacity
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Photo above: Happy Digital NEST members and staff hoisted brand new MacBook Pro computers. They were joined by Juan Salazar, Facebook associated manager of state political […]
Inspiring a Data-Driven Culture
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 27, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Visualize. Scaffold. Contextualize. And always have a Conversation. That’s the bottom line says Brian LaFaille, Account Manager at […]
Rocket Fuel for the Entrepreneurial Soul
By Andy Van Valer and Bryce Root Slingshot to Success August 27, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Slingshot to Success advocates announce “Small Business Challenge” “Rocket Fuel for the Entrepreneurial Soul” event series to mark […]
Genomics Institute Hires New Managing Director
By Branwyn Wagman Genomics Institute, UC Santa Cruz (Photo above: Ravi Jain, new managing director at UCSC’s Genomics Institute, comes to UCSC after serving as president and CEO of cBio, a software development and bioinformatics […]
What to Expect Next from Civinomics
By Robert Singleton Civinomics August 27, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Civinomics’ new partnership with the City of Austin will allow online voting on City Council Agendas. Source: Civinomics website) As many of […]