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Design Santa Cruz – new Meetup hopes to facilitate inspiration
by Steven Rankin Design Santa Cruz member On January 15, 2014, a new Meetup, Design Santa Cruz, hosted their inaugural event at NextSpace in downtown Santa Cruz. The new group and its organizer, Darren Odden, […]
Tickets on sale now for TEDxSantaCruz March 8, 2014
Tickets on sale! Tickets for our March daylong event, TEDxSantaCruz: Activate, are now available online. The third annual TEDxSantaCruz conference will be on March 8, 2014 at Hotel Paradox in downtown Santa Cruz. The theme […]
Local companies bolster ROP tech education in Santa Cruz County
In the Spring of 2013, four local tech companies including Cruzio, Launch Brigade, productOps, and Looker got together and approached the Santa Cruz Regional Occupation Program (ROP) about working together to better prepare graduating high […]
Watsonville to Washington — students honored in D.C.
[Editor’s note: The following feature by Marcus Cisneros, Senior at Watsonville High School, is about the trip he and classmate Morelia Lopez took to Washington, D.C. to represent a group of local students honored last […]
Pitch at TechRaising 2012 turns into Lithomobilus
Think of it as the DVD extras for books If you were at the April 2012 TechRaising event, you might remember Lise Quintana’s pitch asking for people who wanted to help create the future of […]
Solving the password security problem — passQi is like speed dial for your online authentication
Fledging Santa Cruz startup passQi LLC (“pass-key”) is poised to launch its new iPhone identity tool. The iPhone is a natural platform for the user to come to grips with the thorny problem of managing […]
Opportunity Fund receives support to expand micro loans in Santa Cruz & Monterey Counties
On January 8, 2014, Opportunity Fund, California’s largest non-profit microlender financing small businesses, announced new support to expand its services in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. This expansion was spearheaded by Opportunity Fund Leadership Council […]
Santa Cruz Tech in Review – 2013 Highlights
[Did we miss something? Feel free to send email to santacruztechbeat@gmail.com if you have any newsworthy additions.] OpenCounter Opens (Feb) Biggest non-story: Santa Cruz stays connected despite major fiber line cut (Apr) Privacy Choice […]
Deals for Santa Cruz TechRaising Members
Santa Cruz TechRaising organizers have procured some great opportunities for the Santa Cruz Tech community. The LAUNCH Festival will be in San Francisco February 24 – 26, 2014. 50 free tickets are available for Santa […]