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Steve Blum: SB 917 is a plausible PG&E public buyout plan, if the public wants to pay the price
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates February 11, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA A credible PG&E public takeover plan is on the table in the California legislature. Senator Scott Wiener (D – San Francisco) introduced […]
Make Agtech Work For You at the 7th Annual Salinas Valley AgTech Summit
Source: WGCIT AgTech Blog February 11, 2020 — Salinas, CA (Image source: WGCIT AgTech Blog) 7th Annual Salinas Valley Agtech Summit Date: March 17- 18, 2020 Location: Hartnell College Main Campus, 411 Central Avenue Salinas, CA 93901 Join premiere […]
Salinas Valley Energy Forum Attracts Record Audience
Source: WGCIT AgTech Blog February 11, 2020 — Salinas, CA (Photo: Panel of expert energy developers provide insight at Salinas Valley Energy Forum. Source: WGCIT AgTech Blog) Energy along the 101 corridor in the Salinas Valley […]
The Tech Talent Struggle
By Chris Miller Apprentice Brigade February 11, 2020 (Image source: Apprentice Brigade) The title says it all. If you’re reading this, your company is probably impacted by a shortage of talent. This post contains my […]
UCSC Genome Browser posts the coronavirus genome
By James McGirk Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz February 7, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA The Genomics Institute’s Genome Browser team has posted the complete biomolecular code of the virus for researchers all […]
VentureBeat: Paystand raises $20 million to modernize B2B payments with blockchain
Dean Takahashi VentureBeat February 6 — Scotts Valley (Photo: Jeremy Almond, CEO of PayStand. Source: PayStand) “It’s like Venmo for complicated transactions for commerce.” — Jeremy Almond, Paystand CEO Paystand has raised $20 million to modernize […]
Paystand raises $20M to give businesses a frictionless, open infrastructure for commercial finance
(Contributed) February 6, 2020 — Scotts Valley, CA Blockchain payments leader accelerates expansion of zero-fee, Payments-as-a-Service platform for the B2B enterprise cash cycle. Paystand , the fastest growing blockchain-enabled commercial payments platform, today announced it […]
Unprecedented study yields most comprehensive map of cancer genomes to date
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz February 5, 2020 — Santa Cruz (Photo: Bioinformatics expert Joshua Stuart leads the Pan-Cancer Initiative. Source: Kevin Johnson/Sentinel) Pan-Cancer Project discovers the causes of previously unexplained cancers, pin-points cancer-causing events, […]
Engineering speaker series highlights diverse voices in tech
(Contributed) February 5, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA The Baskin School of Engineering is presenting Diverse Voices 2020, a professional speaker series running through May 14 and featuring a diverse group of industry leaders, including alum […]
Watch: Patrick Reilly on how to protect your intellectual property (IP)
Source: SBDC Website February 5, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Video Source: SBDC Website) Trademarks, copyrights, contracts and more, it’s all included in the category of intellectual property. Watch as SBDC IP Advisor, Patrick Reilly […]