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30 Years After The Loma Prieta Earthquake: Tech and Emergency Services in the County of Santa Cruz
By Rosemary L. Anderson Emergency Services Manager, County of Santa Cruz Special for Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 30, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Thirty years is a lifetime when it is applied to technological […]
Startup Sandbox Graduates First Class of Innovators
(Contributed) September 30, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Graduating Startups Poised to Deliver Innovation Breakthroughs with Global Impact Startup Sandbox, a bioscience entrepreneurial incubator, today announced that six members have successfully transitioned from the incubator […]
Forbes is talking about “The Department Of Customer Love”
By Shep Hyken Forbes September 30, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Looker’s name for its customer support department, the “Department of Customer Love.” Source: GETTY/Forbes website) “Putting customer feedback and relationships first has […]
Steve Blum: Salinas, AT&T sign master pole license agreement with small cell design standards and $750 annual rent, sorta
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 30, 2019 — Salinas, CA AT&T and the City of Salinas hedged their bets and signed a master license agreement for attaching […]
Built from scratch: Improving vaccines with molecular insights
(Source: UCSC) September 28, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Rebecca DuBois is an assistant professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz. Source: UCSC website) Vaccines are one of history’s most important medical […]
WGCIT Update: AgTech Startup Successes
(Source: WGCIT website) September 27, 2019 — Salinas, CA Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology opened its doors in December 2015, with only 6 start-up companies. Today, the WGCIT houses 60 startups who are […]
Global Climate Strike and how to achieve your Science-Based Targets
By James Barsimantov SupplyShift Co-founder and COO September 24, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: ames Barsimantov is the Co-founder and COO of SupplyShift. Source: Linkedin) The Global Climate Strike is happening. At a […]
Jack Baskin at 100
By J.D. Hillard UC Santa Cruz September 24, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Nicole Baran, executive director of the Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation and Jack Baskin’s granddaughter, said Jack Baskin is deeply […]
What motivates resellers? Here’s what SellHound learned
(Contributed) September 25, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Millennials resell on second-hand marketplaces to empty closet and to promote sustainability, but money is primary motivator. Nearly three-quarters of respondents said they felt shocked or betrayed […]
NIH funds new centers to expand and diversify the human reference genome
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz September 24, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above, David Haussler directs the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. Source: UCSC website) The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute will play […]