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Gifts accelerate research, from the galactic to the microscopic
By J. D.Hillard UC Santa Cruz June 25, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA [Photo above: Daniel Kim’s lab hopes to create an early-detection test for cancer. A gift from Ken and Gloria Levy is accelerating […]
Monterey Bay Drone, Automation and Robotics Technology (DART) Symposium launches
By Karen Kefauver Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat June 25, 2019 — Monterey, CA Central Coast is uniquely poised to become a leader and drive economic expansion in the drone and robotics industry Robots […]
Paystand Hires Former Tipalti Chief Revenue Officer to Lead Sales
(Contributed) June 21, 2019 — Scotts Valley, CA (Photo above: Mark Hassin is Paystand’s new VP of Sales. Contributed) Paystand, the leading digital payment network for commercial finance, today announced Mark Hassin as its new […]
Crowd Machine Now Powered by Amazon Web Services
(Contributed) June 20, 2019 — Scotts Valley, CA Crowd Machine expands cloud portfolio for enterprise customers Crowd Machine has announced it is leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide a complete cloud services and cloud management […]
July 10 Tech Meetup has a hot lineup
(Contributed) June 20, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA David Vik / Zappos Culture, FujiFilm Open Innovation Hub, Crowd Machine, Wribbn, Musician’s BASS, Digital Wellness Wed July 10, 2019 6-9pm (Doors open at 6, program starts […]
Cabrillo College Wins NASA Swarmathon
(Contributed) June 29, 2019 — Aptos, CA Cabrillo Edges Out 23 Other Colleges and Universities in Competition’s Fourth and Final Year Cabrillo College today announced that its Robotics Club has won the NASA Swarmathon, a […]
Q&A: Why this local bank CEO cares about local tech
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief Santa Cruz Tech Beat June 18, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA “I really thought this was it – I’m not going to make it. I went from living in […]
Words of Wisdom from Steve Blank, UCSC commencement speaker, June 2019
(Contributed) June 18, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: Steve Blank. Source: LinkedIn) [Editor’s note: Steve Blank is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur based in Pescadero. Known by entrepreneurs and students as one of “The Godfathers […]
The Brains Behind the Company, Looker, that Google Acquired for $2.6B
By Sequoia Blodgett Black Enterprise The man behind the engineering, product management, and design organization is Looker chief product officer, Nick Caldwell June 18, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Nick Caldwell, Looker CPO. Source: […]
ETR: Research-Practice Partnerships: Sharing Data Where It Matters
By David Manuel Torres Research Assistant, ETR June 18, 2019 — Scotts Valley, CA For most people, “data” is a four-letter word—not many enjoy looking at distributions and comparing percentages. Even fewer like to do […]