Search Results
Q&A: Marc Randolph talks about Santa Cruz, Reed Hastings, and the birth of Netflix
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 17, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Marc Randolph, co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, is also a board member at Looker. Contributed.) […]
Data Storytelling in Action: Using Data to Guide your Fantasy Football Draft Strategy (Part II)
By Jesse Sherb Sales Engineer at Looker September 5, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Last year, I wrote a post in preparation for the 2018 Fantasy Football season about two concepts to keep in mind […]
NEST Flight: Connecting College Students to Careers
By Jennifer Carr Digital NEST Board Member Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 3, 2019 — Watsonville, CA “Local companies are looking for local talent with college degrees as well as drive, grit, and […]
Santa Cruz Works announces changes to board
(Contributed) August 1, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Today Santa Cruz Works announces two new board members and a set of new officers charged with making it faster and easier for local businesses and talent […]
#CODE831: Why doesn’t every student get this opportunity?
By Sukh Singh Code Naturally, CEO July 9, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Thank you cards from the students who attended #CODE831. Contributed.) Looker Supports Coding for Students of Migrant Farmers Looker Data […]
Why a Visualization is Worth a Thousand Data Points
By Jill Hardy Content Strategist, Customer Education at Looker July 9, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA We talk about data visualization (or “viz”) a lot at Looker. We believe in its power to tell stories, […]
The Inside Story of How This Startup Turned a 216-Word Pitch Email into a $2.6 Billion Acquisition
(Source: First Round) July 2, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Looker cofounders Ben Porterfield and Lloyd Tabb. Source: Firstround) In August 2011, Lloyd Tabb started writing the first few lines of code for […]
It was no accident that Netflix started in Santa Cruz
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat June 25, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Marc Randolph’s book That Will Never Work — The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an […]
Will the last BI vendor please turn out the lights
By Nick Caldwell Chief Product Officer at Looker June 6, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Nick Caldwell is the Chief Product Officer at Looker. Source: Looker website.) As someone who believes strongly in […]
Conversion Funnel: How to Build, Analyze & Optimize
By Sean Corson Chief Analytics Officer and Co-Founder at Daasity May 28, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA What Is A Conversion Funnel? A conversion funnel, also referred to as a site funnel, is the path […]