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Looking Up: 5X Jump in Revenue and New CMO
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Looker has hired industry veteran Jen Grant, above, as its marketing chief. Jen is the former SVP of marketing at Box and CMO of Elasticsearch. […]
The Sammy Awards 2015: Annual Event Showcases Best Games
By Tom Beeman June 6, 2015 – Santa Cruz, CA An annual showcase of the best games created by UCSC undergraduate students The 2015 Sammy Awards Hosted by UCSC Center for Games and Playable Media […]
Ben Porterfield: Your Data Is Your Lifeblood
Sourced from: http://firstround.com/review/your-data-is-your-lifeblood-set-up-the-analytics-it-deserves/ May 28, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Your Data Is Your Lifeblood — Set up the Analytics It Deserves An exclusive interview with Looker’s Ben Porterfield Ben Porterfield’s LinkedIn profile simply identifies […]
On that Startup Grind in the Monterey Bay
By Pete BIggam Co-Director, Startup Grind Monterey Bay May 28, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Startup Grind Monterey Bay hosted Tapout Clothing founder Dan Caldwell and Tapout Films President Wali Razaqi. They are […]
Data, Discovery, Decisions: UCSC plans Center of Excellence in Data Science Research
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz (Photo above: Lise Getoor, Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean of Research at UCSC’s Baskin School of Engineering. Getoor recently shared plans for a new Data, Discovery, and […]
Explore Frontiers of Data Science at Spring Data Science Afternoon
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief of Santa Cruz Tech Beat May 9, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA UCSC welcomes participants from academia, industry, and the local community to participate. The local community is invited […]
Don’t let anyone tell you tech is new in Santa Cruz!
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief of Santa Cruz Tech Beat April 23, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA [Note: This article was originally published in Good Times for their 40th Anniversary issue, April 22, 2015.] […]
Get over the fear and jump in
By Amanda Rotella Economic Development Coordinator, City of Santa Cruz Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Photo above: Abby West, Product Manager at Looker, talks with high school and college women who are interested in […]
We are the tech industry’s playground
By Krista Rupp Sales & Marketing Manager, Santa Cruz County, Conference and Visitors Council @meetsantacruz Promoting Santa Cruz to visitors with a focus on innovation March 15, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA With its outdoorsy […]
OpenCounter: Taking an idea to the national scale
By Peter Koht OpenCounter Co-Founder February 20, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: In a related article, Santa Cruz Tech Beat published OpenCounter: One of 5 Civic Tech Startups to Watch in 2015 (January […]