A little known benefit of being a Santa Cruz Works Sponsor is that you get $1000 of AWS credits each year. You might be ask yourself, how can I actually use this great benefit? Our partner Cloud Brigade, a local Tech-knowledgy consulting agency is helping us answer that question.
Read MoreI recently met with Aaron Brossoit, CEO of the Golden Shovel Agency (“GSA”). Aaron recently moved to Santa Cruz to support existing clients, find new clients, and to enrich his work-lifestyle experience.
Read MoreLocal businesses suffered through lost business and unexpected expenses during Pacific Gas & Electric’s power safety shutoffs in October 2019. With little hope of reimbursement, diverse industries, especially hospitality and gastronomic institutions are facing financial repercussions.
Read MoreIn this the 5th article of our 6 part series about Santa Cruz's unique work & life style benefits, author Julia Sinn interviews community leaders who are focused on foundation: unifying skills from K12 thru upper education, venture capital, affordable homes and office space.
Read MoreCompany Xnor.ai has announced a small energy efficient chip using state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms.
Read MoreDesign Octaves uses a high tech RIM process to create high-end, low-volume cases for devices big and small.
Read MoreWhat a great event to end the dacade with! Thank you to everyone who came out. If you missed it, don’t worry, we have you covered. Here are a few pictures and videos.
Read MoreThis week we had the opportunity to sit down and have an interview with Ethan Summers, Anne-Marie Napoli and Alex Lamb from Almost Human Media.
Read MoreNew Santa Cruz company Prometheus Fuels has a unique product for creating gasoline out of thin air. This could be the stop-gap solution we so desperately need.
Read MoreSanta Cruz company SapientX, a leading supplier of AI powered voice assistant software, announced that Zia now speaks 36 languages and dialects allowing them to serve 5.3 billion potential users.
Read MoreThank you to productOps for inviting us to check out The Garage, their new space to build innovative hardware and software. Learn about some of the projects and who they have been working with in the video…
Read MoreAreias Systems is a local Scotts Valley based company providing full service design, prototyping, and manufacturing to turn your ideas into products. Joining us on December 4th’s event, CEO Clemm Noernberg will provide insight on the behind the scenes process of making ideas reality.
Read MoreThank you to everybody who came to the Young Professionals Mixer on November 20th. The event was cosponsored by Santa Cruz Works, MBEP, Think Local First, LINK, and YFIOB and was the first of its kind in the Santa Cruz area.
Read MoreIn Part 4 of our series comparing living and working in Santa Cruz vs San Francisco or the Silicon Valley, we talk to local entrepreneurs about our best kept secrets.
Read MoreSanta Cruz welcomes a new member to our community: Aaron Slosberg. Aaron is the Director of Student Programming at Where There Be Dragons (“WTBD”), a 28-year old company based in Boulder, Colorado.
Read MoreMinutes before we went live on this week’s newsletter, we learned that UCSC’s Girls in Engineering was awarded a $10,000 grant by Amazon Santa Cruz. The full story at Santa Cruz Tech Beat.
Read MoreTake a look at how quickly you can internally embed analytics with Looker.
Read MoreWhen the nonprofit Girls Who Code started a new “College Loops” program last year, students at UC Santa Cruz were quick to establish a branch
Read MoreSanta Cruz County’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is a premier hub of experts experienced in mainstreet, techstreet, and agribusiness. Business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs receive in-depth advising and training to obtain capital, launch businesses, grow sales, and create jobs.
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