Former Duolingo executives Jorge Mazal, Daniel Falabella, and Gina Gotthilf have launched Outsmart Education, a start-up dedicated to making college more accessible and affordable.
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Santa Cruz non-profit, Rising Worldwide, will be celebrating its 20th anniversary.
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UC Santa Cruz and TiE Global are establishing the Destination Silicon Valley program to leverage the Silicon Valley presence of both organizations and create new learning opportunities for university-based entrepreneurs.
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We are excited to announce our last New Tech of 2021: Startup Rumble. In one fast-paced hour, 5 startups from Santa Cruz Accelerates 2021-22 will compete for Rumble Winner by demoing their solutions — possibly what could be the next Looker or Joby Aviation.
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On July 29, Santa Cruz Works will conduct a 30-minute lunch clinic with James O’Connor about the Discovery Platform. The first 15 minutes will cover the platform’s features and benefits. The remaining time will be open to attendee discussion. This event is ideal for startups, entrepreneurs, product managers, product marketeers, and any company interested in how to gain market validation to pre-launch product and services.
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UCSC’s Baskin School of Engineering and the Tech4Good Lab partner to create a new program to support community engagement.
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We close out the decade with 20 percent of global startups raising their first funding round in 2019 having a female founder. The proportion of female co-founded companies has doubled since 2009 which stood at 10 percent.
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What is success for entrepreneurs? A Santa Cruz based independent production company created an inspiring documentary series that chronicles the entrepreneurial journey of several West Coast businesses.
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