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Featured News
CSUMB’s Innovation Institute announces
$850,000 grant for regional incubator
The Institute for Innovation and Economic Development at Cal State Monterey Bay has just received an $850,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
“I see this as a huge opportunity to really develop entrepreneurship in the entire region,” Barbeau says, “particularly for South Monterey County, South Santa Cruz County and San Benito County.” Director Brad Barbeau says the money will allow the Institute to launch a business incubator, which will allow it to work with companies that participate in events like its hackathon, the Startup Weekend, the Community Capital Expo, and its premier annual event, the Startup Challenge.
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The Impossible Possible Event in Photos and Video
THANK YOU to the sold out crowd who came out to The Santa Cruz Works New Tech event this week featuring Marc Randolph, Mayor Martine Watkins, Shiv Sikand, Kyle Doerksen and many more. We are looking forward to sharing the videos of the event but until then here are some photos from the night.
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Businesses Who Look Forward
LOOKER
Downtown Forward, a community movement that advocates for initiatives and projects that will make life in Downtown Santa Cruz better for residents, workers and visitors; presents a new series of videos. For their second video they have Stacey Nagel from Looker, discussing the needs of the community and the future of Downtown Santa Cruz.
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UCSC Girls in Engineering Announce Girls Who Code 2020
Program
UCSC Girls in Engineering announced its 2020 program. 7th- and 8th-grade girls, primarily from low-income families in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, are invited to attend a full week of hands-on workshops at Baskin Engineering...for free. But this program could really use your help. Interesting in being a mentor or supporter?
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Whatever Happened to Bump? Tell Us and Win Ticket to Startup Grind Global Conference
Do you remember Bump? It was a great iOS and Android app that allowed users to "bump" their smartphones together to exchange their digital business card. Why carry business cards around if your smartphone can do it for you. Google acquired it and shut it down. Do you know why? Tell us and win BIG.
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JOIN in October, and you could be one of 2 people to win FREE tickets to Startup Grind Global Conference 2020.
Be a part of a community of over 5,000 members who are learning about new technologies for their careers, businesses, and local opportunities. Attend our monthly events including the New Tech MeetUp, Company Spotlight Breakfast, and Clinics/Trainings. |
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Upcoming events
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October 9-11
SCW Sponsored Event
General Magic
General Magic: the multi-award-winning documentary, is a tale of how a great vision, a grave betrayal and an epic failure changed the world. Spun out from Apple in 1990 to create the ‘next big thing’, General Magic shipped the first handheld wireless personal communicator in 1994.
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October 12
SCW Sponsored Event
Today & Tomorrow Conference
Santa Cruz Works is proud to sponsor the 4th annual Technology of Today and Tomorrow (TTT) Conference. The TTT Student Conference is UCSC's only student run, student focused engineering conference.
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October 19
Santa Cruz Works Clinic
Build Alexa App
Come and join us for a hands-on half-day workshop hosted by Amazon where you will learn to design and create a voice experience for Alexa. Registration required. Free admission to all SCW Members and Partners.
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October 22
SCW Company Spotlight Breakfast Looker
Come join us to network, talk shop, collaborate, and engage with our growing Santa Cruz Works community. Meet your next employee, partner, collaborator or employer.
Registration required. Free admission to all SCW Members and Partners.
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October 24
SC Works Sponsored Event
USCS Slug Tank
Santa Cruz Works is proud to sponsor Slug Tank 2019: UCSC’s very own student business pitching contest. For student innovators and entrepreneurs. Teams get 5 minutes to present their ideas to judges from Santa Cruz.
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October 25
MBEP 2019
State of the Region
MBEP's 5th Annual State of the Region is a must-attend if you want to learn about innovations in housing, transportation, and exciting new technologies, tools, and models that are coming to our region.
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November 6
Santa Cruz Works New Tech
Demystified
Doug Harr will demystify the Cloud and Big Data. #NotMe will demystify how employees can safely report workplace misconduct they've witnessed or experienced, while giving employers the solution they need to create an accountable, safe, and thriving culture—for everyone. Five Microns will demonstrate a new device to aid people with shaking hands. Blume Distillation from Watsonville will show us how to run vehicles on alcohol rather than diesel fuel. And the Watsonville bus transportation is now onboard. More details to be added very soon! Tickets on sale October 11. But if you are SCW paid subscriber, you can purchase tickets 3 days before everyone else!
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February 11-12, 2020
SCW 25% off Startup Grind Global Conference
We are excited to announce that we are offering our community 25% off Full Access Tickets to the Startup Grind Global Conference, taking place Feb 11-12, 2020 in Redwood City. Global 2020 will be a celebration of 10 years of Startup Grind and their largest event thus far. 10,000 people from around the globe converge on Silicon Valley for 2-days of nonstop education, inspiration, and invaluable networking spanning 10 stages, 100+ sessions, and social events. And, if you join Santa Cruz Works in October as an Individual or Student, two (2) lucky people will win free tickets. For 25% off, go to: Santa Cruz Works at Startup Grind
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Vice President of Business Development
Our business is growing rapidly, and we need a passionate, team-oriented, and self-motivated Vice President of Business Development. The ideal candidate will have experience in B2B sales, as well as skills related to strategic analysis and marketing.
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UX Engineer
We're looking for motivated and passionate people who enjoy working in a team-oriented, ego free environment. The most successful candidates value ownership and collaboration and are self motivated, detail oriented problem solvers. We're looking for someone who's passionate about solving problems for users.
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New Members
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Eric Johnson
- Title: Freelance journalist; content strategist; entrepreneur
- Company: 219 Design
- Career Years: 30+
- Skills: Storytelling, identifying and executing good ideas. Consensus-driven leadership
- Superpower: Creativity; compassion; obsessive compulsion
- Motivation: I want to bring more beauty and understanding into this world
- SC Favs: The countless ways nature expresses itself here. And the varied human population, which has gotten more and more interesting since my arrival in 1974.
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Marta Gubanova
- Title: Instructional Designer
- Company: CryptoExchange
- Career Years: Marketing - 3; Tech - 2
- Skills: Creating Useful content, building & enhancing business processes
- Superpower: Teaching dogs how to dance
- Motivation: Structuring chaotic, ideas, processes, and people to make them work efficiently
- SC Fav: Beaches helping escape from the screen of my laptop
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Ruth Bates
- Title: Realtor
- Company: Ruth Bates Real Estate - Sereno Group
- Career Years: 11
- Skills: Negotiations, Marketing, Service, Real Estate needs for Buyers and Sellers
- Superpower: My motto is "Get Results With Ruth!"
- Motivation: Helping people to achieve their real estate dreams
- SC Favs: The weather, beaches, trails, sunsets
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Thank you to the City of Santa Cruz Economic Development department for renewing your membership with Santa Cruz Works and your commitment to the Santa Cruz tech ecosystem.
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New Partners
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