3rd Annual GET HIRED!
Over 300 jobs will be hot and ready to be filled. Hiring companies include Looker, Poly, Jane Technology, Onewheel, Santa Cruz Bicycles, Pepperjam, Amazon, LifeAid, Big Data Federation, Launch Brigade, Resideo, Audible Magic, Cabrillo College, and more.. Tickets
June 5th, 6pm at Poly
Get Hired! is sponsored by: LIFEAID Beverage Co., Santa Cruz Bicycles, SBDC, UCSC CIED, Surfwriter Cloud Computing, Pepperjam, Big Data Federations, Jump Bike, Wynn Capital Management and Audible Magic
HUGE NEWS: Two Santa Cruz-based community banks to merge into $1B institution
Santa Cruz County Bank + Lighthouse Bank
The two banks have long enjoyed a "friendly competition" in the South Bay market. Now they're combining into one bank that will be able to serve larger borrowers and have a presence from Santa Cruz County into Cupertino. Read the full story here
The Giants - Dave Evans (Design Your Life)
For "The Giants" episode #1, we are honored to have Dave Evans. Professor Evans is quite a legend. He began his career at Apple, led product marketing for the first computer mouse, and introduced laser printing to the masses. He then taught the most popular "Life Design" class at Stanford for 15 years. Today, Dave is the co-author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller - "Designing Your Life".
In this interview, professor Evans talks about his career; how "Designing Your Life" came about; special traits of great CEOs; and advices he would
give his 20-year-old self. Watch it here
Local Santa Cruz Entrepreneurship for Social Good: Rising International
Carmel Jud leads a local/global non-profit that is on a mission to protect women and girls from poverty and exploitation. On her 50th birthday, she participated in the Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup first Cruz Cares competition. Rising international is the first non-profit organization in the world to use the $185 billion dollar direct sales model to solve poverty both locally and globally. Read the full story here
TechRaising Clinics - Intellectual Property & Patents
June 4th 6:00pm @ Cruzio
Most tech start-ups have intellectual capital to protect. It may simply be know-how, a trademark, a novel product concept, an algorithm, or perhaps a business or IT process you created along the way. Whatever it is, learn what steps you might take to increase the appeal of your firm for investment and protect your creativity from being copied. More info and tickets here
Fostering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Tech: Why I Joined Looker
Kelli Dragovich, Chief People Officer at Looker Read the full story here
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