JamBandit puts music fans in the spotlight
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat “Just you, a touchscreen, and the magical ability to play the song.” Thirty years ago, UCSC Professor..
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Rising hopes for turbocharging Salinas Valley economy with fiber to Santa Cruz
by Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates With a fat broadband pipe direct to Santa Cruz. A dark fiber link between Santa Cruz and broadband-deprived areas of..
When the news becomes the news
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat Typically, I’m the one who finds, curates, and publishes the local tech scene news. I tend to stay..
PredPol Hires New CEO
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat Local tech start-up PredPol has landed a new leader to guide its rapid growth by adding Silicon Valley veteran..
A visit to The Gateway School Discovery Lab
by Chris Neklason Co-CEO of Cruzio On an unseasonably warm and sunny January morning, Peggy and I walked over to Gateway School over on the Santa Cruz West..
CSUMB calls for students, mentors, and pitchers to Ideas of March
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat The Ideas of March is a three day Android App development competition at CSUMB that brings together teams of..
Santa Cruz entrepreneurs plot disruption with DNA and bicycles
by Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Daylight cruise, night time workout. “I look for transitions in markets”, said Neal Saiki, the founder of NTS Works..
A new idea accelerator, The Mill, launches in Las Vegas
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat Last week I wrote about Sol Lipman and his crew who grew out of NextSpace Santa Cruz, eventually to launch..
Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup — the must attend event
by Sara Isenberg Publisher, Santa Cruz Tech Beat Last week, I wrote about the sixth anniversary of the Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup coming up this Wednesday,..