30 Years After The Loma Prieta Earthquake: Tech and Emergency Services in the County of Santa Cruz
By Rosemary L. Anderson Emergency Services Manager, County of Santa Cruz Special for Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 30, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Thirty..
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Startup Sandbox Graduates First Class of Innovators
(Contributed) September 30, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Graduating Startups Poised to Deliver Innovation Breakthroughs with Global Impact Startup Sandbox, a..
Forbes is talking about “The Department Of Customer Love”
By Shep Hyken Forbes September 30, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Looker’s name for its customer support department, the “Department of Customer..
Steve Blum: Salinas, AT&T sign master pole license agreement with small cell design standards and $750 annual rent, sorta
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 30, 2019 — Salinas, CA AT&T and the City of Salinas hedged their..
Built from scratch: Improving vaccines with molecular insights
(Source: UCSC) September 28, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Rebecca DuBois is an assistant professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz...
WGCIT Update: AgTech Startup Successes
(Source: WGCIT website) September 27, 2019 — Salinas, CA Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology opened its doors in December 2015, with..
Global Climate Strike and how to achieve your Science-Based Targets
By James Barsimantov SupplyShift Co-founder and COO September 24, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: ames Barsimantov is the Co-founder and COO of..
Jack Baskin at 100
By J.D. Hillard UC Santa Cruz September 24, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Nicole Baran, executive director of the Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation..
What motivates resellers? Here’s what SellHound learned
(Contributed) September 25, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Millennials resell on second-hand marketplaces to empty closet and to promote sustainability, but money..
NIH funds new centers to expand and diversify the human reference genome
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz September 24, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above, David Haussler directs the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. Source: UCSC..
CITRIS launches Tech for Social Good program at UCSC
(Contributed) September 19, 2019 (Photo above: source: UCSC website) A new Tech for Social Good program at UC Santa Cruz, launched by CITRIS and the Banatao..
Scientist creates a ‘ground-breaking’ technique to crack cold cases by extracting DNA from stray strands of HAIR without a root left behind at crime scenes by killers and victims
By Joe Pinkstone The Daily Mail September 18, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: The police were in the bizarre situation of knowing who the killer was,..
Long Before ‘Netflix and Chill,’ He Was the Netflix C.E.O.
By Nicole Sperling New York Times September 17, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Marc Randolph, at his home in Santa Cruz, Calif., said he didn’t..
Why I Waited Sixteen Years to Write My Book About Netflix
By Marc Randolph Co-founder and first CEO of Netflix September 17, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: My son Logan and me, with Reed Hastings smiling in the..
Netflix’s first CEO talks about Reed Hastings, negotiating tactics and his dislike of business plans
By Rosellen “Rosie” Downey Silicon Valley Business Journal September 17, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photos above: Marc Randolph purchases a copy..
Steve Blum: California’s consumer data privacy law survives lobbyist blitz, more or less intact
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 18, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Big tech, big telecom and big business made a..
Steve Blum: AT&T’s backdoor deregulation bill runs out of room, while California lawmakers tweak telecoms policy
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 18, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Despite AT&T’s quest for de facto..
Poly Introduces the Next Generation of Savi Wireless Headsets
(Contributed) September 18, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Savi 8200 Office Series: Savi 8240. Contributed.) Poly is the First Enterprise Headset..
October 2 tech meetup: Drako, Modarri, Marc Randolph, Joby, Onewheel, Mayor Martine Watkins
(Contributed) September 17, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA The Impossible…Possible: Drako, Modarri, Marc Randolph, Joby, Onewheel, Mayor Martine Watkins See..
Startup Investment and Community Capital Expo is September 27 in Seaside
(Contributed) September 17, 2019 — Seaside, CA [Editor’s note: We published a related article 8/20/19: Startup Investment & Community Capital..
Q&A: Marc Randolph talks about Santa Cruz, Reed Hastings, and the birth of Netflix
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 17, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Marc Randolph, co-founder and..
Why This Scientist Keeps Receiving Packages of Serial Killers’ Hair
By Heather Murphy The New York Times September 16, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: A UCSC lab technician examining a hair sample collected from a..
Jane Technologies doubles down on Santa Cruz (and what happens next after securing $21M in Series B funding)
By Socrates Rosenfeld CEO Jane Technologies Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 12, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Socrates Rosenfeld is the..
Here’s one analyst’s deep dive into the Plantronics & Polycom deal
By Value Digger Seeking Alpha September 12, 2019 — Santa Cruz, CA Plantronics: Leverage Is High, And A Dividend Cut Is Very Likely Summary The Polycom..
Bud Colligan Outlines Strategy to Enhance State’s Global Competitiveness
By Susanne T. Stirling Vice President, CalChamber, International Affairs September 12, 2019 — Sacramento, CA (Photo above: Bud Colligan, Senior Adviser..