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Digest #226
Here's the news you need to know.
One prolific Santa Cruz startup junkie talks about a "double win" after selling his company and finding a soft place to land with his team en masse. After sitting near their NextSpace office over the last year, I found it fascinating to find out what happened. Read this Q&A.
Continuing on a theme from the past couple weeks, we have an informative overview about Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology (WGCIT), the agtech incubator in Salinas. (If you're interested in agtech, be sure to learn about the upcoming Salinas Valley AgTech Summit. It kicks off March 27.)
Find out why seemingly peripheral Santa Cruz ventures could have a central role in shaping transportation's future in an article about last line transport.
Our local tech pillar, Margaret Rosas, gets the spotlight in Looker's recent "Women of Data" post.
There's more so scroll down and start reading!
Sara Isenberg
Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
Santa Cruz Tech Beat
http://santacruztechbeat.com
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Top Stories
In this Q&A, Justin Laing talks about the sale of his startup, Crank Logic, and the "double win" for this prolific startup junkie and his team. Read this article.
The Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT) serves as a hub for the accelerated development and rapid deployment of innovative solutions to help farmers feed more people with fewer resources. Read this article.
Santa Cruz startups may reflect heroic engineering and a keen eye for sport, but will they shift the debate on the future of transport? Read this article.
If don't already know her, please meet Margaret Rosas, Santa Cruz's veritable Queen of Data. Read this article.
The transformation of UCSC's Science and Engineering Library will start later this year using a $5 million grant to kickstart the initiative. Read this article.
Hartnell College hosts the Salinas Valley AgTech Summit next week. Organizers are expecting 1000-1200 attendees at this year's event. Read this article.
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