Tag: NextSpace Wed, May 23, 2012
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Santa Cruz’s Crush on Tech
Business Mar 20, 2012, by Robert Singleton 1 Comments
Welcome to Silicon Beach. Or at least that’s what we should be calling Santa Cruz, according to a recent survey by the online polling and policy outfit Civinomics. The six-question poll, taken at the Chamber of Commerce Business Fair at Cocoanut Grove on March 14 by a Civinomics team (which included the author, a Civinomics co-founder), found that the industry in which Santa Cruz businesspeople have the most confidence is technology. In fact, 40 percent of those surveyed stated that if they could invest $10,000 in any local industry, technology would be their first choice, followed closely by tourism at 35 percent. Retail and agriculture finished substantially behind, with 18 percent and 16 percent respectively (some respondents picked two industries). Forever 21 might want to take notice of these results.
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The City of (Santa Cruz Next)Space Awards
News Jan 24, 2012, by Tessa Stuart
This Saturday Santa Cruz Next, the civic group for young movers and shakers, will dole out honors to Jacob Martinez of Watsonville Technologia-Educacion-Comunidad Program, Monica Martinez of the Homeless Services Center, Mark Davidson, founder of Trips for Kids Santa Cruz and NextSpace’s Jeremy Neuner.
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Santa Cruz Makes The Coworking Connection
Business Dec 13, 2011, by Tessa Stuart 2 Comments
Cruzioworks housed in a large light-filled atrium. There are desks, carrels, a reading nook, a couple of long tables and a white board bearing the scrawled, somewhat cryptic note “Bounce hour, Thursday, 10:30 on the blue couch.”
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