• Workshop: Creating a Winning Pitch for the Startup Challenge Competition: Thu, Feb 13, 6-9pm at CSUMB. Applications due Mar 10. 

• Santa Cruz Web Developers Meetup: Wed, Feb 19, 6pm at Cruzio. 

• TechRaising Meetup: Thu, Feb 27, 6:30 at NextSpace.   

• Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup: Wed, Mar 5 at Cruzio. Networking at 6pm, Event at 7pm. 

• TEDxSantaCruz 2014:Activate: Sat, Mar 8, 9am-5pm at Hotel Paradox. 

• The Ideas of March, Mar 14-16, a 3-day tech competition at CSUMB. More details below. 

• Chamber of Commerce 25th annual Business Fair: Wed, Mar 19, 4-7pm at Cocoanut Grove.  

• TechRaising weekend: Get your tickets now for Apr 25-27.  

Features:  

• Local start-up PredPol hires Silicon Valley veteran (and local resident) Larry Samuels as CEO.

• Santa Cruz entrepreneurs plot disruption with DNA and bicycles, and a whole lot more, at the February Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup. 

• Sara Vainer, one of NextSpace's first employees in Santa Cruz, tells us about her recent launch of The Mill, a micro-accelerator in Las Vegas

• CSUMB calls for students, mentors, and pitchers to Ideas of March tech competition, March 15-16. 

• Cruzio co-CEO and geek-around-town, Chris Neklason, tells us about a visit to The Gateway School Discovery Lab.