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Digest #114

While in Santa Cruz last week, California lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom said, "The tech genie is out of the bottle, you can't stop the future." How did tech play into MBEP's tri-county conference on the state of the region's economy?

Locally grown SnapPost and OpenCounter have news to share. SACNAS made national waves for STEM diversity in Washington, D.C. Three weeks ago we started updating you on companies that got their 15 minutes of local fame and then went quiet. Who's up this week?

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Top Stories:

What does it have to do with Santa Cruz when a software platform launches in Boston and Orlando? Civic-minded OpenCounter hails from Santa Cruz.

"The most important infrastructure for the future is fast, reliable internet connectivity," said Bud Colligan as he opened the MBEP conference on the state of the region's economy.

Accelerating technological change triggers regulatory reflex in Santa Cruz. "The tech genie is out of the bottle, you can't stop the future," said keynote speaker Gavin Newsom at the MBEP conference.

Many people have things they would sell on eBay but don't want to take the time to learn about the selling process. SnapPost is ready for release in the Apple App Store.

What ever happened to... (part 4). More on companies that got their 15 minutes of fame, and then went quiet. What is this company up to now?

SACNAS recently produced the largest and most diverse gathering of STEM professionals in the U.S. when this local organization brought together students and science professionals of color in Washington, D.C.

Happy 1st Birthday, CruzCal! CruzCal launched just about a year ago, what's the impact of the arts and culture calendar so far?

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Events

Note: Dates, times, and locations are all subject to change. Be sure to check the meetup website for your event.

Tue Nov 10, 6pm: Startup Monterey Bay Tech Meetup at The Press Club, Seaside.

Sat Nov 14, 10am: Santa Cruz Web Developers Meetup at NextSpace.

Wed Nov 18: The Genomic Open: Then and Now at Biomedical Sciences Building, Rm 200, UCSC.

Wed Nov 18, 5pm: Santa Cruz Women's Javascript/FrontEnd Development Meetup at Looker.

Wed Nov 18, 6:30pm: Santa Cruz Bitcoin & Cryto-currency Meetup at NextSpace.

Fri-Sun Nov 20-22: Startup Monterey Bay Hackathon 2015 at CSUMB.

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