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Thank you to our two newest partners: Crowd Machine and Community Foundation ofSanta Cruz County. Each partner makes a huge difference. Santa Cruz is still abuzz about the recent announcement that Google has acquiredLooker for $2.6 Billion. ICYMI, see the two related articles we shared on the big daylast week, below. One of the most inspiring articles this week is by a high school student. How manyhigh school students (or even adults) do you know who have won the top prize in theSanta Cruz County Science and Engineering Fair, won an award at the IntelInternational Science and Engineering Fair, are currently doing research with andbeing mentored by a UCSC biomolecular professor? Oh yeah, there's also theinterview with National Geographic.

There's more so scroll down and start reading! Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-ChiefSanta Cruz Tech Beat http://santacruztechbeat.com

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Sandy Skees, sustainability expert, hasbeen named global head of Porter Novelli'sinnovation and impact practice, the newversion of agency's technology group. Readthis article. Despite increasingly powerful dashboardsand data exploration tools, traditionalapproaches to business intelligence arestruggling to meet the expectations of themodern data-driven workforce. Read thisarticle. Amy Wu took up residency at the WesternGrowers Center for Innovation &Technology where she leads a project shefounded called "From Farms to Incubators."Read this article. ICYMI-1: Google to Acquire Looker for $2.6Billion. "I'm so humbled by the team ofpeople we've built here in Santa Cruz and allover the world." -- Lloyd Tabb, Founder,Chairman and CTO of Looker. Read thisarticle. ICYMI-2: Looker to Join Google Cloud. "I'mincredibly proud to announce some bignews today, Looker has entered into anagreement to be acquired by Google." -- Frank Bien, CEO of Looker. Read thisarticle.

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