February 2015 Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp

8th Year Anniversary, 2015 Forecast, Food Compass, Blix Bicycles, OneWheel, Vioozer, Undo Sushi, PayStand

Special event this month to celebrate the 8 year anniversary of the Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp. Modarri (http://modarri.com) will spoil us with gifts. Fresh new co-organizers will be introduced. Doug Erickson will look into the crystal ball to make predictions for Santa Cruz tech success in 2015. The 2015 program includes a new segment: CEO Showcase from Santa Cruz Works (http://www.santacruzworks.org/). Special announcements by Startup Challenge Monterey (http://www.thestartupchallenge.org), Cruz Cares (http://www.theinspiringenterprise.com/cruzcares/), and Drones Data X (http://nua.io/project/dronesdataxconference2015/).

All-Star line up:

• Food Compass (http://challengepost.com/software/food-compass) / Zimraan Hamid - recent MHacks winner and Hack UCSC co-organizer will dazzle you with this "app-etizing" app!

• OneWheel (http://rideonewheel.com/) / Kyle Doerksen - find out why a $630k Kickstarter SF company relocated to Santa Cruz for the perfect work & life balance.

• Undo Sushi (https://www.facebook.com/UndoSushiFoodTruck) / Madeline Bailey - winner of StartUp Weekend CSUMB (http://www.up.co/communities/usa/monterey-bay/startup-weekend/4824) will have you salivating over her concept business of "sushi on a roll"

• Blix Bicycles (http://blixbike.com/) / Pontus Malmberg - local Santa Cruz startup is building clean, simple, powerful electric bikes.

• Vioozer (http://www.vioozer.com/) / Steve Jacobs - a revolutionary crowd-sourcing service that enables any person to seek up-to-date info from any location.

Learn about hot new technologies and mingle with 200+ fellow entrepreneurs, investors, bloggers, and tech enthusiasts. Doors open at 6pm. Admission is $10, and includes food, beverage, and LIVE MUSIC by CRUZ CONTROL (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cruz-Control/166542066831264). Attendance limited to 250. RSVP NOW!

To sponsor this community event, go to: Sponsorship Opportunities (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GTRKHnYXogZcEj6aZxZMzRFyGfPznyr2vrQMo_GrA4I/edit#slide=id.p)

To present at one of our future events, go to: Apply to Present (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FPl375ASB9cYLLmDeca702nlO2AB1oIxPoLRc75PyGQ/viewform)