The following 16 internships have been finalized or are in process. Eric and I are still aiming to enroll 20-24 total in the program. Thanks to Rebecca Brooks, James Davis, Mary Flannery, Charlie McDowell and Nannette O’Connor for all their help in securing academic credit / clearance for all our interns.
Finalized
- NASA Skytran Simulations
- NASA SkyTran Control Systems
- Plantronics Design
- Ketera (2)
- Greening Point
- NextSpace
- Santa Cruz Design + Innovation Center
- Market Motive
- Digital Signage Network (2)
- City of Santa Cruz, Economic Development
In interviews next week:
- City of Santa Cruz; Wharf Energy Research Station
- Lyman PR
- Armada Group
- MBMS Rainwater (NOAA)
- WISE Solutions
- SureHarvest
Speaker Series
Jeremy Neuner, the CEO of NextSpace gave the inaugural talk last Friday morning on the entrepreneurial ecosystem in town, as well as his journey to starting a business. This week Teresa Thomae from the Small Business Development Center will talk about common pitfalls and best practices for startups as well as the resources that organizations like the SBDC provide locally.
Board of Mentors Meeting
Scheduled for Oct 21, 2009. Board has RSVP’d and we’re looking forward to a good discussion on the development of the program.