Launch Brigade is Santa Cruz-based web design and development agency that creates amazing websites and visuals—including ours! They design and develop modern websites that burst off the page. From elegant marketing to advanced e-commerce sites, this amazing team creates the ultimate solution to take your business to the next level.
Julia is a writer, events coordinator, and yoga teacher who’s been helping tell the story of Santa Cruz tech and culture since 2011.
Matthew Swinnerton is one of the Co-Founders of TechRaising, lead interrogator at InterrogationHub.com, and is a business development manager at Comcast Business Class.Matthew is very active in the tech community and has a passion for entrepreneurship and a passion to help entrepreneurs reach their goals. Matthew is an accomplished public speaker and has written many articles for trade publications including his interviews with Silicon Valley CEO’s and entrepreneurs.
Margaret connects people to each other and to ideas, exposing previously unforeseen possibilities. Her toolkit includes user interface, user experience, brand identity, social media, search engine optimization, and web protocols.A mainstay of Santa Cruz geekdom and a techie who can speak English, she has worked with educational institutions, law firms, Internet start-ups, non-profits, and her own companies to build applications that work-improving the user experience and streamlining workflow processes.
Andrew Mueller is a Co-Founder of TechRaising and CEO and Chief Strategist at Mueller and Company, a consulting firm focused on helping clients leverage emerging digital technologies. Over his career, Andrew has designed and implemented marketing strategies and tactics for Fortune 500 companies and smaller businesses, and has been a founding team member at numerous startups.