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Stephen Nellis


| Friday, September 19th, 2014

CLU rolls out Huddle to incubate startups in Westlake Village

East Ventura County, Real Estate, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

California Lutheran University’s new Westlake Village co-working and teaching space, Huddle, is up and running with a slate of fall events that organizers hope will make it a hub for entrepreneurship in East Ventura County

| Thursday, September 18th, 2014

Startup leaders talk shift

Latest news, South Coast, Technology

There’s only one thing you can be sure about in business: shift happens. Whether it’s customers coming and going or a competitor rolling out a new product, every business faces change. By their very nature, technology companies face the constant of change more than most, and the ones that succeed are the ones that embrace Read More →

| Thursday, September 18th, 2014

Farm drones, cricket flour pitched at clean investment summit

South Coast, Technology

The sixth annual Clean Business Investment Summit held at UC Santa Barbara was a success, drawing more than 200 attendees and 30 investor groups. The attendees and investors head from a range of speakers and saw presentations from 17 startup teams and two student teams. Over the years, more than 575 startups and growth companies Read More →

| Friday, September 12th, 2014

Google, Microsoft vie for UCSB top minds with quantum initiatives

South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

Google has selected a UC Santa Barbara lab for a new quantum-computing initiative just a short distance from where Microsoft has an established outpost, setting up a battle among tech giants on the South Coast. On Sept. 2, Google’s Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab said that it was launching a new hardware push to design and Read More →

| Friday, September 12th, 2014

Transphorm powers up portfolio with GaN patents

Law & Goverment, Technology

Goleta-based Transphorm, an energy-efficiency company spun out of UC Santa Barbara, said it has been granted two patents that it believes could cover as much as 60 percent of its target market in power-conversion electronics.

| Friday, September 12th, 2014

Slater makes waves with California water law at Cadiz

Columns, Law & Goverment, Top Stories

William Mulholland was the grand architect of the plan to quench the Southland’s thirst with Colorado River water from the Arizona-California border. Without him, modern Los Angeles wouldn’t exist. If Santa Barbara attorney Scott Slater carries out his long-term vision, he might go down as the second most famous man in the history of Southern California water.

| Thursday, September 11th, 2014

Conversant to sell for $2.3B, Eucalyptus acquired by HP

Latest news, Technology, Top Stories

In what could be the region’s biggest-ever day for tech deals, Westlake Village-based Conversant said it will be sold to Dallas-based Alliance Data Systems in a deal valued at $2.3 billion, and Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus Systems said it will be bought by HP.