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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 12th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Overtime fines hit small business
Anyone can tell you it’s tough to run a business. Now it’s about to get tougher. The U.S. Department of Labor is cracking down on employee overtime violations, and business owners are going to start feeling the heat. The down economy has forced employers and employees alike to focus more attention on pay. Because of Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 12th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Making it work
First, the airwaves. Then, the nation. Santa Barbara-based computer support firm Make it Work has landed a deal to host a nationally syndicated radio show about consumer technology. And it plans to parlay that show into a coast-to-coast rollout of its tech support services. Driving a fleet of bright red Mini Coopers, Make It Work Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 12th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on UCSB center adds nano spin to biotech
Hoping to carve out a role for nanotechnology in treating life-threatening diseases, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a medical research institute in San Diego County have formed a multimillion-dollar partnership to recruit up to 150 scientists and support staff and house a research center at UCSB. Called the “Center for Nanomedicine,” the UCSB-Burnham Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 12th, 2009 / Columns / Comments Off on Lack laments that Santa Barbara
Measure B, the controversial height limit proposal on the city’s November ballot, will no doubt change the way buildings are erected in Santa Barbara, but contractor David Lack thinks there’s something more pressing at hand: making green builders feel welcome. “If someone like me bends over backward to meet the city requirements and goes to Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 12th, 2009 / Columns / Comments Off on Green Coast gets ready for its close-up
Six months ago I wrote a column suggesting that we reinvent the tri-county economy as a “Green Coast” for energy research and innovation. Now there are signs this idea is becoming a reality. On Sept. 30, a broad-based coalition of business, government, major universities and nonprofit groups applied to the California Department of Housing and Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 12th, 2009 / Uncategorized / Comments Off on Karl Willig takes the helm at Mission Linen
Karl Willig is the definition of a businessman. The 65-year-old has spent decades doing what he loves most — building companies — and now he’s coming out of retirement to take the helm of a Santa Barbara institution that’s been around longer than he has: Mission Linen Supply. The Idaho native has headed several national Read More →
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By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, October 12th, 2009 / Women Inc. / Comments Off on Direct selling on the rise
Marilyn Lewis has seen a few recessions in her lifetime, but the Thousand Oaks resident has always had a back-up plan. Like almost 15 million other women in the U.S., Lewis is a direct seller — she sells cosmetics to other women from her home. Although it may conjure up images of ’50s Tupperware parties, Read More →
