$40M deposit: PCBC launches technology overhaul
The parent of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust is investing $40 million into a comprehensive technology overhaul.
Orfalea offers advice to start-ups
Kinko’s founder Paul Orfalea hates working long hours — and he said that’s a big part of the reason his small business turned into one of the most successful start-ups ever to come out of Santa Barbara County. Orfalea shared personal advice on how to manage a start-up company with a group of about 200 Read More →
Ceres delays its IPO, slashes price
Thousand Oaks-based energy crop maker Ceres has drastically lowered expectations for its initial public offering and delayed it for a week, according to regulatory filings and investment banking sources. The company was set to raise as much as $132 million on the Nasdaq when shares hit the markets under the name CERE on Feb. 9. Read More →
Social-media IPOs could launch Golden State sustainability fund
Now would be the perfect time to create an economic sustainability fund that smooths out these wild swings in revenue
Power-One looks to Asia for growth
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Hot commodities: Greenhouse tomato growers eye competition
Houweling’s Tomatoes in Camarillo and Windset Farms in Santa Maria view Mexican farmers as their biggest competition.
