Yardi acquires self-storage management platform
Goleta-based real estate software firm Yardi Systems has acquired Centershift, maker of a cloud-based platform for self-storage facilities. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Microlending founder urges business leaders to reinvest profits
Nobel Laureate and founder of Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus never intended to create a microlending juggernaut or invent the idea of a social business. “My work was not pre-planned,” he said. “It was an action born out of desperation.”
2014 Family Business & Closely Held Companies honorees announced
The Pacific Coast Business Times is pleased to announce our 2014 class of Family Business & Closely Held Companies winners. This annual special section celebrates businesses in the region that are owned or managed by multiple family members, are in the second or later generation of family ownership or that are owned and operated by a small group Read More →
Freezing out the competition: Australian frozen yogurt brand makes global push from Ventura
Australians Angus Murray and Michael Taylor have set up a California outpost for Foxy’s Frozen Yogurt in a bid to beat the Golden State at its own game.
Crazy proposals in other states leave California as the saner option
While jobs, minimum-wage hikes and the future of work are making headlines, something else is happening on the ground in the Tri-Counties.
