Dubroff: Circular financings always work. Until they don’t.
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Dubroff: The region is facing an ag crisis. Ventura County is ground zero.
Agribusiness, Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Subscriber contentVentura County farmers have been through a lot in the 150-plus years since they broke away from Santa Barbara County to plow their own future. But many ag leaders alive today tell me they can’t remember times as difficult as these. Widen the lens a bit, and prospects are not much better for Santa Barbara or San Read More →
Report highlights Central Coast as aerospace hub
Central Coast, Latest newsA new report makes the case that with 7,000 companies employing some 80,000 workers, the region should be recognized as major hub for aerospace and autonomous systems. Called “The Central Coast: Built to Prove What’s Next,” the report catalogues a number of familiar assets, and some new initiatives. The report was released by a group Read More →
Dubroff: Direct Relief CEO — Innovation can advance private philanthropy
Columns, Latest news, Nonprofits, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber contentAfter a bit over a year on the job, Amy Weaver of Direct Relief, our Business Times CEO of the Year, finds her organization at the center of a global crisis in humanitarian response. When I sat down with her for our latest Civil Dialogues podcast episode, I was struck by how much the world Read More →
Dubroff: The hidden costs of inflation spike are putting pressure on Main Street
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Dubroff: Sunstone is reimagining the 21st-century winery
Columns, Latest news, Subscriber contentTeddy Cabugos III is meeting the mocktail moment. He and his wife, Djamila, are reinventing Sunstone Winery with a series of strategic moves designed to position the Santa Ynez Valley landmark for a new era in the wine business. The wine industry is being transformed, he told me in a phone interview on Sept. 22. Read More →
Dubroff: The powerful forces that leave the Fed with few options
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