May 6, 2025

		

Jorge Mercado

Jorge Mercado is a staff writer with the Business Times. His beats include technology, agriculture, cannabis, energy and the environment, and higher education.


| Wednesday, August 7th, 2024

Procore revenue up 25%, net loss down in Q2

Earnings, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies

Carpinteria-based Procore Technologies, a construction management software company, announced its results for the second quarter on Aug. 1. For the quarter ended June 30, Procore’s revenue was $284 million, an increase of 24% year-over-year. Moreover, the company, which has never achieved a profit, substantially cut its net loss in the second quarter, suffering a loss Read More →

| Wednesday, August 7th, 2024

Deckers continues delivering strong performances quarter after quarter

Earnings, Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Wednesday, August 7th, 2024

Live Data keeps real-time information on employment status

Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story

With more information at our fingertips now than ever before, it can actually be much more overwhelming to find the necessary data despite it being readily available. J. Scott Hamilton, founder, president and CEO of Live Data Technologies, noticed this problem when he was leading sales, business and operations teams. “He would walk around the Read More →

| Wednesday, August 7th, 2024

CRE: SLO County median home prices hit $1M

Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Subscriber content

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| Friday, August 2nd, 2024

Memo to Santa Barbara County: Let Vandenberg launch

Editorials, Opinion, Subscriber content

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| Friday, August 2nd, 2024

Mercado: Will more excitement find the Central Coast before 2025?

Columns, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology

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| Thursday, August 1st, 2024

Santa Barbara nonprofit legends to step down

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Nonprofits, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story

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