Guest op-eds: Tech execs remember Steve Jobs
Latest news, Op/Eds, OpinionEditor’s Note: The Business Times asked technology executives in the region to share their thoughts on the death of Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who died Oct. 5 at age 56. To contribute, email [email protected]. We’ll post more remembrances as they become available. Click here to read a column by Technology Editor Stephen Nellis on Read More →
Transphorm gets $3.6M grant
Green Coast, Latest news, TechnologyTransphorm, the Goleta-based energy efficiency firm backed by $63 million from Google and other investors, has received a $3.6 million federal grant to improve solar panels. Transphorm’s technology uses a semiconducting material called gallium nitride to drastically reduce heat waste in electronic systems. The grant from the U.S. Department of Energy went to Transphorm in Read More →
Guest op/ed: Cal Poly’s international business program closed, to detriment of students
Op/Eds, OpinionA separate international business program sends the message to students and employers that we value a global perspective in our curriculum.
Guest op/ed: Understanding crime insurance for ‘rogue employee’ losses
Op/Eds, OpinionFinancial services companies have never been more vulnerable to catastrophic losses caused by dishonest employees and employees duped by dishonest third parties.
Memorial slated for SLO attorney
Latest news, Law & GovermentPhil Steiner, a well-known intellectual property attorney in San Luis Obispo, died on Sept. 25. He was 55. A memorial is planned for Steiner at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 30. Steiner was instrumental in establishing the intellectual property section of the San Luis Obispo County Bar Read More →
