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 | Monday, July 9th, 2012

								
BioJet fuels up with new energy crop fields in Southeast Asia

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								Alex Minicucci, CEO of San Luis Obispo-based SMS Masterminds. (Business Times file photo)								
								
 | Monday, July 9th, 2012

								
Goodbye, punchcards: SMS Masterminds creates text message loyalty program

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 | Monday, July 9th, 2012

								
How Make It Work fell off the fast track

								Small Business, Technology, Top Stories								
With a fleet of red Mini Coopers, Eric Greenspan built Make It Work into a tech support empire that stretched from Goleta to the Mexican border along the California coast. Starting with Santa Barbara in 2001, the company’s technicians fanned out across the Southland and rolled all the way to San Diego, the Mini Coopers Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, June 29th, 2012

								
$135M could have Sonos singing different tune

								Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories								
Santa Barbara-based wireless music gear maker Sonos has raised $135 million in new capital, the largest funding deal in the Tri-Counties so far this year and possibly a substitute for an initial public offering. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, a private equity firm, led the funding round and was joined by Redpoint Ventures and investors associated with Read More →

							

						        

							


							

							


					        

					     

							
					       


					     


												


								
								

								
																
								
 | Friday, June 29th, 2012

								
Mentor suit sets off breast implant battle

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 | Friday, June 29th, 2012

								
Ready for local liftoff: ValueClick founder launches new firm

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 | Monday, June 25th, 2012

								
Make It Work shuts down

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After more than a decade in business, the tech support firm parked its fleet of red Mini Coopers for good.