HG Data raises $2M, looks to Asia
Santa Barbara-based business intelligence firm HG Data has raised $2 million in venture capital from EPIC Ventures. HG Data’s technology combs millions of web documents and offline sources to create comprehensive databases of business relationships. In 2012, for example, the company released a census of which worksites were operating thousands of specific kinds of software, Read More →
Many tri-county entrepreneurs skeptical of startup JOBS Act
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Hardware sales, soft touch: NHR leverages social connections
The only thing more cutting edge than Network Hardware Resale’s equipment is the company’s method of selling it.
Getting your name out there: Area PR gurus share their secrets
The Business Times asked two marketing experts for advice on how to thrive in a difficult economy.
Give until it zooks! – Online fundraiser helps region
Even if givezooks! didn’t exactly coin the term “social fundraising,” the company is at least looking to revolutionize the concept. A Santa Barbara-based Internet startup, givezooks! is using the power of social networking tools to transform the way nonprofits and other grassroots campaigns fundraise and connect with donors. “Social fundraising, as we call it, is Read More →
SBCC removes anxiety from hiring process
Media students at Santa Barbara City College have a new way to connect with prospective employers. The college’s school of media arts has launched an online incubator for students. It draws on social networking concepts pioneered by MySpace and Facebook. Employers can browse the students’ profiles and portfolios and contact those whose work they like. Read More →
101 corridor tech firms reposition for the future
Even amid uncertainty, the tri-county economy continues to chug along. One reason for this is that the region’s technology companies keep an eye to the future. Two concrete examples: San Luis Obispo-based digital agency LEVEL Studios, formerly Web Associates, has undertaken a major re-invention to take itself from a respected Web developer to an online Read More →
