Financial promoter – Advancing young entrepreneurship
The right speaker can transform an event, and two tri-county groups are working to harness the power of oratory to help nonprofit groups. Santa Barbara-based Catalyst offers a lecture series on financial literacy and entrepreneurship, targeting young professionals as its audience. Catalyst sells tickets to the events, and 100 percent of the ticket sales go Read More →
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Green building council lists LEED certification bodies
On July 29, the U.S. Green Building Council, or USGBC, announced the certification bodies for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, Green Building Rating System, as follows: • ABS Quality Evaluations, www.abs-qe.com • BSI Management Systems America, www.bsi-global.com • Bureau Veritas North America, www.us.bureauveritas.com • DNV Certification, www.dnvcert.com • Intertek, www.intertek-sc.com • Read More →
Making a statement
Colorful purses made of discarded candy wrappers from Mexico and $85 metal artwork made from steel drums from Haiti hang on the walls of a small shop at 7 W. Haley St., downtown Santa Barbara. The shop’s manager, Amesia Doles-Garcia, sweeps the entryway as she opens Arcobaleno Trade, a fair trade store that sells products Read More →
A few months from now, Sung Won Sohn will be handing out grades to students as the newly named Martin V. Smith professor of economics at California State University, Channel Islands. But the straight-talking former Wells Fargo economist, and former bank president, wasn’t afraid to give California’s economy a C-minus at best during a chat Read More →
Spirit of Small Business Awards
Event sponsors: Business First Bank • DAVIES • Montecito Bank & Trust • Community West Bank • Wells Fargo • Coastal Business Finance • Anthem Blue Cross • Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort • Bank of America • Small Business Development Centers• Boehm Biography Group Presented in partnership with the Los Angeles District, US Small Business Read More →
Phone on Hold Marketing
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