Navigating the land of Trump-portunities
By Mike Panesis Donald Trump is not my president. He is my country’s president, so we need to prepare for the next four years with him in charge. Most true entrepreneurs are constantly evaluating startup opportunities, especially during times of great change. President-elect Trump has issued an action plan for his first 100 days in Read More →
Harvesting your gains and staying on target
By John Corby One of the most important decisions confronting an investor is how much to allocate between the major asset classes: stocks, bonds, alternatives (which can include real estate and commodities) and cash. Certain asset classes have inherently higher levels of risk, so how much to assign to each will depend on the tolerance Read More →
San Luis Obispo High School computer lab equipment destroyed in fire
A fire that destroyed San Luis Obispo High School computer lab equipment early in the morning Dec. 8 prompted Central Coast nonprofit Softec to raise funds to replace it. The San Luis Obispo Fire Department was able to contain the fire, thought to be caused by arson, to the detached computer lab building and save Read More →
Dubroff: Central Coast will have one of its own on Trump’s Cabinet
President-elect Donald Trump’s appointee for secretary of labor, CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder, will have more influence on national policy than any Central Coast business leader in decades. The implications for California are significant. Puzder is a 66-year-old attorney and former general counsel of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr.’s parent company. He rebuilt the CKE brands Read More →
Trump nominates CKE’s Puzder for labor secretary
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary, Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants and subsidiaries Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, could pave the way toward business deregulation. While there are many layers to his appointment, Puzder has taken strong anti-labor stances, long decrying California’s minimum wage policy and other regulations that he claims have driven Read More →
Neovia insurance firm acquired by Woodruff-Sawyer
Joining a number of tri-county insurance firms involved in mergers and acquisitions this year, Neovia Integrated Insurance Services in Santa Barbara was acquired by San Francisco-based firm Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. The acquisition, announced on Dec. 1, will allow Woodruff-Sawyer to add employee benefits, property-casualty and management liability expertise to Neovia’s client base across Southern California, Read More →
Wilkinson to be new Inogen CEO as Huggenberger retires
Goleta-based respiratory product maker Inogen announced President and Chief Operating Officer Scott Wilkinson will take over as CEO of the company March 1, 2017, replacing retiring CEO Raymond Huggenberger. Wilkinson will join Huggenberger and new board member Scott Beardsley, a senior partner at San Francisco-based Novo Ventures, on the company’s board of directors, the Dec. Read More →
