Entrepreneur shares recession coping lessons
What I learned is that many baby boomer entrepreneurs have the same personal narrative.
Can’t rent the whole roof? Santa Barbara venues pioneer party-shares
The more the merrier! For the first time ever, two popular Santa Barbara County venues are hosting holiday party-shares for small businesses. It’s not the traditional way for companies to throw holiday parties, but Canary Hotel and Rincon Beach Club say nontraditional holiday parties may be the new “in” thing this holiday season. Laura McIver, Read More →

Ventura vintners stomp into city industrial zone
Something akin to Lompoc’s Wine Ghetto on a smaller scale is emerging in a light industrial and commercial section of Ventura.
Ford infusion a new model for banking
With a single brand, new systems, a seasoned team and a strong balance sheet, Pacific Capital Bancorp has gone from troubled bank to serious competitor.
Amgen is Big Pharma’s newest player
Nov. 7, 2011 should be remembered as the date when Amgen resigned its charter membership in the biotech growth club and joined Big Pharma.

Developers plant Marriott flag in Goleta with $28M joint venture
By this time next year, the South Coast will have its first Marriott, a $28 million hotel in the heart of Goleta’s technology corridor.








