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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, June 12th, 2015 / Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Opinion, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Mindbody, Appfolio IPOs might be start of South Coast tech boom
You might call it the Mindbody-Appfolio effect. The pair of $100 million-plus initial public stock offerings filed last month has caught the attention of dealmakers from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. Add to that the stunning, $1.4 billion sale of Lynda.com to Linkedin and you have the most buzz in the region since the Read More →
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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, June 12th, 2015 / Agribusiness, Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Real Estate, Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Local companies relocating to bigger spaces in Goleta
Seek Thermal was getting too big for its britches at its former headquarters just off Calle Real in Goleta, so the company recently sized up to 10,000-plus square feet of space at 111 Castilian Drive. The company, which makes thermal imaging devices for the consumer market, is effectively doubling its footprint in its move from Read More →
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By pacbiztimes / Friday, June 12th, 2015 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, South Coast, Top Stories, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Fighting for control of hospice dollars in Tri-Counties
Gardening made Ted Hughes feel alive. The gentle caress of the soil, a flower’s sweet smell — they grounded Hughes, who was dying of colon cancer, reminding him to live in the moment. “It gives you a chance to see that there’s more to life than what you’re living in,” Hughes said before passing Read More →
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 / Central Coast, Latest news, Technology, Top 25 lists, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on San Luis Obispo’s Mindbody expects $15 per share in IPO
MindBody, the San Luis Obispo-based software company poised to go public, told regulators June 8 that it expects to raise as much as $123 million in a 7.15 million share offering that could be priced as high as $15 per share. MindBody said in a revised Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it anticipates a Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, June 8th, 2015 / Agribusiness, Central Coast, Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Santa Maria couple donates 450-acre avocado, lemon ranch to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
A Santa Maria couple has agreed to donate a 450-acre avocado and lemon ranch in southern San Luis Obispo County valued at $11.3 million to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Stuart “Stu” and Jan Bartleson and university officials made the announcement at a press conference held at Bartleson Ranch on Los Berros Road, three miles Read More →
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By Guest commentary / Friday, June 5th, 2015 / Central Coast, Energy, Op/Eds, Opinion, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Carbon tax right policy for Tri-Counties
By Mike McEachen As a frequent visitor to Refugio Beach, I was saddened by the oil that spewed out of the underground pipeline operated by Plains All American Pipeline and fouled our beach and coastline. My family and friends had to cancel our annual Memorial Weekend Refugio Beach campout that we made reservations for six Read More →