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Bird-watching apps and electric Porsches: Startups pitch ideas

Spring is startup time at the region’s universities.

Adventures in business: Santa Margarita Ranch rebrands as sports destination

The historic San Luis Obispo County ranch is morphing from a vineyard and cattle ranch into a mecca for adventurers.

Back in the game: Industry veterans launch second document filing business

Four years after selling their first business to Intuit for $20 million, the Akalps started a new company.
Hitting the target: Oxnard businesswoman launches Boys + Arrows swimwear

Launched a year ago, the swimwear line is already selling thousands of bikinis at designer prices.

Cleaner yoga: Buellton startup makes mat-sanitizing machine

Matsana manufactures a machine that disinfects yoga mats using ultraviolet technology.
Grown in Santa Maria: Allan Hancock launches business incubator

Santa Maria may soon be home to a full-fledged small-business incubator.