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By Dana Olsen / Friday, February 24th, 2012 / Features, Small Business / Comments Off on Tough training: Fast-growing jiu-jitsu chain caters to business people
The martial arts studio has grown into a thriving small business with more than 550 students, many of whom are business leaders themselves.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, February 24th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on In a crunch, State Fund targets small businesses
The State Compensation Insurance Fund, a government-sponsored insurer of last resort that’s hurting for business, has taken its hunt for cash into the courts, suing mom-and-pop contractors and billion-dollar companies alike in the Tri-Counties. The suits appear to be part of a crackdown on collections as the fund prepares to lay off thousands of workers Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, February 10th, 2012 / Features, Small Business / Comments Off on Bonbon boom: Chocolate retailers expect sweetest Feb. 14 in a decade
It’s a sweet year to be a chocolate shop in the Tri-Counties.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, January 27th, 2012 / Features, Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on The next dimension: TrueVision inks deal with microscope maker
TrueVision Systems has inked a deal with the world’s second-biggest maker of surgical microscopes.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, January 13th, 2012 / Features, Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Web wars: Impulse brings faster broadband to Santa Barbara
Impulse Advanced Communications is targeting mid-sized and small businesses with a new broadband offering in the Santa Barbara area.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, January 13th, 2012 / Features, Small Business / Comments Off on Hanging tight: Employee-owned firm equips search and rescue teams
Over the past two years, thriving CMC Rescue has become 100 percent employee-owned.