ParentSquare software helps connect classrooms
Santa Barbara-based startup ParentSquare is making a communication system that hopes to reach all parents, regardless of what kind of communication technology they have at home or what language they speak.
Clean Diesel chairman resigns, metals industry veteran steps in
Shares of Clean Diesel Technologies closed down 5.5 percent on Tuesday, after the company announced that Alexander “Hap” Ellis III had resigned as chairman and that board member Charles Engles had taken over the position. Ellis resigned to focus more time on RockPort Capital, the venture capital firm of which he is a partner, Clean Read More →
SLO telecoms to merge
Norcast Telecom and Blue Rooster Telecom, two San Luis Obispo-based firms that provide voice and data service to about 2,500 Central Coast business customers, are merging.
Qualstar shares sink on $5.6M loss
Qualstar cut its annual loss to $5.6 million — almost half of what it had been a year earlier — but investors weren’t happy with the company’s slow progress as it struggles to return to profitability. Shares of Qualstar plummeted 6.9 percent to close at $1.21 on Sept. 29 after the company reported its fiscal Read More →
SpendSmart snaps up TechXpress for $1.6M
It has only been a few months since Alex Minicucci took the reins of publicly traded SpendSmart Networks, but he has already masterminded the acquisition of fellow San Luis Obispo firm TechXpress and expanded SpendSmart’s headcount from 12 to 40.
