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.
Impact Radius offers alternative to advertising network model
Santa Barbara-based marketing technology firm Impact Radius says it is growing fast and signing up marquee customers.
Nurturing the sole: Heeluxe leverages deals with Deckers, New Balance
Four years after launching a shoe insert that failed to bring homerun sales, Geoffrey Gray now has a thriving business in Heeluxe, a Goleta-based research lab for developing high performance footwear for the likes of New Balance, Mizuno and Deckers Brands, the parent company of Teva sandals.
Genisyss offers your DNA, on a drive
In the digital age, it can feel like you can fit your whole existence — photos and videos of loved ones, writings, important financial documents — onto a small USB thumb drive.
Frontier Airlines to drop Santa Barbara service
Frontier Airlines will suspend all flights from the Santa Barbara Airport starting in January, the company has confirmed to the Business Times. The budget airline will continue to offer about four flights a week to Denver, its home airport, until Jan. 6, 2015, when these flights will be halted completely until late May 2015. Read More →
