Mindbody reaches for growth: SLO software firm connects wellness centers nationwide
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, July 19th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Mindbody reaches for growth: SLO software firm connects wellness centers nationwide
San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody has spent the past nine years building up a roster of thousands of wellness companies who depend on its Web-based software to manage yoga, spa and fitness appointments and run their businesses. It’s now turning that client list into an online service that lets consumers find and book wellness appointments anytime, Read More →
SLO reboots: Fresh wave of tech firms take hold
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, July 19th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on SLO reboots: Fresh wave of tech firms take hold
San Luis Obispo is relaunching as SLO 2.0. Over the past decade, San Luis Obispo and the nearby Five Cities area have blossomed as a mini tech hub, with companies such as MindBody (see accompanying article), Shopatron and REC Solar propelling the area forward. Although the San Luis Obispo area struggled throughout the recession, in part Read More →
Santa Barbara researchers to test artificial pancreas
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, July 19th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Santa Barbara researchers to test artificial pancreas
Santa Barbara will soon host trials of a first-ever artificial pancreas being developed by researchers at UC Santa Barbara and Sansum Diabetes Research Institute to help treat type 1 diabetes. Under development for the past several years in Santa Barbara, the artificial pancreas is now in clinical trials around the globe. Much of the funding Read More →
Marked for lawsuits: Two companies hit with patent actions
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, July 12th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Marked for lawsuits: Two companies hit with patent actions
Alan Brite, an ex-Marine awarded a Purple Heart in World War II, has owned his own business for 59 years. He’s not about to take any guff over a new wrinkle in patent law. A few months ago, his company, Santa Barbara-based Copper Brite, received a letter from a Texas law firm. Brite was being Read More →
Port revenues down, imports struggling
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, July 12th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Port revenues down, imports struggling
The Port of Hueneme expects a net loss of $1.2 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, and port officials are tightening operations in anticipation of a $2.3 million loss in 2011. The only deep-water port between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, the Port of Hueneme is a key landing point Read More →
Layoffs, budget cuts hit cities, counties
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, July 5th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Layoffs, budget cuts hit cities, counties
In what’s become an annual blood-letting ritual in California, local governments in the Tri-Counties passed budgets for the new fiscal year that add up to tens of millions of dollars in spending cuts and dozens of lost jobs. A survey by the Business Times of the three county governments and the 25 cities in the Read More →
Financial planner faces lawsuits
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Monday, July 5th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Financial planner faces lawsuits
Ian Filippini, the young president of Montecito-based Filippini Financial Group, filed for personal bankruptcy in April, listing $4.4 million in liabilities. Along with his firm, he faces five civil lawsuits asking for more than $3 million in damages. Filippini’s legal troubles come just a year after formally taking the family firm over from his Read More →
