Dubroff: Santa Barbara takes a regional view of innovation culture
In a sign that the current wave of tech entrepreneurship might just be sustainable, cities across the Tri-Counties are beginning to embrace the startup culture. San Luis Obispo is thinking about housing a much bigger tech savvy workforce, working closely with Cal Poly and capitalizing on the success of MindBody. Ventura is looking beyond the Read More →
Volunteerism ‘shapes community we share’
In business, we measure success by revenue growth, rising profits, share prices and transactions closed. But in communities across the Tri-Counties, successful leadership is often defined by measures less tangible. That point was brought home on March 9 when we stopped by the Santa Barbara Foundation’s 73rd annual Man and Woman of the Year luncheon. Read More →
Sage Network and Sage Communications to merge
Two Camarillo companies will merge to form Sage Network and Communications. Sage Network, founded in 2005 by tech veteran Randy Hill, provides and maintains IT infrastructure for small-to-medium sized companies. Tech veteran Rick Minyard founded Sage Communications in 2013 to offer clients telecommunications and Internet services. The new company will have about 600 clients in Read More →
Cal Lutheran students win Startup Weekend
Rep Watch won the inaugural Startup Weekend Ventura County late March 13. Four California Lutheran University students created the company in just 53 hours over the weekend. During that time, Rep Watch created a device that measures the health of injured body parts. The event was held March 11-13 at Rancho Campana High School in Read More →
New CSU Channel Islands chief hopes to grow enrollment
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Semtech beats analysts’ revenue estimates
Semtech beat analyst estimates but revenues sank again as weak mobile phone demand hampered the Camarillo-based semi conductor manufacturer. The company reported fourth quarter and year end results March 2 for the 2016 fiscal year. Fourth quarter revenues fell 9 percent from $130.4 million in 2015 to $118.6 million in 2016. According to Yahoo Finance, Read More →
Ventura County misses out on federal funds because it lacks transportation tax
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