Dubroff: Tri-Counties’ economy must overcome challenges in 2019
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Dubroff: Weinman puts a nontraditional focus on ‘Venky’ award
When UC Santa Barbara hands out its annual “Venky” award for entrepreneurial leadership each spring, typically it is a top scientist who gets the hardware. That’s because the award is named after Venky Narayanamurti, the former UCSB dean of engineering and an architect of the strategy that made UCSB a world leader in materials, photonics Read More →
Angel investors weigh person making pitch
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Microsoft buying Lynda.com parent LinkedIn for $26 billion
Lynda.com parent LinkedIn is being acquired by Microsoft for $26 billion. LinkedIn bought the Carpinteria-based web tutorial service Lynda.com just over a year ago for $1.5 billion. Lynda.com still has about 350 employees at its office at 6410 Via Real in Carpinteria. Microsoft’s acquisition of professional social network LinkedIn is one of the largest technology Read More →
Ojai’s Desk Yogi makes videos to help workers meditate
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Dubroff: Education revolution necessary for students to compete
Lynda Weinman is on a mission to put some STEAM into STEM. Along the way, she’d like to overhaul the way we think about education. In an impassioned talk to 300 community leaders at a Girls Inc. lunch on Oct. 15, Weinman, the founder of Lynda.com, said she wasn’t buying into what she called the Read More →
