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By Tom Bronzini / Friday, July 22nd, 2011 / Features, Small Business / Comments Off on Taking the edge off: Students launch stress-relief drink
Just Chill, a stress-relief drink, was launched by a 21-year-old Santa Barbara entrepreneur.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, July 1st, 2011 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on Surf’s up at GaN: Transphorm reaches $63M funding mark
Transphorm, an energy-efficiency-focused technology firm, recently secured $25 million in financing.
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By Stephen Nellis / Thursday, June 9th, 2011 / Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Zooming into a fresh model: Westlake Village firm has new funding, strategy, CEO
Zumbox, the Westlake Village company working on a digital mail system tethered to physical addresses, has a new $9.7 million round of funding, a new CEO with a track record of success and a new business model that doesn’t depend on electronic junk mail. Zumbox is a tech startup that came out of stealth mode Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, June 3rd, 2011 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on Textbook hookup: Students develop tract-sharing app
A trio of UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurs wants to revolutionize the $5.5 billion U.S. textbook market with their book-sharing application 1night.me.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 27th, 2011 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on Brave new biotech: Camarillo startup launches first products
PBS Biotech, a Camarillo-based startup, is bringing its first products to market.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 6th, 2011 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on Smaller, better, faster: Goleta photonics firm looks for a breakthrough
Goleta-based startup Aurrion is working on silicon photonics integration.
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By Tom Bronzini / Friday, April 22nd, 2011 / Small Business / Comments Off on Soda without guilt: Probiotic drink taps health food and soft drink markets
One of the things that got Ojai winemaker Bill Moses interested in producing a new kind of probiotic, digestion-healthy beverage was watching in frustration how much his three boys liked sweet soft drinks.