FastSpring revenue soars on e-commerce
By Stephen Nellis / Monday, January 11th, 2010 / Top Stories / Comments Off on FastSpring revenue soars on e-commerce
Dan Engel had to learn the lessons that helped him build Santa Barbara-based FastSpring the hard way, but those lessons have paid off with 550 percent revenue growth over the past year. The 15-employee firm makes an e-commerce backend for companies that sell downloadable products such as software, e-books and video games. Companies who sell Read More →
Read More →Changes at top for law firms
By Stephen Nellis / Monday, December 7th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Changes at top for law firms
The largest law firm in the Tri-Counties has a new managing partner. Scott Samsky is taking the reins at Oxnard-based Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton after Tony Trembley held the managing partner position for six years. The shift marks a continued changing of the guard in Ventura County, whose growth in the last 30 years Read More →
Read More →Zumbox goes coast-to-coast
By Stephen Nellis / Sunday, September 27th, 2009 / Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Zumbox goes coast-to-coast
Westlake Village-based Zumbox, the provider of a Web-based paperless mail platform, said Sept. 22 that it has rolled out its system in San Francisco and Newark, N.J. Zumbox is a more secure version of electronic mail that works by verifying residents’ physical address by mailing them a pass code to turn on their inbox. The Read More →
Read More →State order targets PRstore sales pitch
By Stephen Nellis / Thursday, August 27th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on State order targets PRstore sales pitch
[Editor’s note: This story appeared in the Aug. 21 print edition of the Business Times. Ira Distenfield’s response, attached below, will appear in the Aug. 28 print edition. Source documents used to report this story are also attached below.] Ira Distenfield, the Santa Barbara man who built up and sold legal services franchise We the Read More →
Read More →Distenfield taken into custody
By Stephen Nellis / Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 / Latest news / Comments Off on Distenfield taken into custody
Ira Distenfield – who grew legal services franchise We the People into a national brand and sold it to Dollar Financial in a much-litigated transaction – was booked into a Los Angeles County jail March 16 on a five-day sentence for contempt of court, according to the county’s records. Distenfield’s sentence stemmed from a legal Read More →
Read More →Legal jam leads to Ch. 7 filing for Distenfields
By Stephen Nellis / Sunday, January 25th, 2009 / Law / Comments Off on Legal jam leads to Ch. 7 filing for Distenfields
Ira and Linda Distenfield, who grew legal services firm We the People Forms & Service Centers into a national brand, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Jan. 14. The Summerland residents listed $515,000 in assets and more than $5 million in liabilities. The Distenfields sold We the People for $12 million and $2 million in stock Read More →
Read More →Distenfields file for bankruptcy
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, January 16th, 2009 / Latest news / Comments Off on Distenfields file for bankruptcy
Ira and Linda Distenfield, who grew legal services firm We the People Forms & Service Centers into a national brand, have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The Summerland residents listed $515,000 in assets and more than $5 million in liabilities. The Distenfields sold We the People for $12 million and $2 million in stock in Read More →
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