Dubroff: Innovation Awards will put spotlight on tri-county startups
The startup culture that’s taking hold across our region is worthy of much deeper news coverage than our business journal can provide on a weekly basis. That’s why I’m delighted to announce that next year Pacific Coast Business Times will launch the Central Coast Innovation Awards, a program that will capture many of the Read More →
Read More →Experts say Ventura County’s economy lagging behind state
Ventura County’s economy is lagging. Its businesses are downsizing or defecting while the state’s economy is growing. A lack of new housing, new companies or existing business growth has translated to fewer jobs, high industrial vacancy, and rising home prices and apartment rental rates. Strict development regulations may continue to stifle the region’s growth. Those Read More →
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Santa Barbara’s Orfalea Foundation closing down
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Read More →Vintner uncorks his best in second Santa Barbara venture
Synergy convinced David Potter to locate his second Santa Barbara wine venture at The Mill, a newly renovated 1904 building that has been converted into an artisan marketplace. Since 2007, Potter has owned Municipal Winemakers, whose no-frills tasting room in the city’s Funk Zone offers his everyday-priced wines. His new brand, named Potek after Read More →
Read More →Dubroff: Investors should be skeptical about exchange-traded funds
Exchange-traded funds are the newest, latest, greatest Wall Street creation. In the past decade and a half, they’ve grown from a niche product with just $72 billion in assets invested to a behemoth totaling $2.7 trillion. Thanks to real-time daily pricing and low fees, ETFs are rapidly supplanting mutual funds in retail accounts. But the Read More →
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