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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, October 3rd, 2014 / Central Coast, Columns, East Ventura County, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Nellis bids farewell with final thoughts about tech corridor
Today is my final day at the Pacific Coast Business Times. By the time you read this, I’ll be working at a startup in San Francisco. But for the past seven years, I’ve had the pleasure of covering technology and innovation in the Tri-Counties. I’ve reported on everything from semiconductor firms that have been in Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, October 3rd, 2014 / Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on ParentSquare software helps connect classrooms
Santa Barbara-based startup ParentSquare is making a communication system that hopes to reach all parents, regardless of what kind of communication technology they have at home or what language they speak.
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By Elijah Brumback / Monday, September 29th, 2014 / Real Estate, South Coast, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Upper State Street retail center sells for $3.1M
Ontare Plaza, a small retail center at 3601-3607 State St. in Santa Barbara, has been sold for $3.1 million. Leisure & Carpenter Properties purchased the 4,855-square-foot property in a 1031 exchange, a Lee & Associates spokesperson told the Business Times. Clarice Clark and Stephen Leider of Lee & Associates negotiated the deal for the seller, Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, September 26th, 2014 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, South Coast, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / 1 Comment
The Golden State has been outpacing the U.S. in job creation over the last three years, but all is not well. Skyrocketing housing costs mean that with a few exceptions clustered around the tech boom, California’s coastal counties are retirement havens, not entrepreneurship hubs. That’s the view from Bill Watkins, director of the California Economic Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 26th, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on $86.2M Sientra IPO plumps up public-company ranks
With Santa Barbara-based breast implant maker Sientra’s Sept. 19 announcement that it plans to raise up to $86.2 million, the IPO has returned to the Tri-Counties in a big way. Sientra’s filing is the fourth initial public offering announced in the region this year, joining completed deals at Goleta-based Inogen and Santa Barbara-based Resonant for Read More →
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