Public health meets private sector with Charity Dean’s new venture
Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Charity Dean realized a harsh reality. She was then assistant director of the California Department of Public Health, and she knew the state and nation were literally in a do-or-die situation. “As a local health officer, I learned painfully that no one is coming to save me,” Dean, who Read More →
Read More →QAD stock rises after earnings beat
QAD, a Santa Barbara-based cloud software company for the manufacturing industry, beat analysts’ expectations with its earning for the first quarter of its 2021-22 fiscal year on May 26. QAD’s net income for the quarter was $1.8 million, or 7 cents per share, compared to a loss of $410,000 in the same quarter a year Read More →
Read More →Invoca makes first acquisition, will push company past $100M annual revenue
Invoca, a marketing call analytics company based in Santa Barbara, announced its first acquisition May 24, the purchase of a Chicago-based call tracking and analytics company called DialogTech in a combined cash and stock deal. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Invoca said the puts it on track to exceed $100 million in revenue Read More →
Read More →United to connect Santa Barbara and Chicago in June
United Airlines has begun taking reservations for Santa Barbara-to-Chicago service and offering some Windy City-style hot dogs to make a splash. What airport officials describe as Santa Barbara’s longest flight will kick off on June 3 with nonstop daily to O’Hare International Airport, leaving at 7 a.m., according to a May 24 news release from Read More →
Read More →Region’s unemployment dropped to 6% in April, but shrinking workforce played a part
The tri-county region’s unemployment rate dropped from 6.4% in March to 6% in April, equaling its lowest rate since the pandemic began, according to a Business Times analysis of data released May 21 by the California Employment Development Department. The drop in the unemployment rate was due in part to job growth, but a shrinking Read More →
Read More →New REACH study: Central Coast businesses were hit hard, but $1.5B in PPP loans softened blow
The pandemic was bad, but without business assistance in the form of the federal Paycheck Protection Program, it could have been so much worse for local businesses. REACH — the Regional Economic Action Coalition, a San Luis Obispo-based economic development nonprofit — released a report May 19 that examined the impact of the pandemic on Read More →
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Connectpoint sees signs of growing demand for its e-signage
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