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Startup Weekend returns to Santa Barbara

By   /  Friday, November 2nd, 2012  /  Small Business, Technology  /  Comments Off on Startup Weekend returns to Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara is gearing up for its second-ever Startup Weekend with judges from some of the South Coast’s most successful technology ventures. Technologists, designers and business minds will gather from Nov. 2-4 for a three-day blitz in which they will pitch, refine and present ideas for business startups. The event is drawn from a template Read More →

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USDA to offer settlements to farmers who faced lending bias

By   /  Friday, October 26th, 2012  /  Agribusiness, Law, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Women Inc.  /  Comments Off on USDA to offer settlements to farmers who faced lending bias

In an effort to “correct the wrongs of the past,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture has instituted a retroactive claims process for Hispanic and female farmers and ranchers who allege there were denied loans from the agency for discriminatory reasons. Some of the potentially affected claimants are farmers in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The Read More →

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From billboards to board bags: Rareform recycles signs into surf gear

By   /  Friday, October 26th, 2012  /  Features, Small Business  /  Comments Off on From billboards to board bags: Rareform recycles signs into surf gear

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Westlake film makers bank on fraternity humor site

By   /  Friday, September 21st, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Latest news, Small Business, Technology  /  Comments Off on Westlake film makers bank on fraternity humor site

Word, brah. A pair of Westlake Village film industry veterans are out to raise $3.5 million to make a motion picture based on Total Frat Move, a wildly popular website that chronicles, sometimes crassly but always humorously, Greek life on campus from the male viewpoint. The brand’s ultimate owners hope it will ultimately become a Read More →

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Rollin’ in the money: New car dealers bring city tax revenue with them

By   /  Friday, September 21st, 2012  /  Features, Small Business, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Rollin’ in the money: New car dealers bring city tax revenue with them

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They’ve got it in the bag: Travel product startup gets big grant

By   /  Friday, September 7th, 2012  /  Features, Small Business, Women Inc.  /  Comments Off on They’ve got it in the bag: Travel product startup gets big grant

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SLO startup season heats up: Tech entrepreneurs gear up to pitch investors

By   /  Friday, September 7th, 2012  /  Features, Small Business, Technology  /  Comments Off on SLO startup season heats up: Tech entrepreneurs gear up to pitch investors

It’s tech pitch season in San Luis Obispo, with Cal Poly’s HotHouse turning out a crop of startups angling for funding and Softec and other groups gearing up for a fall symposium that promises to draw hundreds of listeners and, hopefully, a few investors. The Cal Poly effort has kept students focused on business ideas Read More →

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