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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, January 3rd, 2014 / Features, Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Making it click: Shopatron CEO taps into 25 years in business with book
For Ed Stevens, the CEO of San Luis Obispo-based Shopatron, the path to changing how the world shops started in Russia just after the end of the Cold War.
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By Christine De La Cruz / Friday, January 3rd, 2014 / Central Coast, Restaurants, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Wine, dine and dollars: Tourism leaders say foodie travel boosts region’s outlook
Tourism numbers for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties have topped pre-recession figures in recent years and that upward climb is expected to continue in 2014.
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, December 13th, 2013 / Features, Small Business, Women Inc. / Comments Off on An advocate for women in business: Attorney elected president of NAWBO California
An attorney with Santa Barbara-based law firm Buynak, Fauver, Archbald & Spray is the new president of the state-level chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, a group that advocates for the more than 1.3 million female entrepreneurs in the Golden State.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, December 6th, 2013 / Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Entrepreneurs guide high school students in business pitch contest
A six-week program that helped more than 450 middle and high school students in Ventura learn about entrepreneurship and craft business plans will culminate in a final pitch competition on Dec. 11.
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By Mary Ann Norbom / Friday, December 6th, 2013 / Small Business, Tourism, Wine & Viticulture, Women Inc. / Comments Off on The maverick of the valley: New Vintners’ chief has bold plan for Santa Barbara wine country
Morgen McLaughlin believes that some of the best wines in the in the world are being produced in Santa Barbara County, but that message hasn’t been getting out to consumers or the media.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, December 6th, 2013 / Small Business, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Holiday spirits: Liquor for locavores
Read on to learn about the entrepreneurs behind the emerging locavore liquor movement in the Tri-Counties and their favorite holiday cocktail recipes.
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