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Mobile search drives sales growth on Invoca platform

By   /  Friday, August 15th, 2014  /  South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Mobile search drives sales growth on Invoca platform

  Mobile search is experiencing a huge surge in volume of sales over Santa Barbara-based Invoca’s technology platform, with $1.7 billion of the $2.5 billion in customer sales that have happened since 2007 taking place in the past year. Invoca makes software that helps companies close more sales when customers call in and track where Read More →

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A taste of what’s coming at two Paso Robles wine venues

By   /  Friday, August 15th, 2014  /  Central Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on A taste of what’s coming at two Paso Robles wine venues

  Two notable wine-industry projects are in the works in the Paso Robles area, one from a veteran winemaker and another from relative newcomers. Stephan Asseo, who began making wine in France in 1982 and established L’Aventure on Paso’s west side in 1998, expects to begin work this month on wine caves and a new, Read More →

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TechPitch seeks Central Coast entries for contest

By   /  Friday, August 15th, 2014  /  Central Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on TechPitch seeks Central Coast entries for contest

TechPitch, the annual business plan contest held in San Luis Obispo, is calling for Central Coast startups to apply for this year’s competition. Now in its fourth year, TechPitch has become a must-attend event that draws hundreds of business, technology and civic leaders. It’s organized through a collaboration between Cal Poly’s Small Business Development Center Read More →

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Software startup’s emails help companies motivate workers

By   /  Friday, August 15th, 2014  /  Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Software startup’s emails help companies motivate workers

When employees take a break at work, 92 percent of them check Facebook. OK, that statistic is made up. But the number is surely high, and what isn’t in dispute is that several well-conducted psychological studies at the University of Missouri, the University of Michigan and other institutions have found that Facebook has the potential Read More →

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A fungus among us: Team hopes to cultivate truffles on Central Coast

By   /  Friday, August 15th, 2014  /  Agribusiness, Central Coast, Top Stories, Tourism  /  Comments Off on A fungus among us: Team hopes to cultivate truffles on Central Coast

  A group of French and Chilean truffle farmers are sniffing out the Central Coast’s potential to grow the highly prized fungi. A team from Beyond Truffles, a Chilean truffle producer, and Agri-Truffe, a French truffle-tree nursery operation, are reaching out to San Luis Obispo County farmers and vintners in hopes of launching large-scale production Read More →

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CoastHills Credit Union expands to five counties

By   /  Wednesday, August 13th, 2014  /  Banking & Finance, Central Coast, East Ventura County, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on CoastHills Credit Union expands to five counties

CoastHills Credit Union, the region’s largest credit union, has extended its reach from the southern edge of the Bay Area to the Los Angeles County line. The $750 million-asset financial institution said Aug. 13 that its July conversion from a federal to a state charter will allow it to set its service area as the Read More →

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Target toughens talk in Goleta store hunt

By   /  Friday, August 8th, 2014  /  Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Target toughens talk in Goleta store hunt

Target Corp., the second-largest discount retailer in the U.S., is searching for a new site for a potential store in Goleta. It is no longer under contract to purchase the site long planned for a store at Hollister Avenue and Los Carneros Way in Goleta, insiders say, but several options remain open as the big-box Read More →

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