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Between deftly handling the politics of corporate America and raising her sons, Santa Barbara author Lynn Taylor drew a comparison between the two enterprises: managers act like toddlers. This revelation then took a seven-year journey from its conception to Taylor’s latest book, “Tame your Terrible Office Tyrant.” While unpacking some boxes in 2002, Taylor found Read More →
Read More →Your guide to financial sanity – Green Sherpa takes money management software online
As a financial advisor for nearly 15 years, Erin Lozano became good at seeing patterns in the numbers she crunched. Overspending on clothes … again? Check for overspending in other areas. Spending more on luxury items than on educational entertainment for the kids? Budgets and values may need realignment. These “life layer” patterns of personal Read More →
Read More →Visualizing expansions – Oxnard tech company plans to grow its staff
While many tri-county companies frantically figure out how to tactfully lay off staff to save costs, one business is ready to bulk up. Visual Concepts, based in Oxnard, may add as many as 10 high-paid, seasoned tech gurus to its current staff of 20 by the end of the year, all thanks to big contracts Read More →
Read More →Breaking the glass ceiling – Leading businesswomen discuss life at the top
The Business Times is launching a six-times-a-year focus section on women in business. For its inaugural issue, we talked several female tri-county business leaders to get their views. We also invited Barbara Lanz-Mateo, former editor of Coastal Woman, to contribute to our op-ed page on page 18A of the Feb. 13 edition. Grace Vaswani, Clarice Read More →
Read More →Economy requires us to learn new tricks
“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” I don’t know where that saying started, but we’ve all just been handed a new assignment: learn the trick of surviving on less. Actually it’s a range of new tricks — from cutting back on a few frills to a complete overhaul of the family or business Read More →
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