Styling success: Santa Barbara salon owner starts kids hair-care line
By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, May 10th, 2013 / Features, Small Business, Women Inc. / Comments Off on Styling success: Santa Barbara salon owner starts kids hair-care line
A Santa Barbara salon owner and mom has combined those two passions to create Glop & Glam, a fast-growing kids hair care products line that is sold in more than 500 high-end retail stores around the country. Glop & Glam, started by Santa Barbara hairstylist Andrea Ridgell, recently hired its first director of sales, a Read More →
Read More →Santa Maria rolls out its first-ever Startup Weekend
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 3rd, 2013 / Columns, Technology / Comments Off on Santa Maria rolls out its first-ever Startup Weekend
Springtime is startup time in the Tri-Counties. This April, a new Startup Weekend event in Santa Maria and UC Santa Barbara’s annual New Venture Fair both sprouted a new corps of ideas. Here’s a closer look at each. SM startups Startup Weekend events, where teams of designers, business minds and coders come together to go Read More →
Read More →Even with tighter security, cities keep positive spin on Amgen Tour
By Dana Olsen / Friday, April 26th, 2013 / Columns, Tourism / Comments Off on Even with tighter security, cities keep positive spin on Amgen Tour
North America’s largest bike race will be making stops in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties next month, bringing plenty of visitors and national attention to the region.
Read More →Investors jump on FastSpring as revenue soars
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 26th, 2013 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Investors jump on FastSpring as revenue soars
Santa Barbara-based e-commerce company FastSpring has potentially received as much as $12.4 million in venture capital and has plans to boost hiring in the region. FastSpring, which was founded in 2005, saw its revenue reach $95 million last year. Despite having topped the Business Times’ list of fastest-growing companies and ranking high on national and Read More →
Read More →Owl Biomedical bought by German firm
By Staff Report / Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 / Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Owl Biomedical bought by German firm
Less than two years after it was founded, Santa Barbara-based Owl Biomedical has been acquired by a German firm. Bergisch Gladbach-based Miltenyi Biotec said April 23 that it had purchased Owl for an undisclosed sum. The heart of Owl is a chip that can sort millions of cells per minute with help from lasers and Read More →
Read More →Betting on luxury’s allure: Orient Express invests $134M in El Encanto
By Dana Olsen / Friday, April 19th, 2013 / Features, Real Estate, Tourism / Comments Off on Betting on luxury’s allure: Orient Express invests $134M in El Encanto
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Read More →Funari, Sonos, Westmont headline South Coast awards
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 19th, 2013 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Funari, Sonos, Westmont headline South Coast awards
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