July 15, 2024

		

Jorge Mercado

Jorge Mercado is a staff writer with the Business Times. His beats include technology, agriculture, cannabis, energy and the environment, and higher education.


| Thursday, June 6th, 2024

HG Insights appoints new CEO

Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story

Santa Barbara-based HG Insights is under new leadership after the company’s board of directors appointed Rohini Kasturi as its new CEO on June 6. HG Insights, a provider of data-driven analytics to some of the largest technology company’s in the country, had not previously disclosed they were searching for a new CEO to replace Elizabeth Read More →

| Thursday, June 6th, 2024

Cal Poly announces summer accelerator startup teams

Higher Education, Latest news, San Luis Obispo County, Startups

The next big San Luis Obispo-based company could just be starting to get their foot in the door as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo announced the eight startup teams that will be a part of its summer accelerator course. Ran by the university’s Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, its Summer Accelerator program is a 12-week program Read More →

| Thursday, May 30th, 2024

ARB continues northern expansion with Atascadero branch

Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Latest news, San Luis Obispo County, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy

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| Wednesday, May 29th, 2024

EyeClimate takes home top prize at 2024 New Venture Finals

Energy, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story

For the last six years, Satish Kumar has been at UC Santa Barbara working on his Ph.D., including his thesis on methane detection emissions. For the past eight months, he has been putting that research and work into even more use, founding a company called EyeClimate. And all that work came to fruition on May 23 when Read More →

| Wednesday, May 29th, 2024

Deckers shares dash past $1K milestone

Earnings, Latest news, middle, Retailing, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Tri-County Public Companies

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| Friday, May 24th, 2024

Cal Poly SBDC highlights AgTech company as ‘Business of the Year’

Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology

It has been a steady climb for San Luis Obispo-based TRIC Robotics. Originally founded in Idaho by CEO Adam Stager, TRIC decided to move to San Luis Obispo in large part because of Cal Poly University’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Small Business Development Center — a decision that has come to pay dividends. From Read More →

| Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024

Portfolio watch

Columns, Economy, Latest news, Subscriber content

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