CapTech investors speak out
UncategorizedInvestors in Camarillo-based CapTech Advisors say they suffered losses that have strained their families and left them upside down on their home mortgages. Lawsuits filed in Ventura County Superior Court claim that investors lost more than $1 million total in a number of projects including a workforce housing development in the Central Valley. Ken Powell, Read More →
Lynda.com founders in finals for E&Y awards
UncategorizedLynda Weinman wrote the book on graphic design for the Web. “Designing Web Graphics” came out in 1995. The first guide designed for graphic artists instead of programmers, it became a bestseller. With the profits from the book, Weinman and her husband, Bruce Heavin, moved to Ojai, bought their first house and co-founded a business Read More →
Cal Poly
UncategorizedMore than a decade after San Luis Obispo residents began pushing for a technology park, the dirt is finally flying at California Polytechnic State University. The result will be a $4.5 million two-story building where small companies can lease space and have access to Cal Poly’s facilities and students. Jim Dunning, project administrator for the Read More →
Minding the skills gap – Workforce program trains employees for emerging firms
Small BusinessIf your business is hiring, Cheryl Moore has good people and money for you. Moore is the executive director of the Workforce Investment Board of Ventura County, a federally backed program that helps laid-off workers retrain and find new jobs. But what’s less known, Moore said, is that the board can help funnel pre-screened applicants Read More →
Power play: UCSB seeks green solutions
ColumnsYou don’t always know an energy product when you see it. With those and a few other well-chosen words, University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Engineering Dean Matt Tirrell kicked off one of the most promising technology events on campus in the past decade. That event was the May 20 Santa Barbara Summit of Read More →
Santa Barbara company finds opportunity after smoke clears
ColumnsAt least one Santa Barbara business may get a boost in the wake of the Jesusita Fire’s destruction. Robert Irvine, construction project manager with Santa Barbara-based project consulting firm Process PCS, said home renovation and property redevelopment promises to be one of the bright spots in a year marred by economic turmoil and plummeting home Read More →
