Impact Radius scores $6M
Small BusinessA Santa Barbara firm has just garnered a $6 million investment to see if it can shake up the broadcast, radio and print advertising world the same way its leaders shook up the online advertising world. Impact Radius has rolled out a new online platform for advertisers and media firms to buy and sell performance-based Read More →
Taser gives Carp a jolt
UncategorizedTaser, maker of the handheld voltage delivery system of “don’t tase me, bro” fame, is setting up shop on the South Coast. Arizona-based Taser snapped up a former Microsoft executive and put him to work as head of the new virtual systems division in Carpinteria, where he and roughly 80 employees are working on a Read More →
SLO chamber envisions better days for city
UncategorizedThe San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce will have a new driving force behind it Jan. 23 when it releases its updated economic vision statement. The SLO chamber is the oldest and largest voluntary organization in the county. The new 18-page document acts as a roadmap for the chamber, which has thrown its full weight Read More →
Not drilling leaves money on the table
Opinionke for the state Land Board to spurn a hard-fought agreement between South Coast environmentalists and PXP over the future of the so-called Tranquillon Ridge project. To refresh, the agreement would have allowed PXP to drill new wells on an existing platform and drain the field in return for abandonment of the platform and an Read More →
Deckers Outdoor is on the hunt for a new home in SB County
ColumnsDeckers Outdoor Corp., the maker of the Ugg boot, is looking for a new stomping ground. The shoemaker wants to move its Goleta headquarters to a new location in the greater Santa Barbara area sometime in 2012. The company’s third-quarter report showed substantial growth, and Deckers Executive Assistant Michelle Apodaca told the Business Times that Read More →
