Stephen Nellis | Friday, May 23rd, 2014
Attorney General goes after Distenfield venture in N.Y.
Law & Goverment, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomyThe New York State Attorney General has sent a cease and desist letter to a legal documents business run by a member of Santa Barbara’s Distenfield family, alleging the firm is illegally practicing law in the Empire State. The order is the first deep scrutiny of the newest document filing venture by a new generation Read More →
Stephen Nellis | Friday, May 23rd, 2014
Central Coast banks on startups to drive growth
Central Coast, Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomyCal Poly’s successful SLO Hot House program is welcoming its fourth cohort of companies, and the Goleta Entrepreneurial Magnet will soon open its doors.
Stephen Nellis | Friday, May 23rd, 2014
Snapwire connects amateur photographers and publishers
South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomySnapwire is hoping to solve several problems that plague stock photography, chief among them the issue of freshness. I
Stephen Nellis | Monday, May 19th, 2014
Nonprofit aims to connect entrepreneurs
Latest news, Nonprofits, Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County EconomyA new Santa Barbara-based nonprofit is hoping to connect entrepreneurs with mentors.
Stephen Nellis | Friday, May 16th, 2014
CenCal-USC dispute highlights Medi-Cal pricing issues
Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, Law & Goverment, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomyA USC hospital is demanding $2 million for a surgery performed on a Medi-Cal patient from Santa Barbara County, more than 25 times as much as Santa Barbara County officials believe the procedure should have cost.
Stephen Nellis | Friday, May 16th, 2014
Mining new markets: HG Data funding rises to $5.5M
Technology, Top StoriesWith a fresh round of venture capital, Santa Barbara-based business intelligence firm HG Data is hoping to track the technology in use at about 100,000 Asian companies to complement it huge database of North American firms.
Stephen Nellis | Friday, May 16th, 2014
Ceres plans to license corn-derived gene patent
Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomyThousand Oaks-based energy crop firm Ceres has been granted a patent on a gene sequence derived from corn and plans to license the patent to big seed companies.