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Stephen Nellis


| Friday, April 13th, 2012

Back in the game: Industry veterans launch second document filing business

Features, Small Business, Technology

Four years after selling their first business to Intuit for $20 million, the Akalps started a new company.

| Friday, April 13th, 2012

Caruso’s tourism tax break could sidestep prevailing wage laws

Columns, Law & Goverment

The L.A. builder might avoid the prospect of having to pay high-ticket wages while revamping the Miramar.

| Thursday, April 12th, 2012

Court clears up lunch break rules

Latest news, Law & Goverment

Businesses don’t have to force their workers to take lunch breaks – they need only make them available to avoid penalties under California labor law. But they still face the threat of class-action lawsuits if they have a policy of promoting only the employees who work through their lunch breaks. The California Supreme Court handed Read More →

| Friday, April 6th, 2012

Pawing at new ideas: Online advertising veterans want to move beyond the click

Features

A group of online advertising veterans in Santa Barbara are working to move the industry beyond the click.

| Friday, April 6th, 2012

Sientra prepares for South Coast hiring spree

Technology, Top Stories

Backed with $151 million in capital, Santa Barbara-based breast implant maker Sientra is preparing for a flurry of hiring to bring its products to market. In early March, Sientra received the first FDA approval in several decades for new silicone-based implants for the U.S. market. Two weeks later, the firm said it closed a $65 Read More →

| Friday, April 6th, 2012

Many tri-county entrepreneurs skeptical of startup JOBS Act

Columns, Technology

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| Friday, April 6th, 2012

Technology awards unveiled: Honors go to Appfolio, Cottage Health, Houweling’s

Features, Health Care & Life Science, Technology

Two awards dinners tare set to honor the region’s top technologists and businesspeople in coming months.