SLO startup season heats up: Tech entrepreneurs gear up to pitch investors
It’s tech pitch season in San Luis Obispo, with Cal Poly’s HotHouse turning out a crop of startups angling for funding and Softec and other groups gearing up for a fall symposium that promises to draw hundreds of listeners and, hopefully, a few investors. The Cal Poly effort has kept students focused on business ideas Read More →
Riding high: Suspension technology drives AccuAir growth
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Hold the politics: Chick-fil-A franchisees caught in flap over exec’s comments
Craig Goettsche just wants to serve Southern-style chicken sandwiches and waffle fries to his customers. Keep the pickles — hold the politics. But like other Chick-fil-A franchisees across the country, Goettsche has found his business caught in the midst of the kerfuffle surrounding anti gay-marriage statements made by the company’s president, Dan Cathy. The Read More →
Something new under the sun: Mobile Solar powers job sites
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Spirit of Small Business 2012 winners announced
The 10th edition of Spirit of Small Business, the Pacific Coast Business Times’ annual celebration of small business and entrepreneurship in the Tri-Counties, published July 27. This 40-page special section features nine small businesses from Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. To read profiles of the winners, pick up a print copy of Read More →