Bren School students get grant for biochar project
By Erika Martin / Friday, February 20th, 2015 / Agribusiness, Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Top Stories / Comments Off on Bren School students get grant for biochar project
A startup spun out of UC Santa Barbara is seeking to use the ashes of forest burns to give new life to farmers’ fields.
RVPlusYou rides rental craze
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, February 20th, 2015 / Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on RVPlusYou rides rental craze
The Nipomo group riffs off the highly successful short-term rental market tapped by sharing economy darling Airbnb.
Growing the logical way
By Erika Martin / Friday, February 13th, 2015 / Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Growing the logical way
LogicMonitor now has about 1,000 customers, which means more like 10,000 companies are using the software since many of its clients are managed service providers, including Symquest and CIO Solutions.
A business to relish: Pacific Pickle Works looks to expand statewide
By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, January 23rd, 2015 / Latest news, Small Business, Subscriber content, Top Stories / Comments Off on A business to relish: Pacific Pickle Works looks to expand statewide
What first started as a way to give tasty gifts to friends and family has now transformed into a company with products in 70 stores from Paso Robles to San Diego.
Simi, Ventura put a stop to new massage parlors
By Erika Martin / Friday, January 16th, 2015 / East Ventura County, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on Simi, Ventura put a stop to new massage parlors
The move came following the expiration of a state law that was ultimately incapable of stemming the proliferation of parlors that operate illegally by offering clients erotic add-ons to run-of-the-mill rub-downs.
New product plans to put workers on The Level
By Elijah Brumback / Friday, January 16th, 2015 / Latest news, Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on New product plans to put workers on The Level
The Level, which resembles a skateboard without wheels, is the latest device aiming to change the way people work.
Sheeler joins forces with Santa Barbara’s Movegreen
By Marissa Wenzke / Friday, January 16th, 2015 / Latest news, Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on Sheeler joins forces with Santa Barbara’s Movegreen
Movegreen, an environmentally conscious moving service founded along the South Coast in 2007, bought Sheeler’s Moving in a transaction completed on Dec. 11, essentially doubling its size.