Central Coast banks on startups to drive growth
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 23rd, 2014 / Central Coast, Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Central Coast banks on startups to drive growth
Cal Poly’s successful SLO Hot House program is welcoming its fourth cohort of companies, and the Goleta Entrepreneurial Magnet will soon open its doors.
Snapwire connects amateur photographers and publishers
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 23rd, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Snapwire connects amateur photographers and publishers
Snapwire is hoping to solve several problems that plague stock photography, chief among them the issue of freshness. I
Court upholds InTouch Health’s patents
By Staff Report / Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 / Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Law & Goverment, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Court upholds InTouch Health’s patents
A federal appeals court has handed down a mixed result in the legal battle InTouch Health is waging against a lower-priced competitor, finding that the Goleta company’s patents were valid but had not been infringed.
Nonprofit aims to connect entrepreneurs
By Stephen Nellis / Monday, May 19th, 2014 / Latest news, Nonprofits, Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Nonprofit aims to connect entrepreneurs
A new Santa Barbara-based nonprofit is hoping to connect entrepreneurs with mentors.
Mining new markets: HG Data funding rises to $5.5M
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 16th, 2014 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Mining new markets: HG Data funding rises to $5.5M
With 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.
Ceres plans to license corn-derived gene patent
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 16th, 2014 / Agribusiness, East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Ceres plans to license corn-derived gene patent
Thousand 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.
Central Coast hopes to be wave energy hub
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 16th, 2014 / Central Coast, Green Coast, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Central Coast hopes to be wave energy hub
With five projects in the works that could generate as much a 1.2 gigawatts of electricity, the Central Coast could become the nation’s wave-energy capital.