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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, July 9th, 2012 / Features, Technology / Comments Off on Goodbye, punchcards: SMS Masterminds creates text message loyalty program
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By Stephen Nellis / Monday, July 9th, 2012 / Small Business, Technology, Top Stories / 6 Comments
With a fleet of red Mini Coopers, Eric Greenspan built Make It Work into a tech support empire that stretched from Goleta to the Mexican border along the California coast. Starting with Santa Barbara in 2001, the company’s technicians fanned out across the Southland and rolled all the way to San Diego, the Mini Coopers Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 29th, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on $135M could have Sonos singing different tune
Santa Barbara-based wireless music gear maker Sonos has raised $135 million in new capital, the largest funding deal in the Tri-Counties so far this year and possibly a substitute for an initial public offering. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, a private equity firm, led the funding round and was joined by Redpoint Ventures and investors associated with Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 29th, 2012 / Law & Goverment, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Mentor suit sets off breast implant battle
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 29th, 2012 / Features, Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Ready for local liftoff: ValueClick founder launches new firm
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 22nd, 2012 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Qualstar brass has early edge in proxy fight
Gold or white? Shareholders in Simi Valley-based tech firm Qualstar Corp. grappled with that question on June 20 as a Florida investor group waged an acrimonious proxy fight. The dissidents, who issued the gold cards, wanted to remove the entire Qualstar board in hopes of shaking loose the cash on its books and reducing executive Read More →
