Orfalea reflects on childhood, Kinko’s sale, and his ‘one measure of success’
Paul Orfalea still hasn’t forgiven the alphabet. “I think it’s chickenshit, the alphabet,” the Kinko’s founder told a lunchtime meeting of the Rotary Club of Ventura-South on April 25, at the Tower Club atop the Topa Financial Plaza in Oxnard. “ ‘GH’ is an ‘F,’ ‘PH’ is an ‘F’, and ‘F’ is an ‘F.’ Why Read More →
Agriculture, medical tech win big at AngelCon
San Luis Obispo-based AcreCloud won $135,0000 in cash at the fifth annual AngelCon April 21, hosted by The Cal Poly Center for Innovation for Entrepreneurship Small Business Development Center. AcreCloud was one of two agriculture technology companies in this year’s six-group lineup, specializing in a farm-management platform that gives growers and contractors customized control over Read More →
Santa Barbara plant-based food startup raises $5.6M in seed round
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Little Dom’s makes a big splash in Carpinteria
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Green Hills Software founder launches run for U.S. Senate
Dan O’Dowd has been a staple of the Santa Barbara business community for decades, founding Green Hills Software in 1982 and building it into a multimillion-dollar company. Now he has his sights set on something bigger: the United States Senate. O’Dowd announced April 19 that he is running for a Senate seat from California. He Read More →
Trade Desk CEO made $835M in 2021, region’s biggest payday ever
Jeff Green, the CEO and co-founder of The Trade Desk, received $835 million in total compensation in 2021, the biggest pay package in Central Coast history and likely the biggest of any CEO in the United States last year. The Ventura-based online advertising company disclosed its executive pay for 2021 in an April 12 filing Read More →
In visit to Vandenberg, Harris announces U.S. plans to cease anti-satellite tests
Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the United States will be the first country to ban anti-satellite weapons testing, during a speech she delivered April 18 at Vandenberg Space Force Base near Lompoc. An anti-satellite weapon test is a military demonstration where a spacecraft in orbit is destroyed using a missile system, and the tests Read More →
