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Investment Group of Santa Barbara Backs Mindflash

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The Investment Group of Santa Barbara is the primary backer of a developer of online training software for corporations, which announced a funding round Thursday. during 2012 from the Investment Group of Santa Barbara. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara Investor Puts $4M Into Mindflash

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The Investment Group of Santa Barbara , a venture capital investment group based in Santa Barbara, has invested $4M in funding for a developer of a web-based cloud training software firm, Mindflash , Mindflash said today. The firm is led by Donna Wells, the former CMO of Mint.com. READ MORE>>.

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Reflections On 2016: John Greathouse, Investor, Professor at UC Santa Barbara

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This contribution is from John Greathouse , a longtime venture capitalist and also a professor at UC Santa Barbara, who was instrumental in Computer Motion's initial public offering and the sale of GoToMeeting to Citrix. I am very excited with the prospects of the San Diego market, as it reminds me of Santa Barbara circa 2005.

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NASA, SpaceX Launch Asteroid Intercept Mission From Vandenberg

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NASA and SpaceX successfully launched a test mission to intercept an astroid last night out of Vandenberg Air Force Base, north of Santa Barbara. The launch--which was visible up and down the California coast around 10:25pm--will test a known asteroid to see how it can change that asteroid's course.

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Schoolofbookkeeping Looks To Tackle Online Accouting Education

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A new, Santa Barbara-based startup, Schoolofbookkeeping.com , launched this week, offering up online courses for bookkeepers, accountants, business owners, and accounting students. The startup''s founders include Eric David Greenspan, a serial entrepreneur who previously founded such companies as MakeItWork. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Elizabeth Cholawsky, HG Data

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For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. Elizabeth Cholawsky: I never lost my ties to Santa Barbara.

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QAD CEO Karl Lopker Dead At 66

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Santa Barbara-based software developer QAD announced this morning that its CEO, Karl Lopker , has passed away. According to QAD, it will consider options for a permanent CEO appointment "in due course". According to QAD, Lopker passed away on Saturday, August 25th. Lopker was just 66 years old. READ MORE>>.