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Success, Santa Barbara Style: Patagonian Sexwax With A Side Order of UGGS

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A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Six outstanding entrepreneurs have created this sweet flavor of success in one of the most beautiful places on earth – Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara has become a high-tech startup mecca, rivaling cities many times its size.

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Start Your Company Where You Want To Live – Period

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A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. I am writing this article while sitting on a rooftop deck, overlooking the ocean in Baja, Mexico. The days of entrepreneurs having to move to New York, LA or Silicon Valley to ensure their startup''s success are long over. Santa Barbara Dreaming.

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Wired Looks At The Early Days Of Sonos

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How, exactly, did Santa Barbara-based Sonos get to where it is today? In an in-depth look, Wired just posted a long article charting the path of Nick Millington, the Chief Product Officer at Sonos , and the evolution of the company's whole home sound systems.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

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A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Want to be an entrepreneur? Instead, grab your surfboard and head to UC Santa Barbara. In addition, Entrepreneur Magazine recently included UCSB in its Top 50 Schools For VC Backed Entrepreneurs at number 37. Don''t go to Wharton or Harvard.

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Non-millennial Bootstrapping – These 50-Something Entrepreneurs Rejected VC $ And Nailed It

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A version of this article previously appeared Forbes. I have been watching ProductPlan for several years, as the founders are both friends and pillars of the Santa Barbara Startup Community. I have always worked on early stage products. Greathouse: Great products and companies that came out (of) Santa Barbara.

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Mark Suster’s Advice To Emerging Entrepreneurs – “Do Not Do, As I Have Done”

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As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, serial entrepreneur and noted venture capitalist Mark Suster recently shared his advice with a large crowd of emerging entrepreneurs. free weekly Infochachkie articles! In the last six weeks, I have been pitched by five entrepreneurs under 20.

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Entrepreneur Hack: This Remote Team Of 12 Generated $100M

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A version of this article previously appeared Forbes. Given TimeHop’s failed experiment, I was especially intrigued when I learned that a team of a dozen remote entrepreneurs hack the typical corporate structure and creates a company that generated nearly $100 million in revenue. Two Virtual Organizations That Worked. FastSpring.