InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Instead, grab your surfboard and head to UC Santa Barbara. Although UCSB has room to grow with regard to the total number of VC-backed startups it generates, the Santa Barbara region fares well when its relative size is taken into account. Organic Academia.

Santa Barbara 258

Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. A Santa Barbara based company, Milo Sensors, is tackling this problem via a wearable that constantly alerts your smartphone of your blood alcohol level. We started Milo Sensors over two years ago through the UC Santa Barbara New Venture Competition.

Santa Barbara 169

Santa Barbara Technology Research Organization 169

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. We automatically add tracking and point those product references to e-commerce merchants.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! It is also an inspirational alter call to entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Entertainment Technical Review Ideas 100

InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2013

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. You can watch Sarah tell her compelling story in the following 15-minute excerpt from her recent UC Santa Barbara talk. You can watch Sarah tell her compelling story in the following 15-minute excerpt from her recent UC Santa Barbara talk.

Networking 214

Networking Startup Santa Barbara RSS 214

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Messenger : Thorsten von Eicken , RightScale’s Co-Founder and CTO, Chief Architect at Citrix Online (formerly Expertcity) and Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and UC Santa Barbara. free weekly Infochachkie articles! The ‘Santa Barbara effect’ has been interesting–we all have cute VC stories around that.

Cloud Computing 188

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. It may seem hard to believe, but even in 2016, there remain a number of successful consumer brands that are not sold online. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles!

Sites 100

Sites Sales Santa Barbara Design 100