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Overcoming Santa Barbara's Tech Talent Bottleneck

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Santa Barbara, one of Southern California's technology centers, has a unique problem: how do you scale out your technology staff, despite intense competition from the firm's large number of technology companies, expensive cost-of-living, limited real estate, and a fairly long trek from the rest of the region for commuters?

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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. Share and Enjoy.

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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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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. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Santa Barbara Dreaming. Home Field Advantage.

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Sonos Suggests Ways To Battle "Sonos Rage" At Work

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Santa Barbara-based whole home music systems developer Sonos , battling reports of "Sonos rage" in offices which have installed its systems, released a list of ground rules for using its systems in office workspaces on Tuesday. A recent article said those Sonos systems can either create a fun company culture, or workplace hell.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

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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.

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Eucalyptus: The Next Billion Dollar Open Source Firm?

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A new article this morning from ReadWriteWeb has identified Santa Barbara-based cloud computing software firm Eucalyptus has one of the open source software companies most likely to become the next, $1 billion company (in annual revenues). The article did not say what kind of revenues Eucalyptus actually is delivering, however.