InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

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. Image Credit: University Of California, Santa Barbara. Am I biased?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2017

John MacFarlane , the founder and CEO of Santa Barbara-based music system maker Sonos , has stepped down as CEO, and has handed over the CEO position to Patrick Spence , MacFarlane announced on Tuesday. Spence has been President of Sonos since July of 2016, and had joined Sonos in 2012 as Chief Commercial Officer.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Santa Barbara-based 15desks , a developer of software-as-a-service for educators, said this morning that the firm has launched a new product for course management. The firm said it is privately funded, and first launched in 2007 at the University of Santa Barbara.

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Software Santa Barbara Education SaaS 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Santa Barbara-based cloud deployment software developer RightScale said Thursday that it has added three new customers, bringing its total number of software-as-a-service providers to more than 100.

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Customer Custom Santa Barbara Education 157

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2012

Santa Barbara-based cloud computing software developer Eucalyptus Systems is deploying its software to India, the firm said this week, via a new partnership with distributor Ingram Micro. Ingram Micro will also be an authorized education partner in that country. READ MORE>>.

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Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Education Software Development 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest , the online comparisons site headed by former DoubleClick founder Kevin O'Connor, continues to extend out its syndication strategy, saying yesterday that it has partnered with Edudemic , an online site focused on education.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Novacoast , a provider of IT professional services and product development, said Monday that it has acquired Data Technique , a provider of IT services to the Midwest market. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Education Acquisition 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2010

The University of California, Santa Barbara said Wednesday that it has launched a new research center, focused on developing next generation, terabit-speed networks. Tags: ucsb google intel terabit networking hardware ethernet equipment research education grant.

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Google Networking Cloud Computing Santa Barbara 182

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue , which provides pay-per-call tracking technology, has partnered with marketing and lead generation firm DoublePositive Marketing Group , the firms said today. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed.

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GRP Partners Santa Barbara Education Advertising 154

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2013

FindTheBest, which is based in Santa Barbara, offers up an online site which compares thousands of different kinds of information, letting users filter and rank everything from electronics products, to dog breeds, to colleges.

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Santa Barbara Research Sites Education 153

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

Lynda.com , the online video education provider which has been one of the region's most successful, bootstrapped companies--is no longer bootstrapped, after inking a massive, $103M growth equity round. Lynda.com offers up online education courses on things like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Excel, AutoCAD, and much more.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2013

It''s a list of individuals--across Southern California, from San Diego to Santa Barbara--who people ought to watch. Individuals can be involved in anything from online content to software, biotech to hardware, or even education, content, arts, or more--as long as it relates to the technology industry here.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based HeyTutor , an online marketplace for finding tutors, has raised $1M in its Series A funding, the company announced on Tuesday, from Santa Barbara-based ScOp Venture Capital, the venture investment firm led by serial entrepreneur and investor Kevin O'Connor.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Seminar by Make It Work and the Santa Barbara Education Foundation. Tuesday, December 1, 2009 -- Poogling Internet Safety Seminar. The Internet can be a scary place. How are you protecting your kids online? See [link] (more).

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Santa Barbara Education 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Security software vendor Symantec said this week that it has selected three students for a fellowship program, including one UC Santa Barbara graduate student. Tags: fellowship security ucsb software symantec virus education. Cova was selected along with a student from Penn State University and a student from Carnegie Mellon.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

After 20+ Poogling seminars in Socal, we were approached by a concerned parent and the Santa Barbara Education Foundation to do a Poogling Seminar (teaching parents about child Internet safety) city-wide. Of course, we agreed to do it.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2012

The UC Santa Barbara has received a big boost to the firm's technology programs with a $50M gift from the Chairman of Oracle and his wife, Jeff and Judy Henley. Jeff Henley, who is a UCSB graduate, is currently Chairman of the Board of Oracle, and served as Chief Financial Officer of the company from 1991 to 2004.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 15, 2014

Santa Barbara schools just approved a $700,000 purchase of iPads for its students. It’s time we started realizing that our future depends on the specialized knowledge our children gather as they complete their education. Parenting child learning education latin or html' This, I applaud. About my company(s): [link].

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HTML Search Engine Optimization Santa Barbara Education 139

InfoChachkie

MARCH 6, 2018

One of my former students, Sieva Kozinsky, Co-Founder & CEO of StudySoup recently shared his startup insights with my UC Santa Barbara students. Former President of Santa Barbara City College, and friend, Peter MacDougall is a member of a Junto-like club, comprised of members whose ages range from the late 50’s to the early 80’s.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 15, 2014

Santa Barbara schools just approved a $700,000 purchase of iPads for its students. It’s time we started realizing that our future depends on the specialized knowledge our children gather as they complete their education. Parenting child learning education latin or html' This, I applaud.

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HTML Search Engine Optimization Santa Barbara Education 100

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 15, 2014

Santa Barbara schools just approved a $700,000 purchase of iPads for its students. It’s time we started realizing that our future depends on the specialized knowledge our children gather as they complete their education. Parenting child learning education latin or html' This, I applaud.

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HTML Search Engine Optimization Santa Barbara Education 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

Unlike Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County--all of which have a number of schools with an engineering focus--and even Santa Barbara, which has benefited greatly from having a strong engineering program at UCSB--Ventura County does not have a major engineering school.

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Ventura Orange County Santa Barbara CalTech 191

socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2015

Interestingly enough, in Southern California, the first on the list for women is all the way down at 14 (San Diego State University); the only other was 27 (University of Santa Barbara). For men there was only one area university on the list; number 35, the University of Southern California. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JUNE 12, 2019

Academic researchers have long studied gender and racial disparities in STEM education, but they have not had widespread success in addressing these challenges. A University of Michigan professor and colleagues from 10 universities are hoping to change that.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

By December, 1969, there were only four nodes – UCLA, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California-Santa Barbara and the University of Utah. Here one can list pervasive search engines, access to extensive information repositories, consumer aids, entertainment, education, connectivity among humans, etc.

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UCLA Social Media Social Network Santa Barbara 253

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 12, 2015

One of these bright lights is Santa Barbara-based HG Data - developers of the world's largest competitive-intelligence database. <Note: Diversity on all levels, be it ideas, education, background, gender, ethnicity or otherwise, is critical to our growth.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

The Kauffman Foundation centers their work around programs for entrepreneurs and educational programs aimed at students from pre-kindergarten through college. Their investor bootcamps help educate new investors about due diligence, valuation, and more. THE SANDBOX & StartupSB (Santa Barbara, CA).

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2016

Under Bob’s leadership, his school was also named a Distinguished School by the California Department of Education, earning an unprecedented score of 10 out of 10. Thus, I was honored when he agreed to share his insights regarding the fundamentals of success with my UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurial students.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

15desks.com), a new startup focused on the education market. Zareh Baghdasarian: 15desks is all about managing your educational lifestyle, all the way from early education to your graduate work. If you can imagine, you can have your entire educational life online. Zareh Baghdasarian is the CEO of 15desks (www.15desks.com),

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Education Startup Course Tool 124

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2016

My co-founder Kasey� and I started a boutique agency at the end of our time in college, which was in Santa Barbara. Both of us went to UC Santa Barbara, and were working as nannies there. I have a background much like many of our sitters now have. Our job is to determine who the professionals are.

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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. Is it hard to balance your work hard / play hard culture, especially in beautiful Santa Barbara? Cats or dogs?

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Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. Direct-to-consumer is just part of that.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Sales 140

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2009

This morning's interview with Daryl Bernstein , CEO and co-founder of Santa Barbara-based RightSignature (www.rightsignature.com), a firm which has created an online, software-as-a-service offering to collect legally binding signatures on documents. And, haven't some folks been trying to educate people about the market for awhile?

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Outsource Development Santa Barbara Education SaaS 100

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

You can hear Don tell his story in the following excerpt from his recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. I was fortunate whenever John invested in me, he flew me to Santa Barbara the other time I was down here (and) I met Kevin O''Conner, Founder of DoubleClick.

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Startup Entrepreneur Design Santa Barbara 250

InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2016

A number of my UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurial students initially model their investment pitches on the show's contrived format. The show would be more educational (and realistic) if it allowed viewers who are looking to be educated and entertained to watch/listen to entire pitches online or via podcasts.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

The firm operates an online video education service helping people to learn how to use all kinds of software, ranging from Adobe Illustrator to AutoCAD and more. To get the story behind the new funding, we spoke with Eric Robison , the firm's President and CEO, last week.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

The TechCrunch team was judicious in its determination of qualifiers, insisting that the accelerators be, “fixed-term, cohort-based, with educational and mentorship components, culminating in a public pitch or demo day.” If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Share and Enjoy.

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