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MARCH 22, 2010

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of embedded communications software, said today that it has partnered with GCT Semiconductor , a developer of mobile WiMAX products, on a VoIP over WiMAX product. The firms have created two reference designs that use GCT's WiMAX chips, and D2's mCUE communications software.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Soraa , the UC Santa Barbara spinout whic is backed by Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and NGEN Partners, said today that it has launched its first, outdoor LED lamp product, which it says patches the performance of a 40W halogon MR16 lamp. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies' embedded software has been selected by U4EA Technologies for a residential gateway product, D2 disclosed this morning. D2 said that its software--used for Voice-over-IP applications--will be used as part of a small office/home office product used to connect home users to broadband services.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Resonant, Inc. , The company said it is in its first commercial design with Skyworks Solutions. the Superconductor Technologies spinout which is developing radio frequency filters for the mobile industry, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise up to $14.0M Resonant Inc.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Tortuga Logic , a new startup focused on chip-level cybersecurity technology whose founders include professors from UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, has raised $2M in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Thursday. The seed funding came from Eclipse Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 27, 2012

Friday, November 2, 2012 -- Startup Weekend Santa Babara. Startup Weekend Santa Barbara is a 54 hour event where entrepreneurs, designers, developers come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. Santa Barbara's second Startup Weekend will be held at Citrix Online.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Innovative Micro Technology has added a new Vice President of Worldwide Sales, according to the company. Pickering was most recently at Xilinx, and also had served at Xpedion Design Systems, Zeevo, Fairchild, Toshiba, LSI Logic, PMC-Sierra, and other companies. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Be Green Packaging , a designer of sustainable, compostable, and recyclable packaging for the consumer packaged goods market, has been acquired by private equity investor Riverside Company. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Innovative MIcro Technology , which develops micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), says it is in a deal to expand in China.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

range of software products, and which has offices in Calabasas and Santa Barbara. RightScale is one of a number of enterprise software and open source companies to emerge in the area, and is based in Santa Barbara. The firm--which was started in the quiet and.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , which develops software used to track phone calls from affiliate marketing, said Thursday that it has named Cynthia Stephens as its new Chief Financial Officer. Stephens joins the company from Harvest Power, where she was SVP and CFO. READ MORE>>. invoca executive software affiliate marketing tracking'

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JANUARY 27, 2010

The angel group also mentioned a web site design as part of its initiatives this year. The group also said it is focusing on its SeedTrack program, which is specifically focused on seed stage funding and extensive mentoring.

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MAY 26, 2017

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , the developer of property management software, has launched a new property marketing service, which includes search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), and enhanced online listings on Yardi's RENTCafe service.

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Steve Reich

MARCH 25, 2012

The MIT event mentioned in my last post was held at the beautiful new Synergy Business Technology Center ( www.synergybtc.com ) in Santa Barbara. Michael Holliday, architect who conceived the incubator and designed the space has built one of the most inspired environments I have seen in a very long time.

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MARCH 7, 2011

The firm said that its product cuts energy waste by 20 percent, and simplifies design and manufacturing of electrical systems and devices. The firm's CEO is Umesh Mishra, who was previously a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Santa Barbara-based Sonos has rolled out another speaker this morning, aimed at the home theater market, called the PLAYBASE. The new speaker is designed to sit underneath a TV, and work as a speaker for the TV when the TV is on, and which will stream music when the TV is off.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The following guest post is from some of my former UC Santa Barbara students. Design together, the course that introduced the idea for brightblu, they were concurrently taking three other classes: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Art of the CEO. Fall quarter of Sr. Fall quarter of Sr. Along with taking Sr.

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MARCH 23, 2012

Apparently, the original architect had a grasp of green concepts when the building was designed early in the last century. Klaus, who has started two companies in Santa Barbara incubators, pointed out that he gets great leverage from “outsourcing” all of the headaches of setting up phones, data lines, and office admin to incubators.

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MARCH 2, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Senseeker Engineering, which develops digital infrared image sensing technology, says it has acquired SE-IR Corporation, a developer of cryogenic test equipment and electronics. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Anchore , a developer of policy-based workflow and compliance software, said it has rolled out a new set of open source, DevOps tools. The company said its open source tools are designed for automating DevSecOps pipeline security and analysis.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

IKEA has started selling a new line of speakers it devleoped in conjunction with Santa Barbara-based Sonos this week, including an oddly shaped, dual "speaker lamp", the SYMFONISK. The new products are a collaboration between Sonos--best known for its user friendly, whole home music products--and IKEA's furniture designers.

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MARCH 27, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Seek Thermal , which develops thermal imaging products, says it has rolled out a new, low-cost thermal imaging system which automates temperature screening using skin temperature. Pricing on the new system were not announced.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

For instance, I might show a logo of Computer Motion, GoToMeeting, Citrix, UC Santa Barbara and Rincon Venture Partners on my first slide as a means of depicting my past and current professional affiliations. What's Your Story? Stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end.

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JULY 15, 2016

Sonos--which has dabbled in retail with its "acoustic gallery" along La Brea in Los Angeles-said the company used thousands of pounds of sheetrock and beveled glass to create its listening rooms, which are all furnished with unique furniture, custom lighting, and different design aesthetics. The new retail location is at 101 Greene Street.

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MAY 24, 2017

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.

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MARCH 6, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the maker of the user-friendly, whole home music systems, has released an updated set of apps for both iOS and Android. update adds a number of features, as well as bug fixes, including simpler room control, improved design for its tablet app, and a quicker way to move back and forth between screens.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

The Sonos Playbar --created by Santa Barbara-based Sonos --is the ultimate sound accessory for the music and theater lover, and is particularly designed for use with your HDTV. Sonos Playbar. URB-E Commuter - not yet released.

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

Santa Barbara-based radio frequency filter technology developer Resonant Inc. Resonant said it has named Barry Waxman, currently VP of Sales and Marketing and Newlans, to its advisory board, to help the company with marketing and commercialization of its designs.

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AUGUST 25, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Resonant , a developer of radio frequency front ends, says it has created an advisory board, to help it commercialize its designs. The company said the first two members of the board are Sean Curry and Chris Conlin.

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MARCH 18, 2019

The ARPANET, as it was called back then, was designed by government, industry and academia so scientists and academics could access each other’s computing resources and trade large research files, saving time, money and travel costs. We are currently still suffering from those shifts.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Santa Barbara-based whole home audio systems developer Sonos has scored a win in the courts this week, when a federal judge invalidated a home audio patent held by D&M Holdings , the owner of such brands as Denon and Boston Acoustics. D&M Holdings had filed a patent infringement suit (D&M Holdings et al. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

Worst T-shirt Designs Ever. I will also increase the amount of video content, including snippets from talks given by my UC Santa Barbara classroom guest speakers. What Are My Options Worth? Organic traffic. Ideas Are Worthless. Referenced in a viral Quora post. Time Wounds All Heels. Organic traffic. Guy Kawasaki Interview.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

He overheard me talking about Steve Jobs in conjunction with the entrepreneurship class that I teach at UC Santa Barbara. Another of Mac’s stories highlights the degree to which Steve treated his designs as works of art. I regularly bring successful entrepreneurs into my UC Santa Barbara classroom.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

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. Mark is a Partner at GRP Partners and authors one of the most widely read startup blogs, BothSidesOfTheTable.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

I consistently remind my UC Santa Barbara startup students that for most people, money is not a sustaining motivator. It isn''t designed for multi-day backpacking (too heavy), but if you''re ever relatively stationary off the grid and still need to do some work, the Sherpa100 will do the trick.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Alex Schneider: We designed the space to be a real creative, collaborative environment. We charge by-the-workstation, it's designed to be really flexible and affordable office space for these startups. What is the Ventura incubator? It's about 10,000 square feet of space in downtown Ventura, in a city owned office building.

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MARCH 11, 2013

I recently had a chance to observe an intimate conversation between Leonard Maltin and Ben Affleck at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, where Mr. Affleck was honored with the festival's "Modern Master" award. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! 120-Minutes With Mr. Affleck.

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