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8 Dreamy Beach Towns for Entrepreneurs

Originally published on Liveability.com Read the entire article. 6. Santa Barbara, California This idyllic coastal town is nicknamed Silicon Beach, and for good reason. Several recent Santa Barbara businesses have attracted millions in funding, and local entrepreneurs show no sign of slowing down. Well-known companies like Lynda, Transphorm, Citrix, ProCore and Sonos either got their start in Santa Barbara or currently call the city home. [...]

#STARTUPSEVERYWHERE: Kyle Ashby (Santa Barbara, Ca)

#StartupsEverywhere Profile: Kyle Ashby, Co-Founder of The Sandbox Santa Barbara and StartupSB, Santa Barbara, CA This profile is part of #StartupsEverywhere, an ongoing series highlighting startup leaders in ecosystems across the country. This interview has been edited for length, content, and clarity. What’s your role in your ecosystem? I am a community builder. I support startup and [...]

Hot or Not? Judging Startup Pitch Night

Story by Jonathan Littman | October 2, 2017 Judging a startup competition is tricky business. Aspiring entrepreneurs bring their best pitches, compressing their company’s mission and value props down to the bare essence, in a do-or-die performance. The stakes are high: the company’s future, the promise of cash prizes, and the chance to dance another day before […]

The Sandbox Brings New Collaborative Working Space to Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara’s co-working scene has expanded with the recent opening of The Sandbox, a collaborative working space at 414 Olive St. in Santa Barbara’s Eastside neighborhood. The 5,000-square-foot facility offers members 24/7 access to a variety of group tables, desks, offices, conference rooms and private rooms — including an Airstream trailer — which individuals, organizations or [...]

Start-Up Dreams @ The Sandbox

Originally Published on Independent.com on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 by MATT KETTMANN For the better part of the past decade, Kyle Ashby has been Santa Barbara’s entrepreneur enabler. Using his own web development background, the Goleta native and UCSB grad connects budding business owners under the StartupSB umbrella and was integral in creating the Impact Hub on State [...]