Cash-Strapped Musicians Empowered by Tech Company

07 April 2010

Brandon Hance, CEO of Van Nuys-based Audiolife, is out to revolutionize the way musicians sell merchandise. Gone are the days when independent artists have to front the cash to buy inventories of CDs, T-shirts and other items that may or may not sell. “Our (free) web-based platform gives artists a portable store, an e-commerce infrastructure to [...]

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Santa Clarita Chamber’s Mankin Retires, Masterson Steps In

04 April 2010

Santa Clarita Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Larry Mankin, 62, announced his retirement last week and the chamber announced that Ed Masterson will step in as interim director. Mankin served the Santa Clarita Chamber for 7 years and worked for chambers across the country for 35 years. Mankin and his wife will return to the Midwest [...]

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Governments Need to Get Creative on Revenue

04 April 2010

As the current Economic slump persists we continue to see innovation and creativity from the businesses who are successfully surviving the recession. No one has been immune to the effects of the current economic environment, and the local and state governments that were already in financial trouble before the recession hit are especially impacted by [...]

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A Change in Perspective Among Local Businesspeople

04 April 2010

In my recent meetings with business owners and managers whether it has been through one-on-one contacts or at networking events, I’ve been asked the same question several times: What’s 2010 looking like for the local economy and for businesses? My first response to the businessperson asking the question is: How are things at your business and [...]

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Ventura Incubator Targeting Valley Companies

04 April 2010

A few years ago, Alex Schneider posed a radical idea to the City of Ventura. And it wasn’t just about how good the surf was in the beach town located on the 101 Freeway between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. He rallied support to use part of the city’s $5 million Economic development fund to create [...]

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Electro Rent Completes Telogy Acquisition

04 April 2010

Electro Rent Corp. completed the acquisition of Telogy LLC, a provider of electronic test equipment, for a final purchase price of $24.7 million. Electro Rent will immediately transfer Telogy’s equipment inventory to its Southern California distribution center. It will also integrate Telogy’s operations and convert its management information function to its proprietary software system. “We believe that [...]

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Management Changes at Interlink

04 April 2010

Interlink Electronics Inc. has made changes to its executive ranks that will bring an $800,000 savings to the company. Charles Best, the chief financial officer for the Camarillo-based provider of e-notarization products, has been named president and chief operating officer. He takes over day to day operations from Kevin Wiley, who remains chairman and chief [...]

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Glendale Water & Power Wins Award for Vending Machine Program

02 April 2010

Glendale Water & Power has garnered a California Municipal Utilities Association Award for its Vending Miser program that reduces Energy to vending machines. This award is the fifth time that the city-owned utility has won for their public benefits programs. Glendale Water & Power is the first utility in Southern California to use the EnergyMiser technology on [...]

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Ranking The Area’s Commercial Real Estate Brokerages

02 April 2010

Our list of the largest commercial real estate brokerages in the greater San Fernando Valley area will run on April 12. And we’re asking for help from the commercial real estate community to make sure this year’s ranking is the best and most accurate reflection of our local industry. You may recall that last year’s list [...]

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Connector’s Completion a Boon to Local Business

01 April 2010

The scheduled March 27 opening of the final section of the Cross Valley Connector in Santa Clarita will reduce commute times for workers, facilitate access to shopping centers and make the transportation of goods easier, according to business and city officials. The link joins the 5 and the 14 freeways on the east and the 5 [...]

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Tarzana Firm Adds New Partner to Well-Known Nameplate

01 April 2010

Signs of progress are evident at Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Esensten. The Tarzana law firm made moves to bring its legal expertise to international clients in Asia and Israel. By adding a new name partner in Robert Esensten the firm will literally make a sign change to the building it occupies on Reseda Boulevard and easily visible [...]

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Money the Missing Link for Palmdale Conference Center

01 April 2010

The design has been completed and the process to obtain permits has started for what would be the premiere meeting space in the Antelope Valley. What the City of Palmdale now needs for its planned conference center is money to build it. And that may not be easy to come by. In different times the city’s redevelopment agency [...]

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