North Bay Business Journal

Brad Bollinger: How about ‘300 tens’ for an economic strategy?

In economic times like these it’s important to re-emphasize — just in case one forgot — that the North Bay is home to some of the most innovative ideas in business, the environment and technology to be found anywhere.

North Bay Growth & Innovation Forum set for Wednesday

SANTA ROSA – Entrepreneurs will gather on Oct. 20 as the North Bay Growth & Innovation Forum presents its ninth session since its first event in 2006.

Impact Sonoma Tuesday about jobs and future

ROHNERT PARK – The inaugural Business Journal Impact Sonoma conference will feature leaders in the fastest-growing segments of the local business community talking about jobs and what is needed to propel the economy of the future.

Conference to examine conditions needed to fuel local economic vitality

NORTH BAY — What will propel Sonoma County’s economy in the years ahead? How will the region compete in an increasingly global market for innovation, labor and products? What conditions need to be in place to support economic vitality?

These are the questions the Business Journal’s Oct. 19 Impact Sonoma conference aims to answer for the business community in these uncertain times.

Impact Sonoma Conference: The job creators tell their stories

NORTH BAY — At the Business Journal’s inaugural Impact Sonoma conference, business leaders in technology, services and clean tech will address what it takes and the conditions that are needed to spur innovation and create jobs and wealth to support their communities.

The event will be held Tuesday, Oct. 19 at the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., and the program runs from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $49 per person or $510 for a table of 10 and include continental breakfast. To register, contact Linda Perkins at 707-521-5264 or events@busjrnl.com by October 15, or go to www.NorthBayBusinessJournal.com.

Impact Sonoma forum Oct. 19 all about jobs and the future

ROHNERT PARK – The inaugural Business Journal Impact Sonoma conference will feature leaders in the fastest-growing segments of the local business community talking about jobs, jobs, jobs.

Impact Sonoma registration open until Oct. 15

Impact Sonoma Registration now open.
The Good News: The job creators tell their stories.
Hear from business leaders in technology, services and clean tech who know what it takes and the conditions that are needed to spur innovation and create jobs and wealth to support their communities.

Fast Growing Companies in 2010

Three of Sonoma County’s newest tech companies — Raydiance, Enphase Energy and Métier — have widely diverse products: ultra-short pulse lasers, microinverters for the solar industry and project portfolio management software.

BioMarin Pharmaceuticals, the Buck Institute for Age Research and TriVascular are expanding research, products and staff.

Nearly every sector within health care in the North Bay is undergoing rapid expansion, reflecting a nationwide trend that shows little sign of a respite. This is just a sampling of the quickly growing health care companies and providers across the North Bay, from corporate giants to rural clinics.

La Tavola, ProSight, Central Payment add space, markets; Frank-Lin, Kiewit to move to the North Bay: From linen rentals to financial transaction processing to insurance underwriting to alcoholic beverage production to heavy construction, several companies in various industries have relocated or expanded in the North Bay this year.

Enphase, Raydiance, Métier bring new energy

SANTA ROSA and PETALUMA — Three of Sonoma County’s newest tech companies have widely diverse products: ultra-short pulse lasers, microinverters for the solar industry and project portfolio management software. But Raydiance, Enphase Energy and Métier are alike in three ways: they each arrived within the last four years, they each consciously chose the North Bay to locate their headquarters or a major center and all three are growing as fast as they can find qualified staff.

Amplifications and corrections: Métier virtual service, Brown Holder Alfaro on wine CPA list

The virtual service component for software developer Métier Inc. is located in Santa Rosa. Also, the city of Miami Beach is a client. The story “Santa Rosa software firm Métier signs deal with Sears” [p. 3, Aug. 16] had incorrect information.
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Brown Holder Alfaro & Co. in St. Helena has 13 CPAs serving the wine industry, and 16 CPAs total in the firm.

Santa Rosa software firm Métier signs deal with Sears

SANTA ROSA – Métier Ltd., the business software provider that’s growing its presence in downtown Santa Rosa, will grow faster in response to acquiring Sears Holdings as an enterprise client.

Santa Rosa economic officials spent months wooing software firm

SANTA ROSA – The Santa Rosa Economic Development Division can take a lot of the credit in Washington, D.C.-based Métier’s decision to open its first branch office in the city.

East Coast software firm plans operation in Santa Rosa

SANTA ROSA – A Washington, D.C. area project and portfolio management software company has chosen Santa Rosa for its first off-site branch that could someday employ up to 125 people.