Starting in the early 1900s; Santa Barbara County became home to over a dozen motorcycle racecourses. Not one of those battlegrounds survives today. Pershing Park once had a stadium; Elings Park on Las Positas Road was Veronica Springs Hill Climb Course; and before that; La Conchita was home to hill climbing and TT events. Motorcycling in Santa Barbara County will take the readers back in time to the glory days of two wheels on city streets and engage them in competition at its racetracks. Preserved in these pages are the firsthand stories of the men that competed on these courses as far back as 1924.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Gets You Thinking Positive ThoughtsBy Ellen M. ShapiroThere are many books about how to start a design business: pages and pages crammed with advice about C-Corp or S-Corp. Partnership or Limited Liability Company; about how to find a real estate broker. accountant and attorney. sign a lease; keep accurate time sheets and billing records.This book shoves all that stuff aside in favor of a refreshing visual approach. It puts you inside about 50 design offices. small to medium. mostly in the U.S.. but all around the world -- and puts your imagination to work. not your calculator.In each 4- to 6-page section you take a virtual photographic studio tour led by a friendly. helpful firm principal. During which youll see the space. meet the people and their work. and get answers to questions like: "What prompted you to start the studio?" and "How much freedom do you allow individual designers?" While youre soaking this all in. youre probably looking at the pictures and asking yourself questions. too. questions like: "Can I see myself in this kind of environment?" "Do I have what it takes to organize a space like this. manage the whole operation?" "Will I be happy taking on the responsibilities of owner?" "Will I be able to successfully supervise the people who depend on me?" "Do I have the talent to produce work of this quality. work that will make both us designers and our clients happy?" "Will I be able to get (and keep) enough clients long-term to keep the operation going?"Most instructive are the answers from firm principals with different temperaments and styles -- how they honor their individuality and make their choices work for them. Designer A supervises 23 people. has account managers and teams. Designer B works solo in a quirky little space he found after realizing he hated being a team player. This book illustrates that theres room for talented designers of all stripes. ages. backgrounds. and levels of entrepreneurial ambition.You might also be asking yourself: "Is it going to be fun?" If so. then you might think about calling the real estate broker. This book really does makes it look like fun. Or maybe the work on the pages looks so good that youll want to skip the business-startup stuff and try to get a job in one of these studios. Its all good.
