Shop with your voice, gamers and one second videos- Tallwave announce 5 startups for High Tide

Co-written with Jesse Millard And you thought six second Vines or Snapchat was all you needed to tell your story, how about one second clips? Elly, a social-based network, allows users to record one second clips, add music and hashtags, then stitch it all together for a longer compilation. This startup is just one of … Read more

Skip food lines and get back to studying with Tapingo

On-demand services have been gaining popularity, especially amongst younger audiences. Tapingo, the mobile food ordering app, allows college students to skip the line at their favorite on-campus dining and get back to studying. The app allows students to pay for their food using their university meal plan or credit card. Once the order is in, … Read more

New Phoenix hail-a-ride service is hyper-focused on safety

Happy hour is over, you’ve had a few and it’s time to call a ride. In Arizona, more ride services are expanding to the Valley and competing for your business. AsterRide, a hail-a-ride service that recently launched in Phoenix, aims to distinguish themselves from the masses by offering a larger selection of vehicles, advanced booking, … Read more

Get Final Four Ready – NCAA Tourney apps

Every March the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) brings together 68 teams to compete in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and has been the most-watched NCAA tourney in 22 years. Most viewers are anxiously awaiting a Kentucky train-wreck, but will it come? Or will a different kind of history be made if Kentucky goes undefeated – … Read more

Greg McKeown says stop having priorities and have one priority – ICON15

Photo contribution Thomas Hawthorne Greg McKeown, New York Times best selling author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, packed a punch a ICON 15 with his powerful message about how having one priority is the key to success. Entrepreneurs can typically be the type of person who will take on everything and make it all … Read more

Sally Hogshead pours a shot of fascination into small businesses – ICON15

“Different is better than better,” said author, speaker and former advertising executive Sally Hogshead during her keynote speech at Infusionsoft’s ICON15 small business conference. Hogshead, emphasized that honing in on what makes you different helps you compete in your market without having an extravagant marketing budget. Hogshead founded Fascinate, Inc. and created The Fascinate System, … Read more

Rohit Bhargava on removing the noise from content marketing – ICON15

Photo contribution by Thomas Hawthorne Emails, postcards, blogs, text, posts, tweets and videos are just some examples of communication noise that is being directed at customers to buy products and services-but how much of this content is meaningful and connecting with the customer over the long-term? To help small businesses owners maneuver through the world … Read more

6 pillars to enhancing your customer’s experience

Ensuring your customers have a great experience while interacting with your company or startup can be elusive. Sometimes when a customer has a bad experience with a company they’ll drop them forever, which means less dollars for the company. [youtube]https://youtu.be/ETXqLkNopRA[/youtube] Justin MacDonald, Manager of Customer Experience at Infusionsoft, spoke at AZ Tech Beat’s recent Lunch … Read more