Incubators around Arizona serve as the perfect launch point to help businesses thrive. Through many of these programs, entrepreneurs are given the opportunity to work in a creative space and bring their ideas into fruition. Here, we bring you a roundup of incubators and accelerators with their respective deadlines and application links. SeedSpot Social Entrepreneur Incubator, … Read more
Ever have just one item you needed to pick up at the store? You’re in a huge rush, but when you go to checkout, all the cash registers are backed up with lines and lines of people. Wouldn’t it be simpler to just scan the item with your phone and head out the door? The … Read more
Have you ever walked into a local shop with a specific item in mind, let’s say a snowboard? The store might have amazing products, but not the perfect one you had in mind. So you leave the store disappointed without your dream snowboard, and the store suffers the loss of what could have been a … Read more
Edu tech startups have been thriving in Arizona, with many receiving funding through incubators and grants to pursue their endeavors. We gathered a list of just a few of the young educational technology companies and how they are helping students gear up for the school year. NoteBowl: a comprehensive platform for universities that goes beyond … Read more
The year is just about halfway over (how did that happen?), and tech companies around the Valley keep locking down funding and spending the benjis. Take a look at our list of Arizona’s startups and acquisitions from the beginning of 2014. FUNDING Arizona State University Money raised: $1 million Awarded by the Department of Defense (DOD) … Read more
Startups and small businesses that call the greater Phoenix area home have several options to help their business flourish. Here is a list of incubators and accelerators with their respective deadlines and application links. desarrollo Program: PhxFlight Program A 4-month program for tech based ventures with 10 Million + market opportunity. They will be launching … Read more
Two Arizona early-stage startups, Vicinity Health and SyCara Local, were accepted into The Indus Entrepreneurship (TiE) 2014 conference as finalists in the TiE50 Awards Program and pitched in front of tech CEOs, entrepreneurs and investors from all around the world. The AZ startups were chosen out of over 2,800 applicants from 27 countries. The TiE50 … Read more
Local veteran entrepreneur and CEO/Founder of Tallwave and ethology, Jeff Pruitt, as well as Robert Donat, GPS Insight, Kevin Hickey, Beyond Trust, and James Hooker, Televerde, and more, have been named finalists in Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 award. EY is an organization dedicated to building a better working community and is a global … Read more
A picture is worth a thousand words, and at Free Lunch (FLF) Friday Phoenix we were reminded just how much pictures actually matter. Print, digital, collages, infographics, and gifs are just a few examples of how images have evolved in our digital age, and we had a few experts on hand to give us the … Read more
An event designed for C-level execs, entrepreneurs, influencers and students is coming May 6, 2014 to the Tempe Center for the Arts. Microchip President and CEO Steve Sanghi will speak at the TiE Arizona’s Global Thought Leader Lecture and share his thoughts and perspectives about entrepreneurship in a global economy. Sanghi has been widely recognized … Read more