Know your culture to recruit the best fit for your startup – AZTB Lunch and Learn – tix limited

Last month, AZTB visited Infusionsoft for its monthly Lunch and Learn to get down to the nitty-gritty reality of owning a startup. Infusionsoft’s Vice President of Talent Anita Grantham gave an inspiring talk about her own struggles with owning a small business and gave the audience three important tips to managing their businesses. Her top tips: … Read more

Gadgets for the Guru: Puppy Lover edition

With all the shopping you’ve done over the past few weeks you forgot one important member of your family…your dog! But no worries – here are some gadgets that your pooch will surely wuv (love).   iFetch The iFetch is the perfect gift for smaller pups that are able to entertain themselves. This automatic ball launcher comes … Read more

Cookies went digital in an entirely new way and it’s deliciously exciting

Thin Mints, Trefolds, Tag-A-Longs or Do-Si-Dos? What’s your favorite? Each year the entrepreneurial green army comes out in drones and floods your office and neighborhood with sign up sheets to sell their delicious delights to raise money for their troop. While the door-to-door sales will still be in full force, the Girl Scouts are going … Read more

Over 600 TASER body cameras headed for police departments around US

“Hands up, don’t shoot!” and “I can’t breathe!” are phrases that have donned the news headlines and spoken by protesters on city streets around the country in response to the deaths of two unarmed black men, Michael Brown and Erik Garner, killed by white police officers. In Ferguson, Missouri, the death of Michael Brown has generated … Read more

Beamz featured in National Geographic Kids' Top 5 Smart Toys

In the December 2014/January 2015 Issue of National Geographic Kids, 5 Smart Toys are featured and Scottsdale’s Beamz Interactive, a leading developer of state-of-the-art interactive music products, was identified as a gadget that uses cool science to bring great experiences to kids. The technology and science used in the Beamz laser controller enables kids to … Read more

ACA announces 25 semifinalists in the race for $250K

Today the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) announced the 25 AZ-based semifinalists in the Arizona Innovation Challenge all vying for a shot at the big prize money. The AZ Innovation Challenge is a semi-annual business plan competition awarding $1.5M in the Spring and $1.5M in the Fall, giving startups a shot at winning up to $250,000. … Read more

IO splits itself in two

First it sells off their buildings, and today IO, the second-largest private data center company in the world, announced plans to chop itself into two independent companies. The new company BASELAYER, born out of IO, will headquarter in Chandler, AZ. Their focus will be IO’s modular data center hardware and data center infrastructure management software. IO will … Read more

Amazon unleashes secret weapon for Cyber Monday shipments

Amazon seems to be getting into the robot business even more these days. Last December e-retail giant Amazon announced that they plan to deliver packages to your doorstep by use of unmanned aerial vehicles (a.k.a. drones) and today they unveiled their new 8th generation fulfillment center which use robots from Kiva Systems, among other high-tech, to … Read more

Priorities, purpose and coffee stains: 3 things to know when running a startup

This month, the AZTB Lunch and Learn made its way to Infusionsoft where the company’s vice president of talent Anita Grantham gave an inspiring talk about the reality of owning a startup and down to the nitty-gritty truth of the business. Before Grantham joined the Infusionsoft team, she was — and still is — a … Read more