LocalWork.com announces new Chief Operating Officer

LocalWork.com has selected Eric Keosky-Smith as its new Chief Operating Officer. Keosky-Smith comes from Infusionsoft in Chandler where he was the Regional Development Director for the past two years. Previously he served as Senior Marketing Executive for Intel in Europe and US.  He was also the co-founder of several businesses including Diner’s Passport, Inc., Shwaag … Read more

Voting opens for Venture Madness top 64 startups

Time to break out the brackets for Venture Madness 2016! This event, brought to the Valley by Invest Southwest and Arizona Commerce Authority, is where the top 64 startups go head-to-head in a pitch competition and vie for a portion of the $100,000 prize and the chance to be crowned champion. The first elimination round begins tomorrow … Read more

The Startup Journal: Building genuine relationships

Whether it be in life or business, building relationships is a critical component to success and happiness. For those that can expand their business networks will ease, the most common skill sets among these individuals include being genuine, honest and professional. [youtube]https://youtu.be/z5bimDh3VQc[/youtube]   In the latest edition of The Startup Journal, founder Localwork.com Ryan Naylor offers … Read more

Overcoming obstacles to achieve your dream – Phoenix Startup Week Day 3

Photo contribution by Thomas Hawthorne Whether it be raising capital, building your product, attracting customers or balancing work and life, there will be obstacles at every turn. Phoenix Startup Week filled the Tempe Center for the Arts with speakers who shared their motivational stories about overcoming obstacles to achieve their dream and offered advice on how … Read more

Tallwave High Tide Finalists Look To The Future

More than four weeks after Tallwave announced the six finalists of its first High Tide competition, the startups are already planning how that money will be used to grow their businesses in the marketplace. Tallwave is a Phoenix-based business acceleration company meant to help startups develop their ideas and bring them to market. Businesses typically … Read more