aztechbeat Thom Brodeur, EVP of Venture Management at Tallwave, didn’t hold back his raw thoughts on how to get Arizona’s entrepreneur scene going and boost our tech ecosystem. Known for his vigor and vibrant presentation style, Brodeur gave a talk about “Commercializing Innovation” to a sold out crowd at the Free Lunch Friday event where he … Read more
GUEST BLOG PAT DERDENGER, TAX PARTNER, STEPTOE In a recent private letter ruling, the Arizona Department of Revenue ruled that gross receipts from “renting” prewritten software available online are subject to Arizona’s transaction privilege tax (“TPT”), commonly called sales tax, under the rental of personal property classification if the customer only has the right to … Read more
With 6.1 billion texts sent and received in the United States everyday, ReplyBuy, a Scottsdale-based software company, is taking advantage of this opportunity and developed a new form of mobile commerce by leveraging something you already use: text messages. Their technology is helping companies solve their problem of unloading excess perishable or time-sensitive inventory or … Read more
The AZTB gadget review team got our hands on the latest Android smartphones and compared the new Samsung Galaxy S4 Active vs HTC One. Our team included a software developer, an engineer, and a public relations specialist who used the phones for three days and put it to heavy use. We asked them to share … Read more
ClearDATA Networks, a Tempe-based company and the leading healthcare cloud computing platform and information security services for healthcare providers, software vendors and VARs, secured $7M in Series B Funding from Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Excel Venture Management. The funding will be used to expand market base, sales and operations and help heath care providers share … Read more
Chairman, President and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council Steven G. Zylstra will be assuming the role of Chairman of the Technology Councils of North America (TECNA) for a two year term. Zylstra will be the head of a 13-member executive committee at TECNA, which represents more than 16,000 member technology companies throughout the US, Canada … Read more
ReplyBuy, a Scottsdale-based company that developed a new form of mobile commerce through text messaging, announced today they secured $690,000 in angel investment funds. CEO & Founder of ReplyBuy, Josh Manley, comments on the funding, “Securing this funding will help us step on the gas to accelerate growth and adoption of ReplyBuy’s platform. We’ve been fortunate enough … Read more
Rescheduling calendar appointments can be time-consuming, especially for large companies. According to Appointment-Plus, this hassle can cost your business up to 20 hours a week in staff time. The Scottsdale-based scheduling software company announced today a solution that simplifies scheduling. Appointment-Plus launched an enhanced Drag & Drop functionality that allows users to grab scheduled meetings … Read more
With his latest game released in November and a successful designing firm of his own, Attila Juhasz is moving full speed ahead. All of this, though, comes on the heels of a long career in marketing and designing that started with the dawn of the Internet. Juhasz has worked in industries across the board, including … Read more
Tucson has been named one of the “New Hot Spots” for entrepreneurs by Entrepreneur Magazine. Featured in the August 2013 issue, Shane Reiser, co-founder of the Startup Genome, wrote about Tucson’s unique “entrepreneurial conveyor belt.” The article discusses the process of building a business in Tucson and how the entrepreneurial environment contributes to the success … Read more