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Jamie Baxter’s company Qwick was almost a casualty of the pandemic. As an on-demand staffing startup for food and beverage contract employees, the shutdown of the food and beverage industry was nearly a death sentence. But Jamie and his team made some hard decisions, like laying off 60% of their staff and the remaining employees … Read more
Howard Lindzon has been interested in the stock market since he was a teenager. Now he’s an expert in investing and has bet on a wide range of startups, from Robinhood to Manscaped. And he created Stocktwits, which is essentially Twitter for stock market investors. Howard has come to understand the changing stock market pretty well … Read more
Kate Sieker loves Arizona. Like really loves Arizona. She loves it so much that she’s made it her job to convince others to love Arizona, too. Kate helps build organizations and events that bring together innovative Arizonans to convince business leaders both inside and outside of the state how great it is. Kate has always … Read more
Ruminder (Romi) Dhillon believes in Arizona’s potential to produce startups that can deliver what he calls “Bay-area results.” In fact, that belief is the foundation of Romi’s mission at Sonoran Founders Fund. As co-founder and CEO of Sonoran Founders Fund, Romi is responsible for not only finding the next big venture, but also constantly evangelizing … Read more
Brad Thomas’s company Evercast, which sells a media software that allows creative professionals to collaborate from anywhere, grew more than 10x during the pandemic. But he hasn’t always seen such success. He has a picture on the home screen of his phone that helps him never forget where he’s come from. It’s a photo of … Read more
Francine Hardaway is a force to be reckoned with. She’s always known how to make things happen, though she credits a lot of the good in her life to karma. Like the time she put $100 into bitcoin in 2012 or became a beta user of Clubhouse. In fact, Francine credits the growing tech app with helping … Read more
Mat Sherman knows how to hustle. And he knows the value of being an “insider,” which he calls anyone building a business in Silicon Valley. Insiders have much easier access to some of the biggest names in tech. Mat wants to expand that coveted inner circle of great minds, so he did what so many … Read more
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