Founded in 2003, Parchment has become the leader in the electronic transcript exchange business. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, they make it painfully easy to manage school transcript(s) online, and send / receive them to / from any educational institution. Having current integration with over 9,000 high schools nationwide (translating to over 30% of the market), … Read more
Meet Scott and Stacey Ferreira. They are co-founders of MySocialCloud.com. Inspiration came for this business startup after Scott lost all of his website / password information from a computer crash – he then had the idea to take this storage to the cloud! MySocialCloud.com was dreampt of being an all-in-one place to store personal internet … Read more
With online presence being a necessity for local businesses today, getting a handle on all the online tools available can be daunting. Clarisoft, a Scottsdale-based company, works directly with entrepreneurs to develop customized websites, web platforms, and mobile apps, with an eye toward customer development, rather than blind product development. Clarisoft is known to utilize … Read more
Hosted in the historic Levine Machine Building in downtown Phoenix, the Seed Spot Kick-Off Event last night was jam packed with serious local entrepreneurs. It promised big news, great speakers, and some fun and entertainment – it certainly didn’t disappoint! Background on Seed Spot: Courtney Klein Johnson and Chris Petroff are two budding entrepreneurs and … Read more
Every year during the summer, and after a major release of OnTime, the Development Team at Axosoft takes a 30-day break to focus on something else. The time is used for new learning opportunities, experiments, or even the launch of new startups. This year, both the Dev and Marketing Teams joined forces to launch both … Read more
Planning events used to entail printing out hundred of fliers and taping them around the city, hoping someone will take interest in the event. Today, events have become much more complicated, but also effective. Now event planners need to manage online registration, promoting the event in print and online, and many other intricacies to make … Read more
Going for a night on the town seems fun and exciting, but instead you are stuck picking the right bar, worrying if you have enough cash for the night, and waiting to pay your tab. Once you get there you spend most of your time cramped, standing in long lines, and squeezing through the crowd … Read more
Arizona’s tech community is heating up with new startups, established companies, new investors, incubators and various tech events throughout the valley. One of the biggest problems is just keeping up with everything that’s happening in the valley or even knowing which companies exist. Of course, that’s why we launched AZTechBeat and the Events calendar and free … Read more
Remember the Extreme Pitch 2012 event that we reported on back in May? Well, the annual event hosted by Gangplank Chandler is the culmination of a program called RoadMap To Launch. This program consists of 10 weeks of training led by local experts that guide budding entrepreneurs through the process of transitioning their latest and … Read more
Often in the startup world, a company will get to the point of “success” where it has a solid management team and a cash-flow positive product or service, but lacks the capital, connections or guidance to scale to its full potential. At this level, Arizona startups often face the additional challenge of trying to attract … Read more