Brian Mohr, COO and co-founder of Y Scouts, a purposed based executive search firm, led an inspirational and thought-provoking discussion at our Free Lunch Friday with his talk “Building Purpose Driven Organizations.” [youtube]http://youtu.be/hqB5haBftTk[/youtube] Mohr kicked off the talk with some shocking stats from the workplace: In a recent article by Yahoo Finance: 60 percent of … Read more
INTEGRATE the first closed-loop marketing software and media services provider announced today they received $7 million in new equity funding led by the Foundry Group with participation from Comcast Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures. The company’s $7 million adds to the $11 million Integrate received in March 2012 from Comcast Ventures, Liberty Global and Foundry Group, … Read more
The Arizona Technology Council will be hosting the state’s first ever Startup Connect AZ 2013. This high-energy conference will focus on stimulating Arizona’s expanding startup community and funding the ecosystem to increase economic growth. It will be a full day of education, networking, and a discussion of a variety of topics revolving around technology, entrepreneurship, mentorship, … Read more
Entrepreneurship and startups in Arizona have played a major role in creating jobs and allowing the ecosystem to thrive. These efforts have not gone unnoticed and it has been announced that ten of the state’s best businesses are being recognized as finalists for the prestigious Spirit of Enterprise Awards from the W.P. Carey School of … Read more
The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) selected 20 recipients for its AZ Fast Grant program, a highly competitive grant providing qualified Arizona-based, early stage technology companies with intensive training and technical assistance to commercialize their innovations, grow their business, and most importantly, create jobs for Arizona. According to the ACA, companies may use AZ Fast Grants … Read more
GoDaddy, the world’s leading domain name provider, has acquired Afternic, one of the industry’s leading domain name aftermarket companies based in Waltham, Massachusetts. The acquisition will enable buyers to quickly and easily purchase registered domain names for sale. Afternic was founded in 1999, lists more than five million premium domain names for sale, and receives … Read more
RIB MC2, a Stuttgart-based company and the creator of 5D Total Cost Management software for the construction industry, announced the appointment of Ron Babich to chief executive officer for its North America operations, with headquarters in Glendale, Arizona. Babich is no stranger to Arizona and the software space as he previously served as chief revenue … Read more
Online courses are likely to become the future of education. While some students like the flexibility afforded by taking a course online, others say they say they learn less because they have a hard time engaging with the course materials. “I really don’t like online classes because I feel like I don’t get as much … Read more
When founder Kelsey Falter of Poptip, a website that can deliver survey results in real time, realized that her star developer Roly Fentanes from Arizona was an undocumented immigrant, she set off on a tireless year-long journey through the web of U.S. Immigrations policy to get him legally on her team. Falter was convinced that … 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