Co-founder Chris Petroff steps down from incubator SEED SPOT

Chris Petroff, the co-founder of SEED SPOT, will be stepping down to pursue other ventures-the location is undisclosed at this time. Petroff is known for being a strong advocate for the entrepreneurship community and told AZTB that he will continue to nurture Arizona entrepreneurship. In December of 2011, Chris and co-founder Courtney Klein Johnson dreamed … Read more

Aspect Software Acquires Orlando-based Voxeo Corp. for $150 million

Aspect Software will acquire Orlando-based Voxeo Corp. for $150 million, in order to expand its high-tech operation. Aspect Software is the leader in call-center software and a global provider of customer contact, workforce optimization, back-office optimization and Microsoft platform solutions. More specifically, it is a $450 million global IT and services firm focused on providing … Read more

How to Pitch An Angel for $1 Million – Interview with Patrick Armstrong & Todd Belfer of Canal Partners

Editor in Chief Tishin Donkersley, M.A. sat down with Patrick Armstrong, Vice President and Co-Founder of JDA Investments (US), Inc. and Todd Belfer, Managing Partner of Canal Partners to learn more about how to pitch to an Arizona Angel, identify the red flags in ones’ pitch deck and share mistakes they’ve made as entrepreneurs along the way.

Scottsdale iOS App Developers, Software Ops, Obsess Over Data Security To Keep Your Information Safe

Software Ops is so dedicated to security, they not only have six homemade applications for Apple users around the purpose of safe storage, they even named their latest app “My Eyes Only Pro” to drive home the point. My Eyes Only Pro is a secure password and personal information manager for iPhone & iPad, and … Read more

NETtime Solutions: The unSoftware Company That Almost Wasn't.

The cloud has revolutionized data access and consumption. It seems like most of today’s tech startups depend, in one way or another, on a cloud component. But, in 2007, pitching a cloud-based startup to a venture capitalist was like pitching a flat earth theory to Pythagoras: tough to sell. In that atmosphere, Bahan Sadegh saw … Read more