PHX Startup Week will be a month this year, kicking off at the beginning of April with virtual events for three weeks and ending with five days of keynote speakers, workshops and tactical learning sessions. PHX Startup Week is partnering with Startup Together AZ to expand statewide to help support and grow Arizona’s startup ecosystem. … Read more
ElectraMeccanica, a Canadian-based electric car company, has selected Mesa as the company’s U.S. based assembly facility and engineering technical center. ElectraMeccanica worked with BDO USA’s Site Selection & Incentives Practice to find the for the selection process, which began February 2020. BDO initially identified seven potential candidates and sent requests for proposals from local authorities … 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
Arizona is holding its own as one of the country’s major tech hubs. Tech jobs and tech salaries saw significant increases last year, even during a global pandemic. In fact, the growth likely came because of the pandemic. As the country was forced into quarantine and work-from-home scenarios, technology became more important than ever. “At … Read more
The pandemic has taken a toll on so many aspects of life, but one of the biggest concerns has been education and student performance. 2020 has sometimes been referred to as the “lost year.” Did our kids lose quality learning? Gnosis IQ aims to provide a way for parents and other educators to find out … Read more
Gregg Scoresby wants to be the most active investor in Arizona, but he’d love for someone to give him a run for his money. Gregg is passionate about the Arizona tech community and hopes to see it continue to grow. But he’s not just on the lookout for the next great Arizona startup. He’s also … Read more
Postscript is bringing one-on-one human connection to e-commerce by way of our text inboxes. Postscript CMO Mike Manheimer says that text messaging, when done correctly, has the potential to be “magical” for e-commerce companies. And yes, he used the word magical. Manheimer says that not only can SMS messaging offer customers a better experience, it … Read more
Protecting our kids has never been harder, and the internet is one of the main reasons for that. It’s also something we can’t live without. The internet has become a hunting ground for predators, who lurk on social media sites hoping to take advantage of unsuspecting tweens and teens. Gilbert-based startup Cyber Dive has built … Read more
Unity, the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, announced today the acquisition of Tempe-based VisualLive. The acquisition of VisualLive provides an opportunity for Unity to expand in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry because VirtualLive claims to be “augmented reality for construction.” VirtualLive users can push large BIM/CAD model … Read more
Just a few weeks after PayGround co-founder and CEO Drew Mercer found out he had testicular cancer, his wife gave birth to their third child. Mercer says that in a span of two weeks, he and his wife received more than 20 separate healthcare bills, each one a paper statement with a different way to … Read more