Pinnacle Transplant wins Venture Madness, $30K

Pinnacle Transplant Technologies, a Phoenix-based biotech company, and client company at the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI), was named the Venture Madness champion and took home the grand prize of $30K. The competition began with 64 startups and drilled down to one winner. “It’s been a fun experience,” said Gabriel Hyams, Pinnacle Transplant CEO. “This opens my eyes … Read more

Startup Contatta debuts at ShowStoppers CES2014

Guestimate how many emails you receive per day. 100, 200, maybe more? Now take that number and times that by five work days, then by four weeks, how many emails is that now? Sickening. One local startup aims to fix this broken record of email hell, get us organized and build a relationship with our … Read more

What made Free Lunch Friday 2013 awesome – slideshow

One of the first events we launched in 2013 was our Free Lunch Friday series. Founder Danny Beckett Jr. wanted to put together a national movement that not only celebrated entrepreneurs and their hunger for growing a business, but to bring them together to network, learn, collaborate and even make friends. On March 29, 2013 … Read more

Greg Head, CMO of Infusionsoft, talks positioning ones' company for growth – video

Greg Head, CMO of Infusionsoft, gave an energizing and insightful talk on how to strategically position and market ones’ business for success at our Free Lunch Friday event. Greg began the talk with explaining how marketing strategies have changed and businesses today are not just selling to their customers anymore, they also need to think … Read more

The startup mentality, verbal design and lessons learned-this year at AZEC13 – slideshow

Yesterday at the AZEC13, entrepreneurs ranging from startup to seasoned offered their knowledge and advice about growing a business to a full house at Gangplank Chandler. I was there live and captured advice from Pat Sullivan, CEO & co-founder of Contatta, James Archer, CEO of Forty Design, and Heidi Jannenga, co-founder of WebPT. Pat Sullivan, … Read more

8th annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference (AZEC) to take place November 13th

The 8th Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship (AZEC) conference is where Arizona innovators and investors connect, collaborate and grow. This event strives to bring entrepreneurs together, share pertinent and valuable knowledge, benefit the surrounding communities, and develop strong relationships between one another. “This conference has grown to one of the most anticipated events of the year, and this … Read more

Brian Mohr, Co-Founder & COO of Y Scouts, to speak at Free Lunch Friday

Last month at Free Lunch Friday, mobile app developers Jo Overline and Ryan Allen, better known as the Dapper Gentlemen, lit up the room with a healthy dose of humor and advice with their talk “Embracing Disruptive Mobile Technology.” Their talk drew over 10,000 views to AZ Tech Beat TV YouTube channel. For entrepreneurs considering … Read more

Jo Overline and Ryan Allen – "Embracing Disruptive Mobile Technology" for your business – video

Jo Overline and Ryan Allen, founders of Dapper Gentlemen a mobile application development company, had a healthy dose of humor and advice as they presented “embracing disruptive mobile technology” for your business at AZTB’s Free Lunch Friday. The talk began with a brief history lesson about how our society’s communication channels have morphed from the … Read more

Buy What You Want Through A Text Message

With 6.1 billion texts sent and received in the United States everyday, ReplyBuy, a Scottsdale-based software company, is taking advantage of this opportunity and developed a new form of mobile commerce by leveraging something you already use: text messages. Their technology is helping companies solve their problem of unloading excess perishable or time-sensitive inventory or … Read more

ReplyBuy Secures $690,000 in Angel Funding

ReplyBuy, a Scottsdale-based company that developed a new form of mobile commerce through text messaging, announced today they secured $690,000 in angel investment funds. CEO & Founder of ReplyBuy, Josh Manley, comments on the funding, “Securing this funding will help us step on the gas to accelerate growth and adoption of ReplyBuy’s platform. We’ve been fortunate enough … Read more