Need a mobile app? With smart phones taking over the technology scene mobile app development is growing rapidly. Many businesses are now relying on mobile apps to market their companies. Arizona has several mobile app companies that design, develop, and market mobile apps and are putting our state on the map. Here are two examples … Read more
Infusionsoft has been on a tear recently. In 2012 they posted $39 million in revenue and hired 150 new employees, bringing their total employee count to 350. Even more exciting, yesterday, they announced a $54 million venture capital investment from a group led by Goldman Sachs. Infusionsoft is an all-in-one sales and marketing automation … Read more
Businesses struggle to find the perfect equipment, technology, and support for their specific company. In the late 1990s Dan Calderone and Lyndon Edmonson struggled to find software for their courier businesses and therefore combined their thirty years of experience to form CXT Software. The previous software packages lacked features, were outdated, or were too expensive … Read more
Arizona has always been a hotbed for CRM companies (think Act,SalesLogix, Infusionsoft), and Tucson-based Simpleview has quietly joined that growing list. Simpleview has emerged as another rapidly growing software company that creates a CRM and CMS solution specifically for destination marketing organizations (or DMOs). Simpleview is a company that helps destination marketing organizations (DMOs) with conventions … Read more
We were recently tipped off that San Francisco-based startup Uber has started “secretly” offering its on-demand driver services in the Phoenix metro area. Founded in 2010, Uber is a service that connects passengers with drivers, predominantly through its mobile application (available on iPhone and Android). The app displays a real-time map of Uber cars nearby … 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
There’s no shortage of web/interactive design and development companies out there, so if you’re going to call yourselves “interactive superheroes,” you better be packing some comic book worthy superpowers (spoiler alert: Meltmedia most definitely is). With 12 years under its belt, Tempe-based Meltmedia is now the biggest and quite possibly the most capable interactive agency … Read more
Organizations of all sizes struggle with determining the best way to provide their employees with technical training. Traditional classroom training can be expensive and time consuming–often requiring employees to spend days or weeks off site. Simply providing employees with books to study can often prove to be ineffective–as there is very little interactivity or opportunities … Read more
Deployd was founded by Jeff Cross and Ritchie Martori to solve a problem that they had noticed during years of building applications for clients–the redundancy of building backends. The apps they were building always needed the same basic features–user authentication, validated/secured data, and a “front end” for users to interact with. Each time they built … Read more
Phoenix resident Gelie Akhenblit was looking for her next career move. While networking in the local business community, she saw a need for a calendar that would list networking events around the Valley. She thought it would be fun to create the calendar and enlisted the help of her husband Erin-Michael Johnson, a software engineer, to create the … Read more