Announcing AZTechBeat's First Sponsors

I’m happy to announce AZTechBeat’s first sponsors. If you like the type of content you see on AZTechBeat.com, help support our sponsors when possible. Kelly / Warner Law – Attorneys specializing in Internet and Business Law. Growth Nation – A one-stop shop for marketing and sales to grow locally, regionally and globally. Osborn Maledon – Providing … Read more

Audio Excursions Set to Create Website & Mobile Application for Self Guided Tours Worldwide

Heading off to a major tourist destination this summer? Wanting to know what you are looking at when wandering around in a museum? Or already hit the most famous tourist spots in NYC, and looking for more? Audio Excursions is looking to be the answer to all of these questions by giving you an interactive … Read more

CO+HOOTS Hosts Event to Make Arizona THRIVE

CO+HOOTS is one of the best places in Arizona for coworking–hosting 16 businesses as well as a small army of freelancers and startups that call the spot their “office.” They’re focused on bringing members of the creative class of Phoenix together and fostering collaboration and mutual growth. One way they do this is by hosting … Read more

AlphaStripe Goes Beta, Launching Its Online Community For Veterans

On Monday, we observed Memorial Day in honor of fallen U.S. soldiers. But while many people spent the day grilling burgers by the pool, the holiday undoubtedly held a much different sentiment for those who have served in the military and those who have lost friends or family during wartime or in conflict zones. Veterans … Read more

20 Arizona Startups Get $200,000 in Grants from ASU's Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative

If you want to be an entrepreneur, ASU is probably one of the best places you could be right now. A few years back, ASU president Michael Crow started an initiative to help make all of ASU’s colleges more entrepreneurial. Every college at ASU started offering business classes, so students wanting to start their own … Read more

Gilbert-based Infusionsoft Grosses $26M in 2011

Founded by local residents Clate Mask and Scott Martineau, they built and tailored the Infusionsoft platform to help small businesses reach their set growth objectives. Being former struggling small business owners themselves, both Mask and Martineau saw a need for their service. Beginning in 2001 as a custom software shop, Infusionsoft then received a total … Read more

Co+Hoots Gives Phoenix Creative Professionals a Place to Call "Work"

Over the last decade years, more and more professionals have been able to forgo the corporate office environment and work from anywhere with an Internet connection. But while working from home may sound like a dream come true, it often proves to be amotivational and, frankly… lonely. Similarly, the “work from coffeehouse” model can be terribly … Read more

Local Startup Page.ly is the WordPress Host with the Most

With over 60 million users, WordPress has become an incredibly popular platform for website and blog creation. The open source software offers thousands of plugins and themes, allowing sites to be fully customizable, but also creating a learning curve that can stifle less technically proficient users in terms of setup, security and maintenance. Fortunately, the … Read more

Extreme Pitch Startup Event Sells Out at Gangplank

Arizona’s startup scene is certainly heating up. The Extreme Pitch startup event will feature ten local companies to present on Tuesday, May 15th. The demand for creativity, innovation, and design is here, and these local companies are rising to the challenge. Extreme Pitch – Company Finalists: Intuitive Visions – Creates character driven media properties designed … Read more