Last month, the room was “ignited” by an inspirational talk from Tom McDermott, founder of Ignite, who expressed his principles on how individuals should be passionately curious in everything you do. Our next #FLFPhoenix event will feature a new method of innovating your product. For our May event, we are heading back to Axosoft in … Read more
Are you passionate about improving education through great ideas? Come to Startup Weekend EDU on April 25-27th. This 52-hour event brings together educators, developers, designers, product managers, marketers, and startup enthusiasts to share ideas, form teams, build products or services, and launch startups! [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/53366381[/vimeo] Startup Weekend EDU is an event where individuals can come together … Read more
TiE Arizona, an organization with global reach providing meaningful education, mentorship and networking for entrepreneurs, announced 14 initiatives in 2014 designed to celebrate its 14 years of leadership in the community. With a refreshed website and many exciting new programs planned for the year, TiE Arizona is dedicated to continuing its rich heritage of fostering … Read more
Venture Madness, presented by Invest Southwest in partnership with Arizona Commerce Authority, announced it’s 64 startups from around the southwest who will compete head-to-head for a portion of the $50,000 prize. How Venture Madness works: Think of it as the “Battle of the Brackets” where startups duel it out bracket-style for the top slot. After … Read more
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
Sixteen startups pitched for a cash prize at the first AZ Technology Council Startup Connect AZ, a high-energy all-day conference filled with education, networking, and a discussion of a variety of topics revolving around technology and entrepreneurship, mentorship, and funding. Startups were chosen from the four fastest growing industries in Arizona: clean tech, health and … Read more
This past summer, AZTB reported about Tap the Future™, Miller Lite’s business competition. Five of the semifinalists, and two from Arizona, will compete in the exciting live pitch event in Phoenix on October 15th at Talking Stick Resort in front of a panel of experts, including Daymond John from ABC’s “Shark Tank,” Lance Rios, founder of DigiBunch LLC and creator of … Read more
FLF is back in full swing for the month of September! Last month’s FLF kicked off with speaker Thom Brodeur, executive vice president of venture management at Tallwave, who spoke about how Arizona’s entrepreneurial ecosystem can help the state compete on a global stage by taking innovations all the way to commercialization, faster and with … Read more
Thom Brodeur, EVP of Venture Management at Tallwave, didn’t hold back his raw thoughts on how to get Arizona’s entrepreneur scene going and boost our tech ecosystem. Known for his vigor and vibrant presentation style, Brodeur gave a talk about “Commercializing Innovation” to a sold out crowd at the Free Lunch Friday event where he … Read more
As Chris Johnson, CEO and founder of Terralever, put it, “When you look back on 11 years of running an organization, you tend to remember all the failures, all the things that went wrong and, hopefully, things that you’ve learned from.” Johnson shared 12 pieces of advice from his own experiences to a full room … Read more