On-demand services have been gaining popularity, especially amongst younger audiences. Tapingo, the mobile food ordering app, allows college students to skip the line at their favorite on-campus dining and get back to studying. The app allows students to pay for their food using their university meal plan or credit card. Once the order is in, … Read more
AZ Tech Beat has a new web-series offering business advice and work experiences, from the startup world to the startup world. The AZ Tech Beat Startup Journal features a variety of founders who are in different stages in their startup. Each episode is a two to three minute video that highlights the “Dos,” “Donts,” and … Read more
Happy hour is over, you’ve had a few and it’s time to call a ride. In Arizona, more ride services are expanding to the Valley and competing for your business. AsterRide, a hail-a-ride service that recently launched in Phoenix, aims to distinguish themselves from the masses by offering a larger selection of vehicles, advanced booking, … Read more
Every March the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) brings together 68 teams to compete in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and has been the most-watched NCAA tourney in 22 years. Most viewers are anxiously awaiting a Kentucky train-wreck, but will it come? Or will a different kind of history be made if Kentucky goes undefeated – … Read more
Photo contribution Thomas Hawthorne Greg McKeown, New York Times best selling author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, packed a punch a ICON 15 with his powerful message about how having one priority is the key to success. Entrepreneurs can typically be the type of person who will take on everything and make it all … Read more
“Different is better than better,” said author, speaker and former advertising executive Sally Hogshead during her keynote speech at Infusionsoft’s ICON15 small business conference. Hogshead, emphasized that honing in on what makes you different helps you compete in your market without having an extravagant marketing budget. Hogshead founded Fascinate, Inc. and created The Fascinate System, … Read more
This isn’t an April Fool Joke, GoDaddy finally announced its IPO on the New York Stock exchange and within hours the stock rose 31 percent. Under the ticker symbol “GDDY”, GoDaddy’s class A common stock launched to the public at a quoted $20 dollars a share, fluctuated throughout the day between $25.49 and $26.84, and … Read more
Photo contribution by Thomas Hawthorne Emails, postcards, blogs, text, posts, tweets and videos are just some examples of communication noise that is being directed at customers to buy products and services-but how much of this content is meaningful and connecting with the customer over the long-term? To help small businesses owners maneuver through the world … Read more
Ensuring your customers have a great experience while interacting with your company or startup can be elusive. Sometimes when a customer has a bad experience with a company they’ll drop them forever, which means less dollars for the company. [youtube]https://youtu.be/ETXqLkNopRA[/youtube] Justin MacDonald, Manager of Customer Experience at Infusionsoft, spoke at AZ Tech Beat’s recent Lunch … Read more
Austin-based social media and content marketing platform, OutboundEngine, has expanded to Old Town Scottsdale bringing 60 new jobs over the next year. CEO of OutboundEngine Branndon Stewart said he chose Arizona and more specifically Scottsdale because, “Arizona has a friendly business climate and is an easy flight from our headquarters in Austin. As for Scottsdale … Read more