Pat Sullivan, co-founder and CEO of Contatta and formerly co-founder and CEO of SalesLogix and ACT!, will receive yet another award for his contribution to the business world and this time its the OneNeck IT Services People’s Choice Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2014 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards (GCOI) presented by Avnet, Inc., AZ Tech … Read more
We’re back! The AZ Tech Beat Lunch and Learn is geared up for startups and small biz! We have an exciting 2014-15 year lined up for you, from talks about how to raise money, the latest marketing techniques to build your business, employee engagement, the latest technology on the market and personal development. August we kick … Read more
The ability to whip up a delectable delight isn’t just for the professionals, but also for the food enthusiasts that like to cook a special dish that they mastered years ago. Wouldn’t it be cool if these special talents didn’t go unnoticed, but rather were advertised on a website that employs the services of personal, … Read more
Have you ever had to look for a babysitter for your dog? Or what about your snake or your ferret? Who would you trust to watch a furry member of your family? Startup PetSitNStay aims to help you find that solution the next time you want to jet out of town. Created by Arizona State … Read more
Tucson startups now have a crowdfunding platform to call their own. MonsoonFund helps small businesses in the city raise early stage funding while giving the added opportunity to expand their network of supporters. It was created by the team at Startup Tucson, a premiere entrepreneurship development organization. Chairman and Founder Justin Williams said their platform … Read more
Pivot Freight, a freight shipping rate comparison tool, has been chosen as the first Arizona startup to be a part of Techstars in Austin, a rigorous and competitive, three-month long accelerator program. More than 1,500 companies applied for 11 spots for a chance to grow their businesses with the help of heavy mentorship, networking connections … Read more
Startup Mobile Safe Case, a device or case that allows you to lock up your personal items via smartphone, announced today the closing of their first round of funding of $175,000 from an undisclosed Arizona-based hedge fund. CEO Justin Zastrow tells AZTB that the money will “…allow us to source and deliver our to-go-market product … Read more
Parchment, the leader in electronic transfer exchange announced today the appointment of former Google and Facebook executive Ethan Beard as an independent member of its board of directors. With Parchment growing at an enormously fast pace, Beard’s extensive experience in transforming consumer Internet services to sector-wide platforms will be put to good use. Beard will … Read more
Two Arizona early-stage startups, Vicinity Health and SyCara Local, were accepted into The Indus Entrepreneurship (TiE) 2014 conference as finalists in the TiE50 Awards Program and pitched in front of tech CEOs, entrepreneurs and investors from all around the world. The AZ startups were chosen out of over 2,800 applicants from 27 countries. The TiE50 … Read more
In elementary school it’s engrained in our minds at an early age to raise our hands when we have a question, so to not interrupt the speaker – simple classroom etiquette. But what about an individual who sits in a giant 1,000-person lecture hall? How do they ask a question and be heard? Or what about … Read more