This morning, the panelists at the AZ Tech Beat Women in Tech event put some spice in everyone’s coffee with a side of real and raw discussion about managing your reputation online. In the digital world, we have our personal and our professional image, and the panelists offered advice on how to best manage these … Read more
The details have been sparse, but today we finally found out GT Advanced Technologies’ (GTAT) fate. GTAT’s attorney stated earlier today that the split is an ‘amicable parting of ways,’ and that the accord will save millions of dollars and solve most issues. Related: GTAT cuts hundreds of jobs from Arizona employees GTAT’s attorney also disclosed … Read more
Most startups pitch for dough in an office or on a stage-but how about on a bus? CEO and founder Notebowl Andrew Chaifetz had no idea who the gentleman was sitting next to him on the shuttle bus from Tuscon to Phoenix, but ended up sharing his vision for Notebowl. The gentleman turned out to … Read more
Tallwave Capital, a commercializer, announced today the closing of a $13.5M Tallwave Commercialization Fund I. This seed fund is focused exclusively on investing in startups in SaaS, mobile, digital media, ad tech and eCommerce. Investments can range from $125K to $400K in early-stage differentiated consumer and enterprise focused businesses in most industry vertical markets. “This is … Read more
Who knew goofy cartoon pictures would help students learn science? Apparently investors did, and they doubled down on their bet. Picmonic, a research proven audiovisual mnemonic tool that helps students master science, announced today that it has closed $1.25 million in a convertible note financing, bringing total funds raised by the company to $2.6 million. This startup … Read more
StringCan Interactive, an online marketing, branding and technology services company, announced today that it has acquired Boston-based Baked & Branded, a technology services firm specializing in bringing startups to market. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The combined company will merge creative strategy with application technology development to provide agile and flexible end-to-end technology and … Read more
Entrepreneurs: ready your voices, fine-tune your pitches and get set for one of the largest startup competitions in the world. UP Phoenix is bringing the Global Startup Battle to the Valley in a 54-hour rapid-fire event that brings together local designers, developers and entrepreneurs. Centered around Global Entrepreneurship Week, the initiative was created by Startup … Read more
GTAT announced Thursday afternoon their plan to cut hundreds of jobs due to their Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on October 6. Reports indicate that a total of 727 jobs will be cut in order to help keep the struggling company afloat. According to SFGate, the job cuts include 524 production workers, 108 technical positions, 70 … Read more
Headaches are the worst! Reduce the amount of harmful blue-light that you take in by replacing some of your gadgets, like sunglasses and light bulbs, with gadgets that filter out the bad stuff. Here are some tech gadgets to help break those painful annoyances. TheraSpecs Local startup, TheraSpecs, are precision tinted glasses that filter harmful … Read more
JDA Software Group, Inc., the world’s leading supply chain and retail solutions provider, today announced that Baljit (Bal) Dail has been named JDA Chief Executive Officer after assuming the CEO position on an interim basis in May 2014. Dail, a former senior technology executive and JDA’s Chairman of the Board is excited to get to work! … Read more