Desarrollo, an incubator and accelerator program, announced today its plans to launch Alchemy Lab, a twelve-week, hyper-development hacker program designed to elevate skill sets of the next generation of coders. Founder of Desarrollo, David Rice explained that the program is based on the MEAN stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS, and Node.js), the technologies used by the … Read more
LaunchPoint, the Mesa Technology Accelerator, in partnership with ASU Polytechnic campus and Entrepreneurship & Innovation Group, announces the launch (pun intended) of their Rapid Startup School, a free program for innovators to help them learn the fundamentals of starting a new venture. The program will consist of 12 hour-long modules at LaunchPoint, located at 6113 S … Read more
FreeBike Project is finding away to add technology to a business that does not seem like it needs it. FreeBike Project puts advertisements on bicycles and then leases those bikes to college students for free. It seems like a pretty solid advertising/marketing company, but the company’s cofounder, Scott Ferreira said “there is a whole technology … Read more
On Thursday, March 20, the Arizona Interactive Marketing Association (AZIMA) held its 2nd annual TIM Awards – named after Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the World Wide Web. The TIM Awards celebrates the best in the Valley of digital marketing professionals and their successful marketing campaigns in the interactive realm for the calendar year 2013. … Read more
The Arizona economy is off to a good start this year. According to numbers released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Monday, Arizona had the third largest job growth so far this year. The state added 8,600 jobs from December 2013 to January 2014, the report said. Only Texas and Ohio had larger growth, … Read more
eMoneyPool (EMP), a digital microfinance provider that helps the underserved access capital through their social networks, recently raised an undisclosed amount of capital from Accion’s Venture Lab, a $10 million initiative dedicated to providing seed capital and management to disruptive and established early-stage startups with demonstrated revenue traction. The Accion U.S. Network is the largest … Read more
Venture Madness, presented by Invest Southwest in partnership with the Arizona Commerce Authority, introduces the final 16 competing startups that will pitch live for a chunk of the $50,000 prize. Additionally, Venture Madness announces today that Geoffrey Moore; a best-selling author, Venture Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Chairman Emeritus, TCG Advisors, The Chasm Institute and The Chasm … Read more
Seed Spot announced their 3rd class of hero ventures last night during a kick-off party held at their headquarters in Central Phoenix. Seed Spot is a nonprofit incubator that supports social entrepreneurs with their innovative ventures that intend to benefit the lives of people in our local, national, or global communities. Seed Spot works exclusively … 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
From co-working spaces and incubators to educational institutions and former founders, startups have been popping up each week and has been one of our major coverage points for AZTB. It’s been awesome to meet so many great founders and follow their growth. Here are just some of the startups the team has covered-if I listed … Read more