SinglePoint, Inc., a state-of-the-art mobile technology and full-service mobile marketing company, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to purchase Drive Media Network’s existing digital signage network. SinglePoint anticipates having Drive Media’s management team join the SinglePoint team and bring its more than 30 years collective experience designing, building, operating and programming digital signage networks … Read more
Synergis Education announced the successful completion of a $5 million Series A2 financing round with Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. (hereafter “Mitsui USA”) a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, one of the most diversified and comprehensive trading, investment and service enterprises in the world. Mitsui USA joins the largest investor … Read more
PITOOEY! Inc. announced that it has named Richard M. Hybner as their new CEO. As a rapidly expanding company, the announcement follows the recent acquisition of RAADR software for social media monitoring and the launch of their flagship product, the PITOOEY! app. Former CEO of PITOOEY!, Jacob DiMartino, will continue his duties as President and … Read more
As many startups and entrepreneurs are vastly aware, a strong foundation and community of like-minded individuals is crucial to a growing company. Simply the support a community can offer, as well as the resources are enough to keep ideas flowing and everything moving in the right direction. With this idea in mind, Socious was born. … Read more
We all have those pesky jobs we need done – whether it’s trimming the trees or remodeling a bathroom, but it can be hard to find qualified people to complete this kind of work without spending a pretty penny! eJobba is an online database that will help consumers and businesses with the hustle and bustle of efficiently finding qualified … Read more
Avnet, Inc., a leading global technology distributor, announced the 2014 winners of the Avnet Tech Games. Close to 200 students from Arizona community colleges and universities competed head-to-head for the top spots in the Avnet Tech Games Arizona onsite competition on Saturday, April 12, 2014, at the University of Advancing Technology (UAT) in Tempe, Arizona. … Read more
Racing Snail, a Phoenix-based cloud-based software company, announced the release of its insurance productivity management system Checktivity. Checktivity is a groundbreaking system that enables insurance agents to track, manage, and analyze the activities that drive sales and builds upon Racing Snail’s software platform that helps insurance agents analyze sales data for the agency. In 2013, Imprezzio … Read more
President and CEO of Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology’s (NACET) Russ Yelton is stepping down and transitioning into his next role as CEO for Pinnacle Transplant Technologies (PTT) – a Phoenix-based biologics company known for making allograft tissue. Yelton has been an icon of entrepreneurship in Northern Arizona as he and the NACET … Read more
Jan Brewer’s 2nd term as Arizona’s governor comes to a close later in 2014, but she isn’t quite finished just yet. On February 26, 2014 Brewer vetoed a controversial bill that many critics deemed had “an anti-gay” agenda. Not only has she vetoed such debilitating laws such as the aforementioned SB 1062, but Brewer has … Read more
Tucson’s premiere entrepreneurship development organization, Startup Tucson, is proud to announce the launch of Thryve, a social impact incubator. The new incubator resides in Startup Tucson’s CoLab workspace offices at Holualoa’s historic Pioneer Building at 17 E. Pennington Street Tucson, AZ 85710. Justin Williams, chairman & founder of Startup Tucson, shared that the inspiration to … Read more