GoDaddy acquires the scrappy and happy email marketing co. Mad Mimi

Gary Levitt, co-founder and CEO, Mad Mimi, began his business with music in mind. Levitt, a bass player, and his brother, wanted to develop an app that helped musicians create online press kits. About six months into it, they switched and developed a product that allowed people to produce marketing emails in a simple, musical-like … Read more

Six cool tech places to work in Arizona

Back in June, AZ Tech Beat and Axosoft were featured on ABC’s show The List as one of Arizona’s coolest places to work. Inspired by the piece, we decided to put together a list of our own. These spots offer awesome benefits and sprinkle the workplace with lots of extras to keep employees happy, healthy … Read more

Ok ladies, "It's Go Time!" GoDaddy's image makeover puts women entrepreneurs at center stage

GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name provider, has been steadily rebranding its image over the past year, and today they announced another big step in their creative overhaul: GoDaddy has hired advertising agency Barton F Graf 9000 to continue its image makeover in a new campaign set to premiere in September. The ad agency has … Read more

Domain turf wars – Google launches invite-only web registration site

Tishin Donkersley, M.A. & Carlene Reyes, AZTB After seemingly gobbling up everything in its sight, Google had yet to get its hands on one service: domain name registration. But now, Google is quietly, but most certainly, invading the GoDaddy dominant territory with the launch of Google Domains. While this beta site might be a surprise … Read more

GoDaddy files for $100M IPO

Scottsdale’s GoDaddy, the domain name and web hosting company that has helped numerous small businesses and distributed 57 million domain names, has submitted a registration statement proposing a $100 million initial public offering (IPO) of its stock. The company announced that it filed the registration statement with the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Monday, … Read more

In the .CLUB – GoDaddy unveils unique domain name

GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, is helping customers find the right name for their business with the newest generic Top Level Domain, .CLUB. The .CLUB domain extension adds to the already long list of unique domain names that GoDaddy has to offer. As a word that translates across many languages, … Read more

GoDaddy's global expansion adds 21 markets and 14 new languages

GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, is pleased to announce their international expansion is gaining traction and they have added 21 new markets and offering products and support in 14 new languages. Just two years ago, GoDaddy’s expansion plans were limited to North America (U.S. and Canada), and now GoDaddy is … Read more

GoDaddy exploring IPO: WSJ

In a report by the Wall Street Journal, GoDaddy is gearing up for IPO. The report indicated that the company is set to interview underwriters in the coming weeks. GoDaddy, the world’s top platform for small businesses, had made a significant shift in their messaging from the “sex sells” mantra and GoDaddy girl, to their … Read more

GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving opposes SB1062 – tweets it's "wrongheaded"

CEO GoDaddy Blake Irving released an official statement strongly opposing SB1062; and if that wasn’t enough, tweeted from his personal account just how wrong it is. GoDaddy is the world’s largest domain name Web hosting and new SSL certificate provider and a strong business leader headquartered in Arizona. They employ over 4,000 people and serve … Read more

GoDaddy adds 7 unique domain names – 14 total

GoDaddy just announced the release of seven new top-level domain name extensions today. This historic Internet ‘domain name’ expansion unlocks an abundance of new inventory for small business owners. GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar, launched seven new domain name extensions today, giving people more choices when it comes to finding the right online … Read more