Applications are now being accepted for the Spring 2014 Arizona Innovation Challenge. The competition, which is put on by the Arizona Commerce Authority, awards qualified startups and early stage companies with up to $250,000 in grant funding capital to grow their business. The Arizona Commerce Authority holds the competition twice a year and gives out … Read more
Tallwave has partnered with the city of Avondale to create a training course for health care and technology entrepreneurs. The Avondale Venture Blueprint is a 12-week course that will teach entrepreneurs how to launch, grow and sustain their businesses. “As Avondale is building our health care and technology sectors, we understand the need to support small … Read more
Tallwave announced Thursday that it will be investing $90,000 into the finalists of its High Tide for Heathcare IT competition. The competition has been going on for the last four months and companies from all across the country competed. “It’s been amazing to see the progress and the new relationships that each of these talented … Read more
Startup Weekend Phoenix occurred this past weekend and on Sunday the top 3 spots were announced. Sunday consisted of last minute prep work, advice from on-site coaches, final presentations, and the awards ceremony. From Friday-Sunday, the teams have less than 54 hours to develop concepts, prototypes, or products. 1st Place: Plato App An interactive experiment … Read more
Startup Weekend is launching an event in Phoenix on the weekend of February 21-23 to bring together entrepreneurs, designers, developers and startup enthusiasts. Attendees have 54 hours to take innovative business ideas from the initial spark to business launch. Local CEOs, founders and startup veterans will be on hand to work with the teams and … Read more
Desarrollo, a unique community-based initiative inspired by “incubator” models from around the world, announces 12 new startups that entered their Flock program – the Chandler based company announced on Monday, February 10. Desarrollo maintains the goal of developing Arizona into a premier destination for entrepreneurs. The #PhxFlight program was developed to assist entrepreneurs in developing … Read more
Venture Madness, presented by Invest Southwest in partnership with Arizona Commerce Authority, is a competition where 64 startups from around the southwest will go head-to-head and compete for a cash prize. Because of all the excitement surrounding the event, the sponsors have doubled the cash prize to $50,000. For the last 20 years, Invest Southwest, … Read more
MAC6 is a multi-stage business incubator and leadership academy for early stage entrepreneurs with great ideas. The foundation of MAC6 is Conscious Capitalism, which is an up-and-coming form of capitalism that leverages positive social change into long-term competitive advantage. MAC6 looks for small businesses that exemplify the four tenets of Conscious Capitalism, which are higher … Read more
Calling all entrepreneurs! If you’ve always wanted to start your own business but aren’t sure how, now is your chance to get together with local startups to form teams, learn new skills, and share ideas. Startup Weekend Chandler will take place Friday evening, November 15 through Sunday evening, November 17, 2013 at Gangplank Chandler. “Startup … Read more
AZ Tech Beat is proud to bring you the latest from our startup community and share exciting news from our thriving technology ecosystem. Take a look at some of Arizona’s latest startups we’ve been following in our slideshow Startup Roundup Spotlight – a social network-based people and project management (PPM) tool designed for today’s entrepreneurs looking … Read more