August 2026
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Business & Bioindustry
“Arizona is one of the nation’s fastest growing and most attractive hubs for biosciences,” says Sandra Watson, president and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority, noting also the corollary that the bioscience sector is one of the state’s … [More]
Features
Remote Work Did Not Fail Young Workers – Management Did
For months, artificial intelligence was cast as the villain behind rising youth unemployment. AI was supposedly eliminating entry-level jobs, replacing junior workers and making it harder for recent graduates to get their foot in the door. Then the … [More]
Grimaldi’s Pizzeria: A Community Legacy Baked into Every Slice
Grimaldi’s Pizzeria may be famous for its coal-brick oven, Brooklyn-style pizza, but in Arizona it has also become synonymous with community. When the brand opened its first location outside New York in Old Town Scottsdale in 2003, it brought more … [More]
Smarter Summer Savings
Summer is the season when many Valley business owners brace themselves for rising air-conditioning costs. This year, companies have a new way to save, with SRP’s Bring Your Own Thermostat Program (BYOT) for Business. This easy, automated program … [More]
The Yoga of Marketing: Finding Balance in a Noisy Business World
In today’s fast-paced digital world, marketing often feels like a race — louder messages, faster campaigns and constant visibility. Yet, many businesses are discovering that relentless motion does not always yield meaningful results. Instead, a more … [More]
Hospitality Is a Verb: Designing Experiences People Remember
The design industry has spent years talking about experience. Hotels, restaurants, workplaces and mixed-use developments all aspire to create memorable moments that keep people coming back. But there is a challenge: Memorable experiences cannot be … [More]
Roundtable
The Hidden Shipping-Cost Crisis
When UPS and FedEx announced their latest round of rate increases, most small business owners did what they always do: They braced for a single … [More]
Economy
Why Middle-Market Companies Need Bankers Who Look beyond the Balance Sheet
As the leading metro for business activity in Arizona, Phoenix is evolving rapidly. What began as a metro focused predominantly on real estate and … [More]
Nonprofit
Overall Giving Surpasses $600 Million
Even amid a year rife with governmental policy change — taxation, funding, environmental, healthcare, social justice — American philanthropists … [More]
By The Numbers
Artificial Intelligence, Workload, and Productivity Expectations
As companies rush to integrate AI tools into daily operations, a new survey from ResumeTemplates.com reveals that 31% of workers say their workload … [More]
From the Top
Mark Davis: Brewing Black Rock Coffee Bar’s Next Chapter
When I took over as CEO of Black Rock Coffee Bar in the spring of 2023, I inherited a company with something most leaders only dream of: a culture so strong that guests could feel it the moment they … [More]
Legal
Preventing Lawsuits through Better Safety Policies
Businesses face a variety of legal risks every day, but many lawsuits can be reduced or prevented through thoughtful safety policies, consistent enforcement, and proactive risk management. When a … [More]
Startups
9 Efficiency Hacks Every Entrepreneur Should Implement Today
Phoenix ranks seventh nationally in the number of startups. But, with so many entrepreneurs getting their businesses off the ground, there is immense competition and pressure to move fast without … [More]
Healthcare
Why Arizona Is Ground Zero for Rethinking Primary Care Access
Arizona is not an easy place to deliver healthcare. That is precisely why it has become the proving ground for a different model of primary care. The structural realities are stark. Arizona faces a shortage of more than 4,000 physicians and 4,600 … [More]
Technology
When AI ‘Goes Rogue,’ Who Is Accountable?
The OpenAI-Hugging Face breach was not a robot rebellion. It was a warning about what happens when machine capability outruns containment, governance and responsibility. “AI went rogue” is an irresistible headline. It suggests that a machine woke … [More]
Semi Insights
McKinsey Study Puts New Numbers on U.S. Chip Workforce Challenge
The conversation around the semiconductor workforce can sound like a glass-half-empty story. The numbers are big, the gaps are real and the timeline is tight. But the same numbers point to one of the clearest career opportunities for students being … [More]
The Ripple Effect of Semiconductor Partnerships in Arizona
Arizona’s semiconductor expansion is beginning to reach beyond fabs and factory floors, creating ripple effects across workforce training, university research, business development and the state’s broader innovation economy. Partnerships between … [More]
CRE
Where Hospitality Meets Housing: The Rise of Resort-Adjacent Residential Communities in Phoenix
In Phoenix, where rapid growth continues to reshape both skyline and lifestyle, a shift is underway in how multifamily housing is conceived. Increasingly, the line between where people live and how they experience that environment is blurring as … [More]
Skilled Trades, Big Opportunity in the Construction Boom
Arizona is in the middle of the largest construction boom in its history, and the trades workforce needed to sustain it is shrinking. TSMC's $165-billion semiconductor campus in North Phoenix alone is expected to generate more than 40,000 … [More]
Briefs
Arizona Farmers Look Skyward for Relief
Drones are not a silver bullet for farmers, but in some cases they sure can feel like it. In heat-stressed agricultural environments, such as those in Arizona, stretching every drop of resource (water and beyond) further is the name of the game, and … [More]
Live Shopping Is Quietly Creating Thousands of Arizona Businesses
On a Tuesday afternoon in Mesa, Ahmad Ali is standing behind the counter at Amigos Market, holding a bag of Japanese gummy candy up to his phone camera. Three hundred people are watching. He's answering questions about flavor, texture and shipping … [More]
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