Scottsdale distillery Sran Spirits, LLC won a bronze medal at the 2020 New York International Spirits Competition with its Daru Whiskey. The NYISC is part of the International Beverage Competition series, a unique group of wine, beer, cider and spirits competitions taking place in New York City, Berlin, Melbourne and Hong Kong annually. The judging panels consist entirely of … [More]
HiMS Wins a Best in Biz Award
Health Information Management Systems won Silver in the Most Innovative Product of the Year, Healthcare and Medical category in the 2020 Best in Biz Awards, the only independent business awards program judged by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier publications in North America. HiMS received this honor for its Rapid Response program that helped clinics overcome the … [More]
ProShred AZ: Shred for Food
In its eighth annual shred-a-thon, ProShred Arizona raised close to $4,000 and 582 pounds of food for the Foothills Food Bank in Cave Creek. The shred-a-thon offered residents the opportunity to dispose of unwanted documents safely and securely in exchange for a monetary or food donation. Almost six tons of paper was shredded during the three-hour event, which was then sent to … [More]
Curaleaf Donates Pet CBD Product
Curaleaf, a community-minded cannabis company with eight locations across the state of Arizona, recently donated more than 1,300 units of pet CBD to the Forever Loved Pet Sanctuary, a small 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in Scottsdale that helps senior dogs find their forever homes. The products were developed using 100% natural and U.S.-grown hemp that was tested and extracted … [More]
Community Win/Win Thanks to M3 Junk Removal
Taking a “donate first, trash second” approach and partnering with three local charities to donate gently used furniture from its junk removal pickups, M3 Junk Removal — a division of North Phoenix-based M3 Commercial Moving & Logistics and Muscular Moving Men & Storage — is benefitting UMOM, New Life Center and St. Vincent de Paul while saving landfill space. “You … [More]
Looking Good 2021 – February Standouts
Achievements Bronze-Winning Whiskey from Sran Spirits HiMS Wins a Best in Biz Award Philanthropy ProShred AZ: Shred for Food Curaleaf Donates Pet CBD Product Community Win/Win Thanks to M3 Junk Removal … [More]
HealthyVerify Certification: Getting America Open Again
HealthyVerify Certification helps businesses reduce the risk of workplace disease transmission and show the public they are going above and beyond what is expected by providing an independent third-party review and inspection process. The Scottsdale-based company was founded by Jordan Rose and Court Rich in March 2020, as businesses began facing COVID-19 lockdowns. “The … [More]
My Little Mascara Club: Making Mascara the Big Event
Christie Kerner believes there is one item that most women won’t go a day without: mascara. She founded My Little Mascara Club in 2019 with a mission is to help women feel better about themselves and life. “We do that by creating awesome mascara and happy moments,” Kerner says. “As a blonde, I have had a lifelong love of mascara. I found it hard to believe that we should … [More]
North Valley Business Trains Employees, Incentivizes Partnerships with Expert Advice in Warehouse Gym
Muscular Moving Men & Storage and its sister division, M3 Commercial Moving & Logistics, are proud to announce the hiring of an on-staff personal trainer to assist employees and incentivize partnerships in their fitness goals in 2021. This makes Muscular Moving Men & Storage and its M3 Commercial Moving & Logistics department the only moving company in the world … [More]
Chris Johnson: from Carpenter to CEO
Not many people can say they’ve been working in their respective industries since the age of six. However, Chris Johnson, CEO and chairman of Tempe-based Johnson Carlier Construction, is one of the few who can. The Johnson family legacy dates back to 1892, when Chris’s grandfather, C.O. (Carl) Johnson was born in Sweden. In the following century, Carl emigrated to America and … [More]
Tempe-Based NortonLifeLock Makes Norton 360 for Gamers Available Globally
NortonLifeLock, a global leader in consumer Cyber Safety, today announced the global availability of Norton™ 360 for Gamers, security reimagined for gamers. “It’s never been more critical for gamers to have strong security in place and build good safety habits to protect themselves,” said Gagan Singh, chief product officer at NortonLifeLock. “As gaming has become such a big … [More]
GoDaddy Unveils New Company Logo the ‘GO’: Expands Mission to Empower the Everyday Entrepreneur
GoDaddy Inc., the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs, today revealed its new logo that captures the company's unique ability to enable, connect and champion millions of people around the world who are making their own way as entrepreneurs. GoDaddy's new logo, called the "GO," is a joyful reflection of how GoDaddy celebrates everyday entrepreneurs from all walks of … [More]
ASU Announces Innovative New Partnership to Expand Access for In-Demand Advanced Skills Programs
Individuals looking to jumpstart careers in the growing fields of data science, software engineering, and website and app design, are now able to take advantage of a new online training program through Arizona State University and Chegg, Inc.’s career accelerator, Thinkful. Learners who enroll in one of the training programs can choose to study either full-time or … [More]
Kids Earn Over $7 Million through BusyKid
2020 was the kind of year everyone would like to forget, but kids around the United States used the BusyKid app to turn a world health crisis into money, and lots of it. BusyKid is the chore and allowance app that helps kids earn, save, share, spend and invest allowance, and last year, kids earned $7.1 million, more than double the earnings in the app's first … [More]
Leading Healthcare Tech Services Co. Investment Helps to Fuel Next Phase of Growth
Equality Health, a leading provider of technology, services and support for value-based care, today announced a strategic investment from General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, to fuel the Company’s next phase of growth as a value-based primary care network serving the Medicaid, Medicare and ACA Exchange populations. Existing investor Endeavour Capital will … [More]
Chime Achieves Profitability in Record Time; Eclipses Industry Veterans to Secure Third Leading Market Position
In 2020, company increased customer roster by more than 90%, executed strategic industry partner program and accelerated product development despite global pandemic Chime Technologies, an award-winning operating system for the real estate industry, today announced an unprecedented successful year of product, partner and customer momentum, lynchpin to the company’s success in … [More]
ASU Names New American Film School after Legendary Actor and Filmmaker Sidney Poitier
Arizona State University (ASU) today established The Sidney Poitier New American Film School, one of the largest, most egalitarian film schools in the country, operating in three cities across Arizona and California. The school, which began as a film program 15 years ago, is one of five schools in ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Named after one of … [More]
