Businesses bolted into 2020 with firm plans and optimistic outlooks. All that evaporated by mid-March as the focus turned from thriving to surviving for most companies. Now, as this turbulent year enters its final months, a new question lies just over the horizon. What will 2021 bring and how can businesses be ready? “The future still seems so uncertain and the end of … [More]
Alta Southwest: Nurturing Valued Resources and New Talent
Before Dan Vermeer and Dan Speck founded their consulting engineering firm, Alta Southwest, they were happily retired. The last thing on their minds was starting a business, until they both realized that their invaluable contacts in the industry and business management expertise could be the start of something great. Creating a name and reputation for Alta Southwest didn’t come … [More]
Mythion Games: Monthly Adventures in Interactive and Nostalgic Fiction
Mythion Games was founded last year as an independent game development company focused on the continued development and growth of the mobile, multi-player, interactive fiction game Mythion Adventures. “Our goal is to bring the genre of interactive fiction to the next generation of players, while stoking the nostalgia of those who have been fans since the beginning,” says Kyle … [More]
Marketing Agency Founded on Motherhood’s Rich Range of Skill Sets
E Squared Marketing is a boutique digital marketing agency founded and operated by a team of powerhouse women who bring a personal touch to everything they do. The “all women” approach was and remains a central principle for founder and owner Ashley Richards, who sees motherhood as providing the requisite job experience for employment and championed work-from-home long before … [More]
The Eyes Have It
When eyelash extensions first hit the market, they were a very exclusive trend due to high prices and limited locations. Amazing Lash Studio has been filling a gap in the industry by making the service available to the masses with its more accessible price point. Since the pandemic started, Amazing Lash Studio is seeing an increase in new client trials, with new members … [More]
Innovative Technology Helps Advance WaveMAX Laundromats
Even amid a pandemic, leading laundromat franchise WaveMAX continues to thrive and has elected to initiate an aggressive national expansion strategy, of which Arizona, specifically Phoenix, is part. The brand’s Q1 and Q2 performance has primed it to forge ahead confidently into the remainder of the year as the demand for cleanliness among consumers and business owners is at an … [More]
CorkBird Bolsters Its ‘Buy Local’ Mission
CorkBird was officially launched at the end in February of this year with the aim to help people understand what was going on around them and get them out into the community and interacting with local businesses and organizations. Explains founder Matthew Bedwell, “The way the app works is, you can click your current location or type in a neighborhood or city. With any of … [More]
Fintrepid Solutions Wins M&A Award
Scottsdale-based Fintrepid Solutions, one of the Valley’s leading financial services firms, was recently awarded the 2020 Mergers and Acquisitions Firm of the Year for the Southwestern U.S. by Acquisition International for its team efforts in partnering with businesses seeking to buy and sell. Having supported nearly 100 clients since its founding in 2016, Fintrepid Solutions … [More]
Equality Health Wins IT Innovation Award
Equality Health, a whole-health delivery system, recently received Health Current’s 2020 Health IT Innovation Award for its leading-edge health information technology that improves care coordination and paves the way for value-based care transformation. This annual award presented by Health Current, the health information exchange of Arizona, recognizes an organization that … [More]
Cox Employees Support Arizona Charities
One hundred eleven Arizona nonprofit organizations will be receiving nearly $560,000 in grant funding through Cox Communications’ employee-directed Cox Charities; amounts range from $2,500 to $10,000. Most of the funds awarded came from the generous donations of Cox’s 3,100 Arizona employees. Since the program’s inception in 1996, Cox Charities has awarded approximately $8.5 … [More]
Jabz Joins Fight for Cancer Prevention
Jabz, a full-body circuit-style workout that utilizes boxing-inspired exercises, last month partnered with nonprofit Bright Pink, hosting a series of donation-based classes for a week to benefit Bright Pink’s mission to save lives from breast and ovarian cancer by empowering women to know their risk and manage their health proactively. … [More]
PHX Beer Co.’s Meals for Med Staff
Culminating its recent Help our Healthcare Heroes initiative encouraging donations from customers, local restaurant and brewery PHX Beer Co. recently donated 300 meals to doctors, nurses and staff at HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center and HonorHealth’s Shea location. … [More]
Looking Good 2020 – November Standouts
Achievements Fintrepid Solutions Wins M&A Award Equality Health Wins IT Innovation Award Philanthropy Cox Employees Support Arizona Charities Jabz Joins Fight for Cancer Prevention PHX Beer Co.’s Meals for Med Staff … [More]
Local Real Estate Group Enters Exclusive Alliance with Realty.com
Realty.com, a national search engine giving agents exclusive domain presence, is pleased to announce a multiple-city alliance with Those Callaways, a premiere, family-owned real estate group based out of Scottsdale. "We couldn’t be more excited to have one of Arizona’s premier real estate companies, Those Callaways, join Realty.com,” said Lance Custen, President … [More]
New Solar Energy System at Chandler Facility to Provide More than 663,600 Kilowatt-Hours of Clean, Renewable Energy in First Year
Voya Financial, Inc., announced today that its newly constructed Chandler, Arizona, office features solar carports that are expected to offset more than 663,600 kilowatt-hours of electricity in its first year of operation alone. In the first year of operation, the 350 kilowatt SunPower® solar carports are expected to avert the equivalent of estimated carbon dioxide … [More]
Real Estate Tech Co. Partners with Title Co. to Safely Transact Payment Solutions
Emerging technology leader Bank Shot, who recently received a patent for their mobile app, Android and iPhone, has announced a new partnership with Premier Title Agency, Arizona’s title and escrow experts. The title industry clearly understands the necessity for safe, secure and compliant digital technology when completing real estate transactions via their smart phone, … [More]
