SimpliMotion, a small studio out of California, is single-handedly producing client videos and marketing them with high-quality services that are getting results. The company has multiple clients, from tech product companies to retailers, that demonstrate the power of the product through high-quality video, music and voiceover that can bring a product to the world stage on … [More]
Local DJs Launch National Radio Network
Local DJs Johnjay Van Es and Rich Berra of the Johnjay and Rich Show that airs in the morning on KZZP KISS-FM have taken a new business move in creating their own Johnjay and Rich Radio Network, aiming to build national name recognition from their base in Phoenix. “We’re doing it all out of Phoenix; everything is Phoenix” — from sales to Web design — says Van Es, who shares … [More]
Unique Glassware Manufacturer Attracts Angel Investor
A business that began as a hobby and grew based on friends’ interest in the product is on track to quadruple its current output and nearly triple its work force in the next 12 months. Refresh Glass, a Tempe-based company that creates functional wine bottle art from discards it “rescues” from landfills, recently received funding from MAC6, a local incubator that focuses on the … [More]
Hospitality Company Spawns Software Division
Sparked by popular demand, Choice Hotels recently rolled out for public use the software program it initially developed for its own hotel management system. In fact, it created an independent division for the endeavor — SkyTouch Technology, based in Phoenix — and, according to SkyTouch president Ric Leutwyler, “became our first customer.” Choice decided to create SkyTouch as … [More]
Video Game Developed for Vision Screening
VisionQuest 20/20, built on a collaboration two Arizonans initiated in 2001, aims to transform the way eye tests are administered to school children and help prevent issues related to treatable vision problems. It was the idea of James O’Neil, M.D., a pediatric ophthalmologist, to blend vision-evaluating technology into a video game to detect vision problems in a child, … [More]
Executive MBA Is Competitive Edge for Law Firm
National law firm Quarles & Brady recently developed an executive MBA program for its partner-level attorneys in collaboration with The Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. “It was an opportunity to learn in the way business owners learn all the things our business-owner clients are concerned with,” says Leezie Kim, one of two partners in the Phoenix … [More]
Business Booms from Maricopa County Home Show
More than 500 local home improvement businesses will showcase their products and services at the Maricopa County Home Show at the University of Phoenix Stadium this month. A survey by Maricopa County Home Shows indicates 43 percent of attendees will hire a contractor within 60 days after a show, and are more likely to spend their combined budgets of more than $148 million with … [More]
Marketing Gelato Spot Creates Win/Win Op for Local Chefs
Gelato Spot’s current marketing campaign combines cross-promotion within the restaurant realm of small business with support of community nonprofit Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Through the summer, Gelato Spot is hosting a flavor competition among chefs at noted local restaurants, who have created his and her own flavor, and funds raised will be donated to the hospital in the … [More]
National IT Staffing Company Expands to Phoenix
Phoenix is the latest expansion for Digital Intelligence Systems, ranked by Staffing Industry Analysts as the second-fastest-growing company in the staffing industry among companies with revenues exceeding $100 million. “Phoenix has always been on the radar screen for DISYS,” says Tim Kirby, managing director for the Phoenix office, which opened in February. Noting Phoenix is … [More]
Food Distribution HQ Moves to Phoenix
WinCo Foods is building an 800,000-square-foot distribution center in Phoenix at 75th Avenue and Buckeye Road. One of the largest build-to-suit projects here in recent years, according to Greater Phoenix Economic Council president and CEO Barry Broome, the center is expected to open sometime next year and create up to 200 jobs in its first phase. Noting the grocery store … [More]
