Artistically Thriving

by Mike Hunter

Desert Viking Development’s new project, The Blocks of Roosevelt Row, will see the adaptive reuse of three bungalow-style homes and the prominent Flowers building, and construction of a new, three-story commercial building. The project to revitalize a portion of the Roosevelt Row Arts District is set to be completed in fall 2017, with portions delivering earlier next spring. … [More]

Lookin’ Good on Chat

by Mike Hunter

Video chat platforms like Skype have become one of the main settings for interviews, but one big problem standing in the way of both recruiters and interviewees has been the quality of video lighting. Chatlight is a simple, lightweight LED light that connects to a smartphone, tablet or computer to help create studio-type lighting during Skype and video interviews, so chat … [More]

Act-ivate Texts

By Mike Hunter

Scottsdale-based Swiftpage, the maker of Act!, has released SMS4Act! Act! helps individuals, small businesses, and sales teams organize prospect and customer details in one place, and send emails, market products and services more effectively. This newest Connection available to Act! Premium subscribers enables them to send text messages directly from Act! Premium. Proven to be … [More]

Savings for Small Business

by Mike Hunter

SRP is the oldest multipurpose federal reclamation project in the United States. It has been serving central Arizona since 1903, nearly 10 years before Arizona became the 48th state. As part of its commitment to our community, SRP has a website dedicated to helping businesses save on energy costs. It offers information on rebates and energy savings, and provides energy tools … [More]

Vote Like Your Healthcare Depends on It

by Greg Vigdor

Welcome to the Silly Season. It’s easy to get caught up in the hysterics of the campaign and forget there are real things at stake this election. Healthcare is one of the biggest. Arizonans in recent months have seen first-hand the massive changes occurring throughout our industry. The trend of hospital consolidation continues apace, and not always to the benefit of patients … [More]

Collaboration the Allbound Way

by RaeAnne Marsh

Allbound enters the technology field as an industry disruptor in indirect sales for the technology industry. The biggest thing happening in the tech industry now is customer success, according to Scott Salkin, Allbound founder and CEO, who points out that we are moving to a subscription economy. “We are consuming things in pieces, even things that are not technology,” he says. … [More]

Stay for Business

by RaeAnne Marsh

Tempe Town Lake has grown up as one of Greater Phoenix’s strong business centers, anchored in large part by the much-talked-about State Farm corporate center. Marriott recently opened its AC Hotel a little way down the shoreline with an eye to the needs of the business traveler (and conveniently also serving visitors to the neighboring ASU campus). The sleek and modern … [More]

Hot Market for Craft Brews

by RaeAnne Marsh

“Arizona is becoming a hot bed around the country for the craft beer industry,” observes Chad Eby, who, with his wife, Amy, this past summer opened The Casual Pint in Chandler. They are the first to bring the fast-growing franchise west of the Mississippi. The Casual Pint is both market and pub, with more than 300 types of beer on the retail side and an ever-changing selection … [More]

Hiring via Crowdsourcing

by Mike Hunter

Crowdsourcing to find top-quality candidates to fill open positions? Why not. This is what Reflik does, tapping into its extensive network of recruiters and industry professionals with innovative technology to quickly crowdsource top talent. And the cash reward to individuals who make a successful referral averages $10,000. … [More]

In the e-Zone

by Mike Hunter

EZONES gets employees into their high performance zone. A video and media content delivery platform, it optimizes and distributes any content, to any device. It also has a vast library of curated video content that, through its proprietary channels, can complement a business’s existing media on various platforms and for most popular devices. Uses include employee communication, … [More]